Scalia’s View on Judicial Biases

Justice Scalia on the law.

Scalia told CBS News’ “60 Minutes” that he may be conservative, but he is not biased on issues that come before the court. “I mean, I confess to being a social conservative, but it does not affect my views on cases,” Scalia said in excerpts released Thursday.

“On the abortion thing, for example, if indeed I were ... trying to impose my own views, I would not only be opposed to Roe versus Wade, I would be in favor of the opposite view, which the anti-abortion people would like to see adopted, which is to interpret the Constitution to mean that a state must prohibit abortion,” Scalia told correspondent Lesley Stahl.

“And you’re against that?” Stahl asked.

Scalia replied, “Of course.” He said “there’s nothing” (in the Constitution to support that view.)

That, my friends, is judicial conservatism. 

1. Owen, this is your best post of the year.  I fear, however, that many of our conservative friends, if they read this, will be shocked that a judicial conservative is different than a political conservative.

   Posted by Crocodile Cage on April 27, 2008 at 2039 hrs