Nothing new here. I remember a few years back discussing his bizarre defense of retributive punishment. See: <http://osdir.com/ml/politics.marxism.marxmail/2002-08/msg00184.html>
Scalia's 2002 article defending capital punishment and retributive punishment generally can be found at:
<www.firstthings.com/article/2007/01/gods-justice-and-ours-32>
Jim F.
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:06:19 -0400 Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
writes:
>
<http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/scalia-the-constitution-is-there-to-keep-u
s-from-doing-butt-stuff
>
> >
>
> Scalia: The Constitution Is There To Keep Us From Doing Butt Stuff
>
> Let's play a quick game of compare and contrast! Ready? Look at the
>
> following two statements. You may already know the first one.
>
> We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect
>
> Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for
> the
> common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the
> Blessings
> of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish
>
> this Constitution for the United States of America.
>
> Here's the second one. It's a little more recent. It comes from
> Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who made an appearance with
> fellow Justice Stephen Breyer in Arizona yesterday.
>
> The whole purpose of a constitution is to constrain the desires of
> the
> current society.
>
> Those desires, you will not be surprised to learn, include
> defetusing
> and men sticking manparts into parts of other men. Anyway!
>
>
> —Balk
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