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Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:01:32 -0400

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"Since at least the publication of The Adventures of You: Sugarcane Island in 1969, young readers of..."

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:38:10 -0500

“Since at least the publication of The Adventures of You: Sugarcane Island in 1969, young readers of choose-you-own-adventure stories have been able to make decisions that determine the plot by following instructions about which page to turn to. As for the argument that [graphically violent] video games enable participation in that violent action, that seems to us more a matter of degree than of kind.”

- Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Ass’n, 132 S.Ct. 81 (2011)

"[T]he presumption against extraterritorial application would be a craven watchdog indeed if it..."

Sun, 02 Dec 2012 13:26:23 -0500

“[T]he presumption against extraterritorial application would be a craven watchdog indeed if it retreated to its kennel whenever some domestic activity is involved in the case. The concurrence seems to imagine just such a timid sentinel, but our cases are to the contrary.”

- Morrison v. National Australia Bank(2010)

"The Constitution is not, unlike the Miranda majority, offended by a criminal’s commendable..."

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:05:41 -0500

“The Constitution is not, unlike the Miranda majority, offended by a criminal’s commendable qualm of conscience or fortunate fit of stupidity. Today’s judgment converts Miranda from a milestone of judicial overreaching into the very Cheops’ Pyramid (or perhaps the Sphinx would be a better analogue) of judicial arrogance.”

- Dickerson v. United States, 530 U.S. 428 (2000) (dissenting)

"As far as it appears (and as seems overwhelmingly likely), [these] simply reflect the fact that Erie..."

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:10:20 -0500

“As far as it appears (and as seems overwhelmingly likely), [these] simply reflect the fact that Erie had recently been having a public nudity problem not with streakers, sunbathers, or hot-dog vendors, but with lap dancers.””

- Erie v. Pap’s A.M., 529 U.S. 277 (2000), concurring

"A trust without a res can no more be created by legislative decree than can a pink rock-candy..."

Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:24:24 -0400

““A trust without a res can no more be created by legislative decree than can a pink rock-candy mountain.””

- Begier v. IRS, 496 U.S. 53, 70 (1990) (Scalia, J., dissenting).

"I guess the one that created the most waves of disagreement was Bush v. Gore. It comes up all the..."

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:44:42 -0400

““I guess the one that created the most waves of disagreement was Bush v. Gore. It comes up all the time, and my usual response is, ‘Get over it.’””

- Interview with Piers Morgan, 7/18/2012

National Federation of Indep. Businesses, et al v. Sebelius, et...

Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:34:05 -0400

National Federation of Indep. Businesses, et al v. Sebelius, et al., 567 U.S. ____ (2012) (dissenting)

"Notwithstanding “[t]he myth of an era of unrestricted immigration” in the first 100 years of the..."

Tue, 26 Jun 2012 08:20:21 -0400

“Notwithstanding “[t]he myth of an era of unrestricted immigration” in the first 100 years of the Republic, the States enacted numerous laws restricting the immigration of certain classes of aliens, including … (in Southern States) freed blacks. State laws not only provided for the removal of unwanted immigrants but also imposed penalties on unlawfully present aliens and those who aided their immigration.”

- Arizona v. United States, 567 US ___ (2012) (dissenting).

"To tell the truth, it was most likely expressive of what most inaction ordinarily expresses: nothing..."

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 20:34:38 -0400

“To tell the truth, it was most likely expressive of what most inaction ordinarily expresses: nothing at all.”

- Arizona v. United States, 567 U.S. ___ (dissenting)

"The descent into social rancor over judicial decisions is largely traceable to nontextual means of interpretation, which erode society's confidence in a rule of law that evidently has no agreed-on meaning..."

Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:16:00 -0400

"The descent into social rancor over judicial decisions is largely traceable to nontextual means of interpretation, which erode society's confidence in a rule of law that evidently has no agreed-on meaning..."

"Today we consider only whether the dispute may be brought to court by challenging the compliance..."

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:50:01 -0400

“Today we consider only whether the dispute may be brought to court by challenging the compliance order—we do not resolve the dispute on the merits. The reader will be curious, however, to know what all the fuss is about.”

- Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency 132 S. Ct. 1367

"Let me get this straight: Out of concern for the values of federalism; to preserve the ability of..."

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:59:49 -0400

“Let me get this straight: Out of concern for the values of federalism; to preserve the ability of our States to provide prompt justice; and in light of our longstanding jurisprudence holding that there is no constitutional right to counsel in state collateral review; the Court, in what it portrays as an admirable exercise of judicial restraint, abstains from holding that there is a constitutional right to counsel in initial-review state habeas.”

- Martinez v. Ryan 132 S.Ct. 1309 (dissenting)

A brief summary of Scalia’s US v. Virginia dissent.

Fri, 04 May 2012 19:49:48 -0400

A brief summary of Scalia’s US v. Virginia dissent.

When someone says they enjoy reading Scalia dissents

Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:42:01 -0400

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"Are you objecting to harassing the people who have no business being here? Surely you’re not..."

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:35:15 -0400

“Are you objecting to harassing the people who have no business being here? Surely you’re not concerned about harassing them.”

- Arizona v. United States oral argument, 4/25/2012

Scalia dissents:

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:32:12 -0400

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Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapt. Comms. for Ore., 515 U.S. 687

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:42:00 -0400

Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapt. Comms. for Ore., 515 U.S. 687

"The ‘educational benefit’ that the University of Michigan seeks to..."

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:21:00 -0400

““The ‘educational benefit’ that the University of Michigan seeks to achieve…consists…of ‘cross-racial understanding’…[t]his is not, of course, an ‘educational benefit’ on which students will be graded on their law school transcripts (Works and Plays Well with Others: B+) or tested by bar examiners…[it is] essentially the same lesson taught to…people three feet shorter and twenty years younger than the full-grown adults at University of Michigan Law School, in institutions ranging from Boy Scout troops to public school kindergartens.””

- Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (dissenting)

"To feed an animal poison, to spray it with mace, to chop down the very tree in which it is nesting,..."

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 20:56:49 -0400

“To feed an animal poison, to spray it with mace, to chop down the very tree in which it is nesting, or even to destroy its entire habitat in order to take it (as by draining a pond to get at a turtle), might neither wound nor kill, but would directly and intentionally harm.”

- Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapt. Comms. for Ore., 515 U.S. 687 (1995) (dissenting).