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Quote by Antonin Scalia
If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring yo

If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. Thats flexibility. – Antonin Scalia

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If were picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a new Constitution, we should not look principally for good lawyers. We should look to people who agree with us. When we are in that mode, you realize we have rendered the Constitution useless. – Antonin Scalia

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In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If its not perfect, thats okay, there are a lot more coming along. – Antonin Scalia

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