Antonin hates lawyers almost as much as we do...

"Long known as the most quotable of the nine justices on the Supreme Court, Antonin Scalia turns out to be just as refreshing off the bench.
Speaking last week to a dinner of students and faculty at the New England School of Law, Scalia weighed in on the subject of judicial activism - especially on issues of societal values.

And some of the things he said about the collective wisdom of the nation's judges are surely things you don't hear every day from jurists.

"Anyone who thinks the country's most prominent lawyers reflect the views of the people needs a reality check," said Scalia. Today's judges, he said, are no more qualified than "Joe Sixpack" to decide the kind of moral questions that have roiled political debate for decades.

Just how bad has it gotten?

Scalia noted that his own nomination to the high court two decades ago was approved by the Senate in a 98-0 vote. Today, however, "You could not [even] get a judge with my views confirmed to the Court of Appeals."
And he also decried the left's refusal to describe liberal judges as such, noting that instead such code words as "mainstream" and "moderate" are used.

"What is a moderate interpretation [of the Constitution]?" he asked. "Halfway between what it says and halfway between what you want it to say?"
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No, Antonin. To liberals, "Moderate" means abortion, slavery, and cut & run. Oh yeah, and add "International law should replace the Constitution", to the wet sack of monkey dung they call ideas.