What is a moderate interpretation of the text? Halfway between what it really means and what you'd like it to mean?

Quote by Antonin Scalia

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You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations... until they were all litigated...

You could have 50 different states having 50 different regulations... until they were all litigated...

In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If...

In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If...

If we're picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a 'new'...

If we're picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a 'new'...

Why in the world would you have it interpreted by nine lawyers?

Why in the world would you have it interpreted by nine lawyers?

If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again....

If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again....

A law can be both economic folly and constitutional.

A law can be both economic folly and constitutional.

The Court today completes the process of converting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act...

The Court today completes the process of converting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act...

A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom...

A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom...

Why can't the state accede to the public's wishes?

Why can't the state accede to the public's wishes?

Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.

Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached.

A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement.

A journalistic purpose could be someone with a Xerox machine in a basement.

There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of...

There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of...

I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the...

I also wish that the Pledge of Allegiance were directed at the Constitution and the...

I will not lay down and put this narrow, stubborn agenda ahead of our families,...

I will not lay down and put this narrow, stubborn agenda ahead of our families,...

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and...

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and...

Dont interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Dont interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the...

Health coverage for regular citizens isn't mandated by the Constitution, but we're obligated to provide...

Health coverage for regular citizens isn't mandated by the Constitution, but we're obligated to provide...

I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I...

I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I...

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.

Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of...

Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of...