"Scalia Dissents"

[fiefoe]

One wonders how well Scalia gets along with his colleagues:

• "Special risk" is pretty flabby language.
• The arrogance of this assumption of power takes one's breath away.
• As its instrument of destruction, the bulldozer of its social engineering, the Court invents a boundless, and boundlessly manipulable, test of psychological coercion.
• It's fanciful enough to say... It is beyond the absurd to say ...
• (The Court) essentially apply it when it seems like a good idea to load the dice.
• many aggressively proabortion novelties announced by the Court
  

absit invidia - No offense intended  {This phrase actually came from here.}
sub silentio - In silence
stare decisis - To stand by things decided
habeas corpus - You must have the body, i.e. You must justify an imprisonment
amicus curiae - Friend of the court
res ipsa loquitur - The thing speaks for itself

plebiscite: A direct vote in which the entire electorate is invited to accept or refuse a proposal.
certiorari:  A writ from a higher court to a lower one requesting a transcript of the proceedings of a case for review.
adduce: To cite as an example or means of proof in an argument.
'Dred Scott'

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