Scalia Says Women Dont Have Constitutional Protection Against Discrimination: Amanda Terkel Reports

Silly Women.You have no rights protecting you from discriminationaccording to a SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution does not protect against Discrimination on the basis of gender or Sexual Orientation, according to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In 1868, when the 39th Congress was debating and ultimately proposing the 14th Amendment, I don’t think anybody would have thought that equal protection applied to sex discrimination, or certainly not to sexual orientation. So does that mean that we’ve gone off in error by ap...

Justice Scalia: Women not constitutionally protected from discrimination (The Lookout)
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said in a recently published interview that the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment does not prohibit Discrimination based on gender or Sexual Orientation. "Certainly the Constitution does not require Discrimination on the basis of sex," Scalia told California Lawyer. "The only issue is whether it prohibits it. It doesn't. Nobody ever thought that that's what it meant. Nobody ever voted for that. If the current society wants to outlaw discriminati...

Last Call
The equal protection clause states: No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without Due Process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has put forth an opinion that this does not offer protection to women, or respect to Sexual Orientation, in direct conflict wi...

Supreme Court Justice Scalia: Roe v. Wade Not in Constitution
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia frequently talks about his views on Abortion and the high Court Case that allowed for unlimited abortions throughout Pregnancy for any reason. As the nation looks to mark the 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade later this month and 53 million abortions it has ushered in, Scalia said in a new interview that the case is an “absurdity.” “You want a right to abortion? There’s nothing in the Constitution about that. But that doesn’t mean ...

Antonin Scalia: The Constitution Does Not Bar Discrimination Against Women
In a new interview, Justice Antonin Scalia says that the 14th Amendment does not bar Discrimination against women, whether it's done by public or private entities. He couldn't be more wrong....

Justice Scalia: No, The Constitution Doesn't Protect Chicks And Gays Just Because They Are Chicks And Gays
Behold the awesome that is Antonin Scalia! (Interviewer) In 1868, when the 39th Congress was debating and ultimately proposing the 14th Amendment, I don't think anybody would have thought that equal protection applied to sex Discrimination, or certainly not to sexual orientation. So does that mean that we've gone off in error by applying the 14th Amendment to both? (Justice Scalia) Yes, yes. Sorry, to tell you that. ... But, you know, if indeed the current society has come to different views, ...

NYT editorial: There He Goes Again
Justice Antonin Scalia has a knack for drawing unflattering light to himself and the Supreme Court. Recall, for example, when he refused to recuse himself from a case involving the energy Task Force run by Dick Cheney, his friend and duck-hunting companion, when Mr. Cheney was vice president. Justice Scalia is now getting attention for his outlandish view, expressed in an interview in the magazine California Lawyer, that the promise of equal protection in the Constitution’s 14th Amendment do...

Justice Scalia's 'Originalist' Hypocrisy
In other words, Scalia and other right-wing justices operate with a situational ethic when it comes to "originalism" and "strict construction." If their partisan and ideological interests require the abandoning of those precepts, the principles are dumped overboard. That is what most of us would call hypocrisy or dishonesty. But Scalia, like many on the Right, operates with a curious sense of false righteousness, at least when his "principles" match up with his ideology and partisan interests....

SCOTUS Caveman alert - Scalia: Women don't have constitutional protection against discrimination
What's next in the intellectual bloviating of conservative Activist SCOTUS Justice Antonin Scalia - is Slavery OK? We already know he doesn't believe in the right for two consenting adults to engage in anything other than PIV sex. He was interviewed recently and let loose this flaming pile of horseshite: In 1868, when the 39th Congress was debating and ultimately proposing the 14th Amendment, I don't think anybody would have thought that equal protection applied to sex Discrimination, or cer...

Now Thats Restraint
In pointing out that it’s hard to square Antonin Scalia’s assertions that the 14th Amendment provides no protection for gender equality with the rest of his jurisprudence, I didn’t even haul out the heaviest artillery. I think it’s safe to say that none of the framers or ratifers of the 14th Amendment thought they were voting for the principle that “states have to have uniform standards for vote counts and Recounts,” let alone “states have to have unifor...

Women and Gay Gunloons Played for Chumps
Gunloons, like the GOP, like to pretend they're far more diverse than they are. That's when the gunloons find the rara avis that is a gay or woman gunloon, they publicize the gunloon far and wide. Well, female and gay gunloons, the gunloon's favorite gunloon Supreme Court Justice, Fat Tony Scalia says the Bill of Rights doesn't protect women or gays from Discrimination. Certainly the Constitution does not require discrimination on the basis of sex. The only issue is whether it prohibits it. It...

Launching the Nine-ther Movement
by Bruce Webb Conservatives have long been 2nd Amendment Absolutists (unless you are a black man carrying a stick outside a mostly black precinct in Philadelphia, somehow 'open carry' doesn't apply there). Now they have doubled down with the Tenther Movement, which they have tied together with an Enumerated Powers doctrine which mostly doesn't actually appear in the text of the Constitution, to launch a renaissance of States' Rights and even Nullification. Yet this expansive reading of the 2nd...

Scalia Agrees To Speak To New Conservative Members on the Constitution
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia is again in the midst of Controversy with his decision to accept an invitation from Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) to speak to incoming conservative members about the Constitution as part of their training. Bachmann, the founder of the House’s Tea Party Caucus, is leading efforts to Repeal Health Care and seek new Legislation based on a more conservative view of the Constitution. The decision to participate in such an event shows exceedingly poor judgment....

California Supreme Court: Cell Phone Searches Don't Need a Warrant
Awful 4th amendment decision yesterday in California that searching one's cell phone data does not require a warrant, in a time and place where a cell phone is more like a computer than a phone. Ars Technica with the details: The ruling comes as a result of the conviction of one Gregory Diaz, who was arrested for trying to sell ecstasy to a police informant in 2007 and had his phone confiscated when he arrived at the Police Station. The police eventually went through Diaz's Text Message folder ...

State lawmakers target automatic citizenship
WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of state lawmakers say their plan for challenging automatic Citizenship for babies born to Illegal Immigrants in the U.S. would not lead to Deportations of the youngsters. The State Legislators say their ambition is to get the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on whether the 14th Amendment of the Constitution guarantees Citizenship to such Children. The lawmakers want states to adopt a bill that would bestow state Citizenship on people who meet the state’s definiti...

Specter going to law school
(CNN) - The move from the halls of Congress to those of academia appears to be a popular one this year. Former Sen. Arlen Specter has taken a new role at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, set to teach an upper-level course next fall on the relationship between Congress and the Supreme Court. The move comes on the heels of news former Wisconsin Sen. Russ Feingold will teach at Marquette Law School next fall. "We are delighted to welcome Arlen Specter to Penn Law," said Michael A. F...

Marielena Hincapi: Attacking the Constitution
Today, a group of State Legislators launched an attack on the fundamental American values in the U.S. Constitution by announcing their intent to target babies born in the United States. This attempt to deny American babies Citizenship, and the documentation to prove it, is a shameful, if unsurprising, new low. This proposal takes aim at one of our nation's proudest moments--the adoption of the 14th Amendment to bring to an end the ugly chapter in U.S. history when Children of slaves were denie...

Constitution-Stunting Congressman Admits Not Knowing Whats In it
Lawrence O’Donnell hosted Virginia Republican Congressman Bob Goodlatte who was all pumped up about the Republican stunt to read the document on the floor of the House. But O’Donnell was able to show that Goodlatte cared not about what was in the Constitution when he offered past Legislation(via Mediaite). O’Donnell really revved up after learning that Goodlatte’s favorite Supreme Court Justice is Antonin Scalia, even despite Scalia being part of a majority opinion striki...

Scalia speech to new legislators faulted
Published: Jan. 5, 2011 at 11:01 AM Some legal scholars are criticizing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's plan to speak to House freshmen about the Constitution. UPI/Roger L. Wollenberg Under the U.S. Supreme Court: 'Ho, ho, ho, who wouldn't go' -- to court and sue? WASHINGTON, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Some legal scholars are criticizing U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's plan to speak to House freshmen about the Constitution. He was invited by Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., foun...

Young named Michigan Supreme Court's chief justice
A breakdown of the vote on the seven-member court was not immediately released. But Young, a nominee of the Republican Party, was widely expected to benefit from the GOP’s return to majority after the November election. Young was appointed to the state appeals court by former Gov. John Engler in 1995, and to the Supreme Court in 1999. Contact Dawson Bell: 517-372-8661 or [email protected]. ...

Do not tamper with the Constitution
Politicians should stop monkeying with our Constitution — especially the 14th Amendment. Ratified in 1868 after a long bloody Civil War over Slavery, the 14th Amendment granted Citizenship to any person born in the United States, compelled states to adhere to Due Process and ensured equal protection under the law. This last clause confers on all people — not just citizens — the right to such protection. At the start of this year, some of our nation’s top State Legislators joined hand

Obama: Gibbs to 'Retool' for 2012
President Obama has issued a statement on the departure of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs: “For the last six years, Robert has been a close friend, one of my closest advisers and an effective advocate from the podium for what this administration has been doing to move America forward. I think it’s natural for him to want to step back, reflect and retool.  That brings up some challenges and opportunities for the White House – but it doesn’t change the import...

Welcome to Bananastan
There is no denying it: Inflation is here, in response to the currency devaluations engineered by the United States, Europe, and China. When one country devalues its currency in a last-ditch effort to stave off crisis, it’s a banana republic. When the United States, Europe, and China do it in a coordinated Fashion, we’re all part of the Banana Federation of Greater Bananastan. More here. Does the Constitution Protect against Sex Discrimination? It is helpful to remember that there ar...

Around the Hill
Some tweeting will happen during the day and evening @kathrynlopez. Does the Constitution Protect against Sex Discrimination? It is helpful to remember that there are two sides to every transaction. If the price of an ounce of . . . Go Jonathan Cohn and Ezra Klein make a valid and important point about the new House majority’s push to Repeal ObamaCare. . . . Go Is this a photo of a Chinese stealth fighter?...

The House Is Called to Order
Is it just me or is it a bit disrespectful for everybody to be talking on the floor while the Clerk is trying to conduct the business of the House. Can't they take it outside - this isn't a cocktail party. Does the Constitution Protect against Sex Discrimination? It is helpful to remember that there are two sides to every transaction. If the price of an ounce of . . . Go Jonathan Cohn and Ezra Klein make a valid and important point about the new House majority’s push to Repeal ObamaCare. ...