2013年8月19日星期一

Scalia: the court should not be "inventing new minority"

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BOZEMAN, mont blanc. (ap) - the United States Supreme Court decision, should by the congress or the people, from the "invention" new minority MinZuBan, justice antonin scalia said Monday.
This obviously refers to the court recently decided to gay marriage and gay couples welfare, scalia said, it is the function of the constitutional court to create an exception, unless the majority of people agree with them.
"This is not to the court, in order to create the new minority received special protection," scalia told in southwest Montana a crowded hotel banquet room.
The Supreme Court earlier this year, gay marriage in California, clearing the way down with federal law, to prevent the legally married gay couples part of their benefits. Most of antonin scalia vote.
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Made to change the constitution to protect minorities and to give women the right to vote, but this is not a court today how to operate, he said.
On the contrary, most of the five judges decide should be in the hands of congress, or by changing the constitution.
Once, answer questions such as the national security agency telephone records or monitoring of privacy in the patriot act "by the U.S. congress, know how to compare a serious threat to the intrusion of monitoring. But now the court is to do so.
"All three branches, we are a know about the nature of the threat to the country, at least we have the ability to understand it, at least scalia said."
Scalia before speaking more than 300 people in Bozeman, federalists association of the party, he play liberal bias has launched more than 30 years ago, in the country's law school. The team is trying to open a chapter in Montana.
Scalia was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1986, and his opinion, he is placed between the most conservative judges on the bench.
This is the second time in three years time, the judicial bozeman, a 77 - year - old said. In 2010, he was at the museum of the Rocky Mountains of Montana state university gave a speech.
Scalia answers some of the questions from the audience, in Montana, a hot issue: the second revision of retention and the right to bear arms.
"It remains to be determined... seems to be the people to keep and bear the scope of weapons and equipment," he said. "They can withstand the shoulder-fired rocket launchers?"
He said, the court will have to take this kind of circumstance, because they came, but his approach will be applied for the second revision, it is only in the understanding of the history of the animals and home invaders self-defense, but for the people to protect themselves against the earth.
Scalia rejected term limits of Supreme Court justice idea, ask: "who is drooling on the bench?"
He also referred to as the concept of imperial presidency "junk", the design of the weak is the President and congress have real power.
"Congress can do whatever you want, and if it gets its act together," he said.
He also asked about the most difficult decision, because he has been on the bench.
"Well, is Obamacare too recently?" He asked to laughter.
Scalia disagree with the opinions of the majority, from President barack Obama's healthcare overhaul mostly intact.

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