Antonin Scalia, R.I.P.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who died on Saturday, practiced a constitutional conservatism that is out-of-step with today's Right. [Credit: lifenews.com]

Supreme Court Jus­tice Antonin Scalia, who died on Sat­ur­day, prac­ticed a con­sti­tu­tion­al con­ser­vatism that is out-of-step with today’s Right. [Cred­it: lifenews.com]

The arc of con­ser­vatism’s decline was traced in the course of a few hours last Sat­ur­day. That after­noon we learned of the pass­ing of a gen­uine con­sti­tu­tion­al con­ser­v­a­tive, Antonin Scalia. Hours lat­er, we endured anoth­er GOP debate dur­ing which pro­fessed con­ser­v­a­tives trad­ed barbs and insults, now con­sid­ered a suit­able sub­sti­tute for char­ac­ter and sub­stance by a large swath of Repub­li­can vot­ers. Con­tin­ue read­ing →

Islam And The Right To Marry

Demonstrators call on the Supreme Court to validate same-sex marriage, a ruling that Muslims would oppose in the short term but could benefit them in the longer term.  [Credit: Breitbart]

Demon­stra­tors call on the Supreme Court to val­i­date same-sex mar­riage, a rul­ing Mus­lims would oppose, though it might ben­e­fit them in the longer term.  [Cred­it: Breitbart]

Mus­lims who were offend­ed by the gath­er­ing at which car­toon­ists sketched car­i­ca­tures of the Prophet Muham­mad may also take offense next month when the Supreme Court sketch­es its car­i­ca­ture of marriage.

But Mus­lims may warm to the Court’s expect­ed rul­ing in favor of same-sex mar­riage once they pon­der the poten­tial ramifications.

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