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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: brutusdog who wrote (112050)	12/12/2000 12:20:58 PM
From: SecularBull	Respond to of 769670

The Heritage Foundation is not a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bush-Cheney transition, unless you would admit that the AFL-CIO or the NAACP are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Gore Campaign. More on the brilliant Antonin Scalia, from CNN: Associate Justice Antonin Scalia has been a powerful force on the Supreme Court since President Ronald Reagan appointed him to the Court in 1986 to fill the spot left vacant when William H. Rehnquist was promoted to chief justice. Scalia has been described as combative and confrontational, but is also considered brilliant and charming. Scalia has argued consistently that courts and judges have a limited role in the three-branch system of government. In his confirmation hearing, he said the most important part of the Constitution is the system of “checks and balances among the three branches… so that no one of them is able to ‘run roughshod’ over the liberties of the people.” Scalia believes judges should base their decisions on the text of the Constitution and statutes, instead of taking a broader view. Scalia rejects using legislative history materials, such as committee reports or remarks of lawmakers, to determine the meaning of a statute. In a 1992 opinion, he argued that “the only thing that was authoritatively adopted for sure was the text of the enactment; the rest is necessarily speculative.” Scalia has worked actively to strike down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision legalizing abortion. He says abortion is a political issue that should be decided by elected branches of the government, not a right guaranteed under the Constitution. He also ruled that a St. Paul, Minnesota, ban on hate crimes violated freedom of speech. Scalia’s strict interpretation of the Constitution has led to some surprising decisions. He was the crucial fifth vote when the Court ruled a Texas ban on flag burning violated the First Amendment protection of political expression. He also argued that a law requiring customs employees to submit to drug tests violated the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures. The Political Reference Almanac determined that Scalia was most likely to vote with Justice Clarence Thomas, who sided with him more than 90 percent of time in 1998. Scalia agreed with Justice John Paul Stevens just 60 percent of the time that year. Scalia has tended to side with Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justices Sandra Day O’Connor, Anthony Kennedy, and David Souter. His record shows that he is less likely to vote with Justices Steven Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.