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He may finally have gone too far this time. Probably many will praise him but his supposed 'originalist' legal philosophy seems to be falling apart under the weight of his religious and political beliefs.
I do wonder why the authors of the Constitution wrote the phrase: no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States. if they didn't favour "religious neutrality"
Justice Antonin Scalia dismisses concept of religious neutrality in speech
METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Supreme CourtJustice Antonin Scalia said Saturday the idea of religious neutrality is not grounded in the country’s constitutional traditions and that God has been good to the U.S. exactly because Americans honor him.
Scalia was speaking at a Catholic high school in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie, Louisiana. Scalia, who was appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 is the court’s longest serving justice. He has consistently been one of the court’s more conservative members.
He told the audience at Archbishop Rummel High School that there is “no place” in the country’s constitutional traditions for the idea that the state must be neutral between religion and its absence.
I do wonder why the authors of the Constitution wrote the phrase: no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States. if they didn't favour "religious neutrality"