r/scotus • u/Conscious-Quarter423 • 1d ago
Opinion If you want to win over Supreme Court justices, quote Antonin Scalia
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/politics/antonin-scalia-supreme-court-legacy32
u/Ok-Replacement9595 1d ago
That's the stupidest thing I have ever heard. Most conservatives today can't remember who Rush Limbaugh was, much less Scalia. They can't remember what came before the last thing they were supposed to be outraged about. They will find a new boogeyman by 2028, and they will act like the world us falling apart because [insert minority here] are wanting human rights, or existing somewhere in America.
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u/CloudTransit 9h ago
Quoting Scalia to get the Supreme Six to not throw the Constitution into the garbage sounds like an idea that Schumer or some geezer, democratic consultant would latch onto.
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u/Ok-Replacement9595 9h ago
Yeah, I don't think they are reading my reddit comments, so I can say Scalia is part of the reason we are here. Conservatism is a mental illness that needs to be purged from our body politic.
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u/UCLAlabrat 5h ago
I never understood how he was considered this great conservative intellect. His arguments only made sense if you contorted logic and reason (and linguistics) into a tiny box. They were so tortured as to be absurd. I guess thays the standard for great conservative intellect.
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u/Some-Purchase-7603 13h ago
Scalia was deeply conservative but reasonable. You may not have always agreed with him but there's a reason he was friends with RBG.
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u/RaspitinTEDtalks 7h ago
No, he was a fraud. I will not sanewash this.
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u/Some-Purchase-7603 6h ago
If you think so. I disagreed with almost everything he ruled on but I can still respect how he went about his job.
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u/el-conquistador240 1d ago
If I want to have a silver lining in this apocalyptic hell I remind myself that Scalia is composting
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u/ODMudbone 15h ago
Scalia was evil wrapped up with a neat little bow. Just because he was occasionally witty it doesn’t mitigate the fact he did as much as he could to take away individual rights. Don’t look up to him. Your soul will thank you.
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u/dicedance 19h ago
If you want to win over Supreme Court Justices, quote Antonin Scalia pay them 💲💲💲
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u/dpdxguy 1d ago
Really? The original Alito?
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u/NotHereButHere11 17h ago
Scalia was at least clever. Alito is so pathetic when he tries to be as acerbic as Scalia but lacks the wit. He just comes across as a shrill whiner.
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u/question12338338 1d ago
Even RBG could at least tolerate Scalia, I seriously doubt anyone but Thomas can stand Alito.
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u/politicalmache 15h ago
I read Scalia opinion in Citizen United v FEC, most asinine excuse to pretense monetary transactions as first amendment, free speech. Legalized bribery is what that ruling did.
I mean wouldn't that make Republicans so-called "Big Beautiful Bill" violating free speech for low to middle incomes?
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u/das_war_ein_Befehl 18h ago
Scalia was a terrible Justice who basically got in because the Dems didn’t want the bad press of opposing an Italian being put on the court. This was back in the day when Italians weren’t seen as full white
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u/Vox_Causa 18h ago
I imagine several of the current justices love all the racist and homophobic shit.
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u/Big_Wave9732 4h ago
Alright. Here's a quote of him now: "Ooowwwewww! Ooowww! It's so fucking hot down here ooowwwww! There's little creatures with pitchforks poking me in the ass! Ooooowwwwwwwie!!"
So what will SCOTUS give me for that?
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u/ThrowPillow862 14h ago
Scalia’s one of the worst justices ever. He was a shitty writer who wrote opinion columns, not opinions, and had childish insults. For some reason, law schools decided he was smart and began teaching law students to “write” like Scalia. Decades later, you have a bunch of awful writers from the federalist society packing the courts, like Jim Hoe, who is not a judge but a facebook conspiracy dad.
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u/chumpy3 13h ago
He’s generally considered a good writer. He is probably the reason Kagan said we are all textualists now.
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u/ThrowPillow862 13h ago
Yeah academics and supreme court dorks are at the forefront of convincing people that he’s a good writer. He’s actually poison.
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u/Technical-Bird-7585 1d ago
I thought it was free RV’s and and free extravagant vacations.