And here I thought that Antonin Scalia was the most evil Justice ever. Alito and Thomas: "Hold our beer." Next stop?
"There's nothing in the Constitution (Amendments don't count) against slavery; in fact, every slave is considering 3/5th of a person, so obviously an originalist position would say that states have the right to have slaves according to their state laws, and the federal government has no jurisdiction over such laws. So moved. Next!" - Thomas & Alito for the majority.
Strong, strong. column.
And here I thought that Antonin Scalia was the most evil Justice ever. Alito and Thomas: "Hold our beer." Next stop?
"There's nothing in the Constitution (Amendments don't count) against slavery; in fact, every slave is considering 3/5th of a person, so obviously an originalist position would say that states have the right to have slaves according to their state laws, and the federal government has no jurisdiction over such laws. So moved. Next!" - Thomas & Alito for the majority.