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Antonin Scalia - On American Exceptionalism
AmericanRhetoric.com · 12 recommenders · 11 months
Justice Antonin Scalia's opening statement at a 2011 Senate Judiciary hearing on the role of judges. He argues that the Constitution's separation of powers is what protects liberty, and that gridlock is by design.
Why Hacker News readers recommend it: Recommended often as a clear explanation of why the US system is built to be slow and why gridlock protects minorities.
Law, policing & justiceUS politics & elections#scalia#separation of powers#gridlock#constitution#senate hearing
“one of the best explanations for why founding fathers built the system the way they did is this[1], by late Justice Scalia.”
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