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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.

Hacker News 读者推荐理由: Recommended often as a clear explanation of why the US system is built to be slow and why gridlock protects minorities.

12 recommenders2 strong recommendations2019–2025
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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