Orange, Calif., Aug 31, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Moral issues not addressed in the Constitution, such as abortion, gay rights and the death penalty, should be debated and settled by Congress or state legislatures, not by the courts, said U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
"I am questioning the propriety, indeed, the sanity, of having a value-laden decision such as this made for the entire society ... by unelected judges,” he told a packed auditorium Monday at Chapman University.
According to a report by the Associated Press, Scalia blasted these “judge moralists” and the political aspects of judicial appointments.