This Supreme Court Justice Wants To Know When Bigotry Became Unconstitutional. Wait, What?

Oh Justice Scalia, you’d be a fantastic Supreme Court justice — if you lived in 1791 or 1868. I’m just glad Ted Olson, the lead attorney challenging Prop 8, was on hand to deliver this brilliant rhetorical smack down.

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Rebecca Eisenberg

Mar 26, 2013

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