Macalia's Role In Justice Scalia

Inarguably, the Supreme Court has played an imperative role in the development and evolution of the fellow coordinate branches of government and in the society of the United States as well, and what is deducible as a consequence of this is that the individuals whom have served within this institution have incorporated, however subtly, their own inclinations into this evolution. Indeed, it is a matter-of-fact that throughout all of our lives, it is impossible to avoid the persuasions of family, peers, and societal constructs upon the reflections and perceptions that we utilize in order to derive our own attitudes, values, and ideologies. Additionally, the scope and position of the Supreme Court has provided it with unique opportunities in which …show more content…
Specifically, Justice Scalia is thoroughly and devoutly Catholic, and this, in itself, has no negative bearing on him whatsoever; however when applied as the guiding principle in rendering decisions, it serves, at least in the above context, to eliminate from his position any legal legitimacy. Interestingly, Scalia has long maintained and disseminated the notion of himself as an originalist: “he argues that judges should not allow their ‘intellectual, moral and personal perceptions’ to influence the interpretive task’” . However, Justice Scalia’s originalist approach is overshadowed by his devotion to the perceptual frameworks that have been instilled within him through his rearing in a devoutly Catholic home by parents of an immediate Sicilian ancestry, and through his education at St. Francis Xavier Military Academy, Georgetown University, and Harvard Law School. The consequences of this have rendered Justice Scalia stereotypically utilitarian (viz., pragmatic in the general sense of the term) in the sense that he is choosing what it is that will result in the best outcome of a case via what is most compatible with his personal values (i.e., what it is that seems the best to