Antonin Scalia

(2003), Justice Scalia wrote the dissenting opinion. He contended that "state laws against bigamy, same-sex marriage, adult incest, prostitution, masturbation, adultery, fornication, bestiality, and obscenity" would come under question after the Court 's decision to overturn Bowers v. Hardwick (1986). Stone, Textbook, p. 928. He believed that these actions historically thought as immoral can be recognized as a fundamental liberty interest similar to sodomy in this case. Justice Scalia 's…

his interpretational style. Scalia, on the other hand, is inclined to avoid using the tools of purpose and consequence because he believes they create subjectivity. Scalia also makes the argument that the meaning of the Constitution is not supposed to change generation to generation and that the open language of the Constitution is there for the legislative branch to create law, not for SCOTUS justices to make up their own laws based on the text. In the interview, Scalia argues against the…

Death penalty on juveniles Capital punishment has continued to elicit raging debates over the years. Inferring from the Furman v. Georgia (1972), Gregg v. Georgia (1976) and the resumption of death penalty as the retribution, the issue of innocence continues to haunt and cause contentious public debates in the United States (Foley, 2004). With regards to this, consignment of juvenile offenders to the gallows have consistently been disputed as a disproportionate punishment to minors; those below…

Antonin Scalia died at age 79 with the title of a Supreme Court Justice. Ever since his passing there has been questions about whether or not the president should elect a new Justice. Duty or not, since there is less than a year left in the standing presidential term the president should not pick someone to fill the void in the Supreme Court. With the president trying to tie up loose ends in the office, since this is his last term, trying to pick a new justice would be a bad idea. It is not…

Concert Critique: Meyerson Symphony Center. The Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Antonin Dvořák Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op.88 Antonin Dvorak was one of the great nationalist Czech composers of the 19th century. Dvorak was had very deep passion for his homeland and all of its traditions. He was even known to be the second Czech composer to receive world recognition. Dvorak was born on September 8 1841 in Nelahozeves, North Kralupy. Although he did not come from a sophisticated family. Dvorak's…

robberies (by society, family, and religion) which leave it fixed and futile, smothered to the point of terminal incoherence and inexpressivity. Artaud seemed to reorganize the world according to his own obsessed and fixated system (Barber, 6). Antonin Artaud personality disorder falls under the Cluster A- Disorders characterized by odd or eccentric behaviors. He seems to fall under all of Cluster A’s behaviors of paranoid personality disorder and schizotypal personality disorder. His…

In Cather’s short story, “Paul’s Case,” Cather depicts a dispiriting story a high school boy named Paul with a severe case of depression. Paul is irrationally and foolishly obsessed with theater and the performing arts and often flees from the bitter reality of school and work into his own imagination, using the arts as means of achieving this. “Paul half closed his eyes, and gave himself up to the peculiar stimulus such personages always had for him” (75). However, instead of entering the art…

Antonin Dvorak was the first born of nine children to Anna and Frantisek Dvorak. All of Antonin’s ancestors were butchers or innkeepers, so as the first born child it was assumed that Antonin would inherit the family business. But much to his father’s dismay, Antonin decided to pursue a career in music. At six years old, Antonin entered into a village school to receive some early education in music. He quickly understood the lessons in violin and started playing in village and church bands.…

The Mass in D major, Opus 86, for chorus, soloists and organ —also known as “Lužany Mass”—was originally composed in 1887 for the consecration of the chapel in the stately home of the prominent architect and philanthropist Josef Hlávka in Lužany. Hlávka had built a chapel at his residence in the southwest Bohemian village of Lužany, and he wanted music by Dvořák for its consecration. Hlávka and Dvořák corresponded personally, and Dvořák was glad to seize upon this opportunity to write to…

In 1789, James Madison creator and supporter of the 8th amendment and later ratified in 1791 states that excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted. A supporter of the 8th amendment and chief recorder of information for Virginia. The founding fathers also supported the 8th amendment. A supporter of the 8th amendment, Goerge Mason, he included the three provisions for the 8th amendment. For example, a person who steals from a…