• Politics/Culture

    Justice Scalia and the Anger That Ails Us

    Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s blistering dissent in yesterday’s decision legalizing gay marriage across all 50 states would have been extraordinary were it not for how characteristic and “ordinary” it has been of him through his 29-year tenure on the bench. Over a long litany of opinions, Scalia seems to be repeatedly furious and affronted that his colleagues on the court may think differently and come to different conclusions than him about the great matters before them. Although Scalia’s response, a few highlights of which I will note below, is no doubt rooted in particular aspects of his personality, what…