Scalia: High court shouldn’t ‘invent new minorities that get special protections’

[Capt. Obvious]

Justice Antonin Scalia warned Monday that the Supreme Court is overstepping its authority on matters that should be left to Congress or voters.

Speaking at an event sponsored by the Federalist Society in Montana, Scalia said the high court should not intervene on issues such as wiretapping and “inventing” new minorities, according to reports.

“It's not up to the courts to invent new minorities that get special protections,” Scalia said, in an apparent reference to the court's recent decisions on gay marriage and federal benefits for same-sex couples.

Scalia said courts should not create new rights, leaving that to constitutional changes or to Congress.

Asshole

I wonder how he would have worded the dissent to Brown V Board Of Education and Loving V Virginia?

[Ohio Joe]

1. This whole "special protections" meme is such bullshit

The correct term is Equal Rights.

[EC]

2. but groups of minorities

that have no protections are okay? Asking for the same treatment as everyone else is not creating special accommodations but equalizing them.

[msanthrope]

3. Damn those new minorities!!! The Orginal Constitution didn't need women, blacks, gays.....nt

[MFrohike]

4. Excuse me, Tony, but your pants are on fire

You were part of the majority in City of Boerne that denied Congress the power, under Section 5 of the 14th Amendment, to create new substantive rights.