People look at rights as if they were muscles — the more you exercise them, the better they get. - Antonin Scalia

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People look at rights as if they were muscles — the more you exercise them, the better they get.

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About Antonin Scalia

Antonin Gregory Scalia (March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who served for 29 years, from 1986 until his death. He was appointed to the Court by U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1986.

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Birth Name: Antonin Gregory Scalia
Also Known As: Nino
Alternative Names: Scalia Antonin G. Scalia Justice Scalia

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The Court's reliance upon stare decisis can best be described as contrived. It insists upon the necessity of adhering not to all of Roe, but only to what it calls the 'central holding.' It seems to me that stare decisis ought to be applied even to the doctrine of stare decisis, and I confess never to have heard of this new, keep-what-you-want-and-throw-away-the-rest version.

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