Words do have a limited range of meaning, and no interpreta… - Antonin Scalia

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Words do have a limited range of meaning, and no interpretation that goes beyond that range is permissible.

Antonin Scalia

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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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Robert F. Kennedy used to say, 'Some men see things as they are and ask why. Others dream things that never were and ask why not?'; that outlook has become a far too common and destructive approach to interpreting the law

The main business of a lawyer is to take the romance, the mystery, the irony, the ambiguity out of everything he touches.

I respectfully, and indeed diffidently, dissent.

Words do have a limited range of meaning, and no interpretation that goes beyond that range is permissible. - Antonin Scalia

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