Recently Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia addressed law students at Georgetown University. During the question and answer period Scalia was asked about the court’s responsibility to protect minorities that couldn’t win rights through the democratic process.
Scalia responded, “You either believe in democracy or you don’t … What minorities deserve protection?” He stated the first amendment protects religious and political minorities, but beyond that, what empowers the Supreme Court to expand that list? He continued is it “up to me to decide deserving minorities? What about child abusers? Should I on the Supreme Court say this is a deserving minority … No, if you believe in democracy you should put it to the people.”
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