A Quick Point on Scalia
Antonin Scalia confuses us. When the Supreme Court ruled last week in another 5-4 decision granting habeas corpus rights to detainees at Guantanamo, Scalia dissented saying the ruling "will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed." But then he failed to realize that his narrow majority opinion in yesterday's Second Amendment ruling will, as the New York Times editorializes, most certainly result in exactly that:
In this month’s case recognizing the habeas corpus rights of the detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Justice Scalia wrote in dissent that the decision “will almost certainly cause more Americans to be killed.” Those words apply with far more force to his opinion in this District of Columbia case.
The Times also points out how Scalia won't have to worry about being shot himself at his workplace because his decision does deem some "sensitive" places as okay to ban guns from, while the vast majority of Americans will not have the same luxury.
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