Antonin Scalia on VoteMatch

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Strongly Opposes topic 1: Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right (-5 points on Social scale)	Since Framers didn't allow abortion, the issue is settled: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Parental notification is lower priority than maternal health: Favors topic 1 Opposes Roe v. Wade despite stare decisis precedent: Strongly Opposes topic 1 Leave abortion to states; Court should get out of this area: Opposes topic 1 Roe v. Wade was wrongly decided & should be overturned: Strongly Opposes topic 1
Strongly Opposes topic 2: Legally require hiring women & minorities (+5 points on Economic scale)	All-male military schools like VMI should stay all-male: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Race-based college preference should be done, after 25 years: Opposes topic 2 Limit employer liability for sexual harassment by employees: Opposes topic 2 Employee must prove negligence to sue city for harassment: Opposes topic 2 Admissions preference is unconstitutional racial balancing: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Sociological analysis insufficient to prove gender bias: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Hate crimes must be separate crimes, not just for sentencing: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Rape victims cannot sue their alleged attackers: Opposes topic 2
Strongly Opposes topic 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage (-5 points on Social scale)	Showy profundities on gay marriage are profoundly incoherent: Opposes topic 3 Everyone in history, until 15 years ago, understood marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Let states decide same-sex marriage; keep federal DOMA: Opposes topic 3 Fear the judicial imposition of homosexual marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Coloradans entitled to be hostile toward homosexual conduct: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposed banning homosexual sodomy laws: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Don't recognize GLBT as a constitutionally-protected class: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Don't recognize GLBT as a constitutionally-protected class: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Opposing homosexuality not as reprehensible as racial bias: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Legal sodomy leads to legal incest, adultery, & bestiality: Strongly Opposes topic 3 1st Amendment protects church's anti-gay funeral pickets: Opposes topic 3 State laws should not protect gay rights: Opposes topic 3 Boy Scouts may exclude gay scoutmasters: Opposes topic 3
Strongly Favors topic 4: Keep God in the public sphere (-5 points on Social scale)	Founders engaged in explicitly religious official acts: Strongly Favors topic 4 Unconstitutional to deny scholarships to divinity students: Strongly Favors topic 4 Paying taxes insufficient to oppose religious or any credits: Favors topic 4
Strongly Opposes topic 5: Expand ObamaCare (+5 points on Economic scale)	ObamaCare "state exchanges" cannot be federal exchanges: Strongly Opposes topic 5 ObamaCare's individual mandate is unconstitutional: Strongly Opposes topic 5 OpEd: sympathetic to labeling ObamaCare unconstitutional: Opposes topic 5 OpEd: Commerce regulation beliefs indicate ObamaCare support: Favors topic 5 States cannot ban cigarette ads near schools: Opposes topic 5 States have no authority to protect patient rights: Strongly Opposes topic 5 States decide insurance issues, not federal government: Neutral on topic 5 Federal law pre-empts state laws on generic drug warning: Strongly Opposes topic 5
No opinion on topic 6: Privatize Social Security (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Favors topic 7: Vouchers for school choice (+5 points on Economic scale)	Vouchers ok if neutral with respect to religion: Favors topic 7 Taxpayer funding OK for parochial school materials: Strongly Favors topic 7
Strongly Favors topic 8: Fight EPA regulatory over-reach (-5 points on Social scale)	"Navigable waters" should have permanent surface connection: Strongly Favors topic 8 Migratory birds don't extend CWA to isolated waters: Strongly Favors topic 8 Eminent domain should not take from poor to give to rich: Favors topic 8 Clean Water Act does not apply to wetlands: Strongly Favors topic 8 Can't sue polluters after they stop polluting: Favors topic 8
Strongly Favors topic 9: Stricter punishment reduces crime (-5 points on Social scale)	Statistical racial sentencing disparities are inevitable: Strongly Favors topic 9 Scientific testing requires live testimony in criminal cases: Strongly Opposes topic 9 International Court not grounds for stay of execution: Strongly Favors topic 9 Fleeing the police is reasonable grounds for a search: Favors topic 9 Shorten time between sentencing and executions: Strongly Favors topic 9 OK to lengthen prison sentences retroactively: Favors topic 9 Miranda rights can be overruled by Congress: Strongly Favors topic 9 Life-sentence alternative doesn't affect death sentence: Favors topic 9
Favors topic 10: Absolute right to gun ownership (+2 points on Economic scale)	Gun rights can be restricted for felons & sensitive places: Opposes topic 10 Felons may possess guns unless state explicitly prohibits it: Favors topic 10 Right to gun ownership is individual, not collective: Strongly Favors topic 10
Opposes topic 11: Higher taxes on the wealthy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Protect private property from government regulations: Opposes topic 11 Railroads can sue for tax exemptions on other diesel users: Opposes topic 11
Strongly Opposes topic 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens (-5 points on Social scale)	DACA phase-out legally correct under administrative law: Strongly Opposes topic 12 AZ feels besieged by immigrants & feds unwilling to fix it: Strongly Opposes topic 12 No judicial limit on detaining illegal immigrants: Opposes topic 12 Automatic deportation for aliens convicted of crimes: Strongly Opposes topic 12 No back pay to illegal alien fired for union organizing: Strongly Opposes topic 12 INS may hold suspects for deportation, but habeas applies: Opposes topic 12 AZ may revoke licenses for hiring unauthorized aliens: Strongly Opposes topic 12
Opposes topic 13: Support & expand free trade (-3 points on Economic scale)	Sovereign immunity only applies to foreign-owned companies: Opposes topic 13
Favors topic 14: Support American Exceptionalism (+2 points on Economic scale)	Foreign laws ought to be rejected out of hand: Strongly Favors topic 14 US must charge crimes or suspend habeas to hold citizen: Strongly Opposes topic 14 No statute gives habeas review for non-citizens outside US: Strongly Favors topic 14 Vienna Convention treaty not binding on US courts: Strongly Favors topic 14
No opinion on topic 15: Expand the military (0 points on Social scale)	(No votes on which to base response)
Strongly Opposes topic 16: Make voter registration easier (-5 points on Social scale)	Federal control over state voting is outdated: Opposes topic 16 Corporate political spending is protected free speech: Opposes topic 16 Candidates' political speech is at core of First Amendment: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Corporate political spending is free speech: Strongly Opposes topic 16 Public campaign finance can't be based on opponent spending: Strongly Opposes topic 16
Opposes topic 17: Avoid foreign entanglements (-3 points on Social scale)	Broad discretionary authority for the president: Opposes topic 17
Opposes topic 18: Prioritize green energy (+2 points on Economic scale)	Don't lump all companies when evaluating carbon emissions: Opposes topic 18 No disclosure needed by Cheney energy task force: Strongly Opposes topic 18 EPA's Clean Air Act can regulate pollutants but not CO2: Opposes topic 18 Clean Air Act displaced federal common law on CO2 emissions: Strongly Favors topic 18 Limit CWA restrictions to navigable waterways: Opposes topic 18
Strongly Favors topic 19: Marijuana is a gateway drug (-5 points on Social scale)	Sentences should stand despite crack-vs.-powder rule change: Favors topic 19 Tactile inspection for drugs should be legal, like visual: Strongly Favors topic 19 Roadblocks with drug-sniffing dogs are OK: Strongly Favors topic 19
No opinion on topic 20: Stimulus better than market-led recovery (0 points on Economic scale)	(No votes on which to base response)

Antonin Scalia is a Populist-Leaning Conservative
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