Supreme Court justice raises ire with 14th Amendment interpretation
(NEWSER) - The 14th Amendment's equal protection clause doesn't prohibit discrimination against women and gays, according to Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. "Nobody ever thought that's what it meant. Nobody ever voted for that" when the amendment was proposed in 1868, the Reagan appointee tells California Lawyer. "If the current society wants to outlaw discrimination by sex, hey we have things called legislatures, and they enact things called laws." More»
