By Debra Cassens Weiss | ABA Journal
Justice Antonin Scalia delivered his standard defense of originalism in a speech on Tuesday that included an unusual observation about the justices’ stance on capital punishment: Scalia said he “wouldn’t be surprised” if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the death penalty.
Scalia told students at Rhodes College he has four colleagues who believe the death penalty is unconstitutional, Buzzfeed reports, relying on a news story and tweets by the Memphis Commercial Appeal. The Associated Press also covered the speech, but did not include Scalia’s death-penalty remarks.
