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The Supreme Court’s recent decisions protecting abortion
\n rights, upholding the legalization of assisted suicide and striking down
\n anti-sodomy laws represent a "dangerous" trend, Justice Antonin Scalia
\n told a Harvard audience last night.<\/p>\n
An audience member later rose to ask Scalia "whether you have any gay
\n friends, and – if not – whether you’d like to be my friend."<\/p>\n
"I probably do have some gay friends," Scalia said. "I’ve never pressed
\n the point."
\n But Scalia said his personal views on social issues have no bearing on
\n his courtroom decisions.<\/p>\n
"I even take the position that sexual orgies eliminate social tensions
\n and ought to be encouraged," Scalia said. <\/p>\n
What the Fourth Amendment prohibits is ‘unnecessary’ search and seizure,"
\n the justice said. "Is it racial profiling prohibited by the Fourth Amendment
\n for the police to go looking for a white man with blue eyes? Do you want
\n to stop little old ladies with tennis shoes?"<\/p>\n
The eccentric justice
\n launched into a parody of a police radio dispatch under a scenario in
\n which profiling
\n were prohibited. "The suspect is
\n 5’10", we know what he looks like, but we can’t tell you," Scalia quipped-drawing
\n laughter from the audience.<\/p>\n
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