Commentary: Justice Scalia’s Contradictions and Euro-Bashing

Invited to compare the American and Jewish legal traditions of privacy when speaking at a conference last week, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia reached out to criticize the European tradition, arguing that under a proper conception of the judicial role, judges have little to say about privacy. Author Michael D. Goldhaber writes that Scalia’s remarks nicely capture the contradictions between his temperament and his professed philosophy — and what makes Scalia’s religious views dangerous.