Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies at 79; ardent conservative fought liberalism's tide - LA Times

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dies at 79; ardent conservative fought liberalism's tide - LA Times: "Before Scalia ascended to the high court in 1986, most of its justices shared the view that the Constitution was a progressive document which promised justice and equality for all. They had interpreted it in the 1960s and 1970s as giving women equal rights -- including a right to abortion -- as forbidding official prayers in public schools, as requiring police to warn criminal suspects of their rights, and for a time, blocking the death penalty as cruel and unusual punishment."  'via Blog this'