I really don’t like the premise of this interview because it makes Scalia’s view seem weird when “orginalism,” has been the standard view up till the last century. The weird view is the “living Constitution.” The constitution is a timeless document and doesn’t have to be forced fit to our changing society. That’s why we have the legislature.

At 72, Justice Scalia is still a maverick, championing a philosophy known as “orginalism,” which means interpreting the Constitution based on what it originally meant to the people who ratified it over 200 years ago.Scalia has no patience with so-called activist judges, who create rights not in the Constitution – like a right to abortion – by interpreting the Constitution as a “living document” that adapts to changing values.Asked what’s wrong with the living Constitution, Scalia tells Stahl, “What’s wrong with it is, it’s wonderful imagery and it puts me on the defensive as defending presumably a dead Constitution.””It is an enduring Constitution that I want to defend,” he says.

Here’s the interview (and here is the transcript for those who are still using dialup):Supreme Court, justice, Constitution