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Antonin Scalia on Separation of Powers and Gridlock

AmericanRhetoric.com · Talk · YouTube title: Antonin Scalia - On American Exceptionalism
Why it's here

Recommended often as a clear explanation of why the US system is built to be slow and why gridlock protects minorities.

What it covers

Justice Antonin Scalia's opening statement at a 2011 Senate Judiciary hearing on the role of judges. He argues that the Constitution's separation of powers is what protects liberty, and that gridlock is by design.