Using his "originalist" philosophy, Scalia said he likely would have dissented from the historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision that declared school segregation illegal and struck down the system of "separate but equal" public schools. He said that decision, which overturned earlier precedent, was designed to provide an approach the majority liked better.

    "I will stipulate that it will," Scalia said. But he said that doesn't make it right. "Kings can do some stuff, some good stuff, that a democratic society could never do," he continued.

    "Hitler developed a wonderful automobile," Scalia said. "What does that prove?"

Stephen Breyer, sparing us the trouble of a comeback, notes that while flogging may have been legal in the 18th century, our standards of "cruel and unusual punishment" have drifted as well.

if people around me are gossiping about me in a foreign language.

There was a Seinfeld episode about this; Elaine gets someone who speaks the same language as the women at her nail salon (Korean, but most of the ones I go to are 100% Vietnamese), and discovers that, indeed, they are mocking her mercilessly.

health care reform?  what health care reform.
we are talking about that poor hotel owner who only wants his employees to speak english.

That character flaw aside, glad somebody has a conscience.