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Originally Posted by GGG
That's where I wonder about Scalia, from my reading he was an originalist even when it didn't suit the typical right wing agenda. Although I would be open to examples where he wasn't. Was he an originalist to suit his views.
Unfortunately he died before getting to rule on Cruz's eligibility to be president as that would have been a very illuminating case.
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I don't think anyone would say that Scalia was beholden to other's opinions, ever. He didn't follow a typical "right-wing" agenda. He followed his own agenda. Hence why even the conservative justices stayed away from his opinions so often.
He was an originalist to suit
his views, but definitely no sycophant for the Republican or conservative cause.