Antonin Scalia Quote

Not once in the history of the American Republic has this Court ever suggested the death penalty is categorically impermissible. The reason is obvious: It is impossible to hold unconstitutional that which the Constitution explicitly contemplates. The Fifth Amendment provides that "no person shall be held to answer for a capital... crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury," and that no person shall be "deprived of life... without due process of law."

Concurring, Glossip v. Gross, 576 U.S. ___ (2015)

Not once in the history of the American Republic has this Court ever suggested the death penalty is categorically impermissible. The reason is...

Not once in the history of the American Republic has this Court ever suggested the death penalty is categorically impermissible. The reason is...

Not once in the history of the American Republic has this Court ever suggested the death penalty is categorically impermissible. The reason is...

Not once in the history of the American Republic has this Court ever suggested the death penalty is categorically impermissible. The reason is...