Antonin Scalia Archive

So, good thing he was killed, you're saying?

Daniel DID do drugs. Report below shows he had METH in his system and an extensive criminal history that included…

Greg, You can think what you want. Criminals, illegal immigration and neighboring countries can all erode countries sovereignty. But war…

My definition is ... irrelevant to this discussion, counselor. (I'd look up case law if I needed one.) You're the…

Wait what is your definition of sovereign nation? And I don’t think you understand what independence is. Entering into treaties…

But maybe you did mean (1) "Completely independent" and (2) "authority over its borders" as two separate things. In that…

I'll presume that you meant to write: "Completely independent authority over its borders." OK, by that definition, is the USA…

Completely independent and authority over its borders. That sounds about right. Not wrapped in tin foil.

What exactly do you think that the word "sovereign" means? Maybe we're getting to the root of the problem here.

If it can’t guarantee its own safety it is not much of a sovereign nation is it?