Comparing Justice Scalia And Justice Breyer

Both Justice Scalia and Justice Breyer agree more than they differ and they agree about nothing so much as the extent to which they agree. Justice Scalia is a conservative and a calls himself an “originalist,” believing that judges should determine the framers’ original intent in the words of the constitution, and stick by what is says. Justice Breyer, on the other hand, is more of liberal, often called a pragmatist. Breyer believes in what he calls the living Constitution, the idea that the values outlined by the framers must be molded to apply to our ever-changing modern society.

During the debate, Breyer comments that his constitutional approach is “complicated,” while Scalia retorts that his is “easy as pie.” Breyer goes on to talk about