Part 1 in this series discussed Justice Scalia’s originalism and talent as a wordsmith. It is worthwhile to dedicate the second part of this series to the structural Constitution because of its immense importance in his work.
Indeed, Scalia regularly emphasized the importance of the structural commands of the Constitution as even more crucial to protecting the rights of citizens than the Bill of Rights itself. “[I]t is a mistake to think that the Bill of Rights is the defining, or even the most important, feature of American democracy…
Read more at the National Review.