Scalia Speaks At Duquesne About Morality, Capital Punishment

Justice Antonin Scalia on Saturday spoke at the event marking the centennial of Duquesne University School of Law.  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports on his remarks that called on the law school to maintain its moral judgment, saying: "Our educational establishment these days, while so tolerant of and even insistent on diversity in all other aspects of life, seems bent on eliminating the diversity of moral judgment, particularly moral judgment based on religious views." Responding to concerns raised by protesters who oppose capital punishment, Scalia said: "If I thought that Catholic doctrine held the death penalty to be immoral, I would resign. I could not be a part of a system that imposes it."