Uncommon Knowledge with Justice Antonin Scalia

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia visits Uncommon Knowledge for a wide ranging interview including the living constitution, Roe v. Wade, Congress' relationship to the court, and to discuss his new book Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts.
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[williamreymond]

Mr Robinson, you are probably the best prepared interviewer I have ever had the pleasure to have listened to.  Your questions are both  intelligent, and help, immeasurably, your audience understand the significance of the material under discussion.

[BruthaVIII]

We lost a brilliant legal mind and principled man today. I met Justice Scalia about eight years ago, and he was extremely interesting, pleasant, and kind. Rest in peace, good sir.

[tubespirit]

God Bless Justice Scalia, missed and always appreciated. May the Lord grant us another Justice with the insight, deference, logic and temperament of the man.

[xaviervelascosuarez]

I'm watching this eight years later, and my eyes fill up with tears again. What a painful loss!

[danieljakubik]

The late supreme court justice Scalia was quite down to earth and a great communicator

[herrperfessrdoktordenknmei]

A voice of reason! Oh, that it were still available to us today!

[brianevans]

Peter Robinson does such a great job! So underrated. Uncommon Knowledge is a rare gem on YouTube. He has been doing excellent interviews for the last decade, and seemingly gained such little recognition. He has built up a great portfolio of interviews with incredibly intelligent influential people. Thank you for the great service you do to our society Peter!

[CarbonGlassMan]

What an enormous loss. What a great man.

[MrClark-dfqn]

Justice Scalia was the brain, heart and soul of the court.

[jimdeiner]

My goodness! What an intellect. What a funny person. What an entirely humble and unaffected "mensch".

... he will be missed.

[purpleflurp]

It's sickening watching people say "He's dead! Horaay!" that's pure hate and disrespect. They whine and say he was full of hate, and yet they still don't see an even more hateful person inside of them making fun of a deceased, brilliant man. May God rest his soul and some peace of mind go to his family.

[gerard]

He was a great man with great knowledge of the law and its application. He loved the law and the application of it in a reasonable way without favour to any party. I enjoy watching his you tube videos and learning from his wisdom. He is at peace now. We shall always profit from his wisdom and love of mankind.

[adrianfisher]

I've seen Judge Scalia interviewed in several videos and he always came across as a genuinely decent chap. I wish I could have met him in person.

[wessonsmithjr.]

Wonderful man, wonderful justice. You sir will be sorely missed.

[bluo]

One of the very best episodes of UK. This is perhaps my eighth watch.

[AndySpicer]

This is probably my 5th or 6th time watching this and it just as good as the first time. What a great conversation. I wish we still had Justice Scalia to listen to.

[leighanne]

And now we have one of his brightest law clerks up for nomination... His spirit lives on🇺🇲

[TheYoyozo]

This is the best channel on YouTube, possibly in the entire world. What awesome interviews and discussions!

[qwerasdf]

Wonderful man. We were lucky to have him

[dmkiii]

With all due credit given to the staggering brain power of the guests on "Uncommon Knowledge, " I have to give props to the skill with which Mr. Robinson questions his guests. Mr. Robinson's intellect goes toe to toe with his, "synaptically blessed" guests. Not only are the set of questions he asks probing and intelligent, but they are organized in such as way as to not disrupt the logical flow of getting from point A to point B on the given topic. Mr. Robinson, in many ways, shows himself to be the equal of many of the "brain trust" gallery of intellectual stars he interviews. He's is both the perfect foil and sympathetic interrogator for the intellectual level of those he interviews. What an immensely enjoyable series this is; as much part due to the intelligence of what's asked by Mr. Robinson as to the responses to those probing questions by the guest.