Scalia's Dissents 'Coarsen The Culture,' Says Former SCOTUS Clerk

Justice Scalia’s dissents are like mud wrestling – appalling, yet difficult to look away from, former Supreme Court law clerk David Kravitz writes in The Washington Post. “Like porn, Scalia’s zinger-laden opinions are titillating, but over time they coarsen the culture of which they are a part,” he says. “Legal observers should lament the ‘Scaliafication’ of judicial opinions, especially dissenting opinions, which have a long and honorable history at the Supreme Court.”