Antonin Scalia - On American Exceptionalism
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中文导读
美国最高法院已故大法官 Antonin Scalia 2011 年在参议院司法委员会听证会上的开场发言。他深刻阐释了宪政分权与制衡才是自由的真正保障，政治僵局本就是设计初衷。
为什么 HN 推它
想要理解美式政治制度为什么设计得如此繁琐迟缓、为什么体制性制衡反而能保护少数群体，这场发言提供了最精辟透彻的法理剖析。
「要解释开国先辈当年为什么如此设计制度，已故大法官 Scalia 的这场发言绝对是最高水准的解释。」HN 网友原话：one of the best explanations for why founding fathers built the system the way they did is this[1], by late Justice Scalia.
英文原摘要（HackerTube / Claude 整理）
Justice Antonin Scalia's opening statement at a 2011 Senate Judiciary hearing on the role of judges. He argues that the Constitution's separation of powers is what protects liberty, and that gridlock is by design.
Recommended often as a clear explanation of why the US system is built to be slow and why gridlock protects minorities.
HN 上的提及
Antonin Scalia explained it really well in one of his appearances in front of a Senate Judiciary Committee
Scalia has a good talk about this
I highly recommend watching this video [1] to understand why "progress has stalled".
This really opened my eyes about what that aspect of judicial conservatism is about.
But, after watching Scalia, how can you not like him?