Ah, but there we have the age-old question of what constitutes a "strict constructionist," or a "liberal" or a "conservative" on the Supreme Court. No doubt that Scalia has a generally conservative record, but I thought he was being very pragmatic in his DC and Chicago rulings--the Supremes are still part of the body politic notwithstanding their exalted status.

Hugo Black was known as one of the Court's great "liberals." But he always called himself a "strict constructionist."