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Law student Eric Berndt, to Scalia, at a 2005 public question-and-answer session, after Scalia defended his dissent in Lawrence v. Texas on the grounds of state interest in personal sexual morality.http://www.thenation.com/article/debriefing-scalia/ https://books.google.ca/books?id=UML8Ke4IpTEC&pg=PA196&lpg=PA196&dq=scalia+sodomize&source=bl&ots=8PbDAdBXed&sig=rFOdz3cTjNm8hAg3wg_Ii-EUfUI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwix1M6vv_bKAhWKsh4KHVfdBUIQ6AEI3AEwIA#v=onepage&q=scalia%20sodomize&f=false https://books.google.ca/books?id=xK_LrraXG6MC&pg=PT203&lpg=PT203&dq=scalia+%22sodomize+your+wife%22&source=bl&ots=Q7iFbJ3ut-&sig=28Tj-OOP0-SjRuQaM1LY_cv81jA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihjY2_uffKAhWDqR4KHQS8A3AQ6AEIdTAN#v=onepage&q=scalia%20%22sodomize%20your%20wife%22&f=false
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Justice Scalia, do you sodomize your wife?

— Law student Eric Berndt

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Justice Scalia, do you sodomize your wife?" in the context of "Law student Eric Berndt, to Scalia, at a 2005 public question-and-answer session, after Scalia defended his dissent in Lawrence v. Texas on the grounds of state interest in personal sexual morality.http://www.thenation.com/article/debriefing-scalia/ https://books.google.ca/books?id=UML8Ke4IpTEC&pg=PA196&lpg=PA196&dq=scalia+sodomize&source=bl&ots=8PbDAdBXed&sig=rFOdz3cTjNm8hAg3wg_Ii-EUfUI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwix1M6vv_bKAhWKsh4KHVfdBUIQ6AEI3AEwIA#v=onepage&q=scalia%20sodomize&f=false https://books.google.ca/books?id=xK_LrraXG6MC&pg=PT203&lpg=PT203&dq=scalia+%22sodomize+your+wife%22&source=bl&ots=Q7iFbJ3ut-&sig=28Tj-OOP0-SjRuQaM1LY_cv81jA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihjY2_uffKAhWDqR4KHQS8A3AQ6AEIdTAN#v=onepage&q=scalia%20%22sodomize%20your%20wife%22&f=false" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Antonin Scalia" (Quotes about Scalia) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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Antonin Scalia

About Antonin Scalia

Antonin Gregory Scalia (March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who served for 29 years, from 1986 until his death. He was appointed to the Court by U.S. President Ronald Reagan in 1986.