On February 13, 2016 Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia passed away while staying at a ranch house in Shafter, Texas. Scalia served as a Justice for 30 years and was known as a man of his faith who stuck to what he believed in. "Scalia was known as a consistent and principle defender of free speech rights."(Liptak). Scalia was well known and even sometimes infamous for his stance on free speech, as some argued he only defended speech he agreed with. If Scalia will be remembered for anything it is how strongly opinionated he is, mostly tying back to his religious roots.
This article also points how the other justices vote when it came to free speech cases and organized by speech that was backed by conservative claim vs liberal claims. Clearly there is a bias in the high court as to what free speech should be free.
Scalia's death raised many other questions as well. When appointing the next justice, should religious beliefs be taken into consideration. This due to the fact many believed that Scalia's decisions were based solely off his christian morals and beliefs. So, the question is how can you eliminate bias in the Supreme court without having justices voting for things they don't believe in. If justices are making decisions based on their political beliefs or their religious views than the system is flawed. There is no denying Justice Scalia had a an incredible impact on the judicial system and did some really great things but going forward I would like to see someone a little more even keeled replace him and hopefully find some balance in the Supreme Court.
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