Antonin Scalia Does Not Believe in Molecular Biology

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Justice Antonin Scalia agrees with his fellow Supreme Court justices that naturally occurring genes can't be patented. Where he appears to differ: The existence of genes, the basic science of genetics, molecular biology, and evolution. He just dissented from all of the above.

Today, the court found in favor of the Association for Molecular Pathology in a case about the legality of patenting genes, ruling 9-0 that while synthetic genes may be patented, those extracted from the human body may not.

Clarence Thomas wrote the opinion, which was joined by Justices Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsberg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, and Kagan. But not Scalia. While he voted with the majority, he wrote his own concurrence to make abundantly clear that he did not agree with the parts of Thomas' opinion that recited the basic, sound, and undeniable fundamentals of molecular biology.

While he "joins the judgment of the court," Scalia wrote, he won't sign on to "Part I–A and some portions of the rest of the opinion going into fine details of molecular biology." Why? Because he can't "affirm those details on [his] own knowledge or even [his] own belief."

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Incredible....

[Warpy]

1. Admitting to the existence of DNA

would be admitting to how much of it we share with other species and that would destroy Scalia's exalted opinion of his worth to the universe and his complete disconnection from the rest of the mundane world.

Honestly, the man really does need to be removed from the bench. The arguments should have educated him. They didn't.

[Orsino]

2. The sound of fear...

...manifesting in Scalia, as usual, as bluster.

As if any of the other Justices have any biological expertise.

[Scuba]

3. I don't believe in Antonin Scalia. He's just a nightmare.

[Enthusiast]

5. I love that! "I don't believe in Antonin Scalia."

He appears to be a complete ignoramus. If he exists at all.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. Color me shocked.

Not.

[Javaman]

6. he still has trouble with the "idea" that the earth revolves around the sun. nt

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

7. It doesn't surprise me that Scalia doesn't believe in science

What does surprise me though is that Thomas would go along with the other judges and not Scalia in this belief. On top of that, I had no idea Thomas knew how to write an opinion.

This just shatters my concept of Thomas. I always thought of him as a ghoul, one that is subservient to his vampire master, in this case Scalia. That doesn't work anymore since he has shown a little more thought than a ghoul could possibly ever have. He might be a kind of bound draugr, a vampire-ish creature with some intelligence, but that doesn't fit too well either.

I never thought that Thomas could do anything that might fascinate me, but his showing a bit of brains has peaked my interest. I will have to go to my collection of tomes to research what kind of other-kin Thomas might actually be.

Off to the Tomes!

[greiner3]

8. As a 'practicing' Catholic;

Scalia needs to reread the pope's (which one?) declaration that evolution is a true and right science (except for the human part).