The last "Honest Originalist" - Anthony Scalia (in "The Cross")
Hoisted from the transcript of Salazar v. Buono JUSTICE SCALIA : The cross doesn't honor non-Christians who fought in the war? Is that -- is that -- MR. ELIASBERG : I believe that's actually correct. JUSTICE SCALIA : Where does it say that? MR. ELIASBERG : It doesn't say that, but a cross is the predominant symbol of Christianity and it signifies that Jesus is the son of God and died to redeem mankind for our sins, and I believe that's why the Jewish war veterans -- JUSTICE SCALIA : It's erected as a war memorial. I assume it is erected in honor of all of the war dead. It's the -- the cross is the -- is the most common symbol of -- of -- of the resting place of the dead, and it doesn't seem to me -- what would you have them erect? A cross -- some conglomerate of a cross, a Star of David, and you know, a Moslem half moon and star? MR. ELIASBERG : Well, Justice Scalia, if I may go to your first point. The cross is the most common symbol of the resti...