1. List the four principles of jurisprudence that Justice Antonin Scalia followed. (see para. 2-9)

2. The purpose of an editorial/commentary is to explain, persuade, warn, criticize, entertain, praise or answer. What do you think is the purpose of OK Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s editorial speech? Explain your answer.

3. There are two types of judges: activist and constructionist (also called constitutionalist). Liberals generally support the nomination of activist judges and conservatives generally support the nomination of constructionist judges.

Judicial activism is “the act of replacing an impartial interpretation of existing law with the judge’s personal feelings about what the law should be” (wikipedia)
A constitutionalist “refers to those who advocate strict adherence to the intentions of the framers of the U.S. Constitution” (wikipedia)
Do you support the nomination of an activist or constitutionalist judge to replace Justice Scalia? (It is expected that Hillary Clinton would nominate an activist judge and Donald Trump would nominate a constitutionalist judge.)  Explain your answer.