U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia urged U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets Tuesday to have affection for the U.S. Constitution they will swear to defend upon entering military service.
Scalia said in an address at the New London academy that the Constitution’s role in shaping the structure of government and its endurance set the United States apart from other countries, and it deserves the same level of attachment that people once showed for it in American life. “It deserves your affection and your oath,” Scalia told the auditorium packed with cadets in dress blue uniforms.
