Seventh Circuit Judge Richard Posner, a Ronald Reagan appointee and the most cited legal authority today, penned an op-ed for Slate in which he declared the Constitution and the Bill of Rights useless things to study.

Posner, a staunch critic of late Judge Antonin Scalia, wrote:

I see absolutely no value to a judge of spending decades, years, months, weeks, day, hours, minutes, or seconds studying the Constitution, the history of its enactment, its amendments, and its implementation (across the centuries—well, just a little more than two centuries, and of course less for many of the amendments). Eighteenth-century guys, however smart, could not foresee the culture, technology, etc., of the 21st century.

"Which means," he continued, "that the original Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the post–Civil War amendments (including the 14th), do not speak to today."

Posner summed up his feelings, saying, "In short, let's not let the dead bury the living."

He also didn't hold back his thoughts on George Mason University renaming its law school to Antonin Scalia Law School. 

"I regard the posthumous encomia for Scalia as absurd," Posner wrote. His disdain stems from law professors and students who "are too respectful of the Supreme Court," a court he considers to be at its lowest point and one that hasn't produced a "real star" in over 60 years.

A teacher at the Antonin Sacalia Law School, David Bernstein, recoiled at Posner's "revolting" comments about the late justice. He accuses Posner of being jealous of Scalia and of believing he would make a better judge.

But by definition, a good judge would always revere the U.S. Constitution -- except that the left would like to change that definition.

H/T Washington Times