Antonin Scalia

“ The only issue for resolution is whether a stipulation that at best supports two reasonable readings-one that Braxton shot across the room at the marshals when they entered, and one that he shot across the room before they entered to frighten them off-is a stipulation that "specifically establishes" that Braxton attempted to murder one of the marshals. It does not. ”

“ One does not shoot through a door opening and hit the door, any more than one walks through a door opening and bumps into the door. But in any case, if one accepts the stipulation that both shots lodged in the front of the (inward-opening) door, it would be unreasonable to conclude that Braxton was shooting at the marshals unless it was also stipulated that the marshals had entered the room. ”

“ With respect to federal law apart from the Constitution, we are not the sole body that could eliminate such conflicts, at least as far as their continuation into the future is concerned. Obviously, Congress itself can eliminate a conflict concerning a statutory provision by making a clarifying amendment to the statute, and agencies can do the same with respect to regulations. ”