Whether you agree with his general approach to judicial decision-making, you will likely agree that Scalia's writing is masterful and we can all learn from that.
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Read More »February 18, 2016 Comments Off on Justice Scalia the author
Whether you agree with his general approach to judicial decision-making, you will likely agree that Scalia's writing is masterful and we can all learn from that.
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Read More »February 13, 2016 Comments Off on Major cases heard by or scheduled for the Supreme Court
Some of the major cases heard or scheduled to be heard this term by the Supreme Court. Justice Antonin Scalia’s death casts uncertainty on the court’s term. No rulings have been issued in any of these cases. VOTING RIGHTS The ...
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Read More »February 13, 2016 Comments Off on Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia dead at 79
WASHINGTON — Antonin Scalia, the influential conservative and most provocative member of the Supreme Court, has died, leaving the high court without its conservative majority and setting up an ideological confrontation over his successor in the maelstrom of a presidential ...
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Read More »February 13, 2016 Comments Off on In victory or dissent, Scalia was a man of strong opinions
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia kept your attention, whether you liked him or not. He was a big personality who rather enjoyed the spotlight, and he did not often shy from controversy. Scalia deeply influenced a generation of ...
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Read More »November 12, 2015 Comments Off on Scalia asks if Supreme Court really expresses U.S. principles
PHILADELPHIA — The presence of three women on the U.S. Supreme Court isn’t enough to convince Justice Antonin Scalia that the court has become a diverse body. In remarks Wednesday night in Philadelphia, Scalia noted that four of the high ...
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Read More »June 29, 2015 Comments Off on Choose your own Scalia insult
“Pure applesauce.” “Jiggery-pokery.” Comparable to “the mystical aphorisms of the fortune cookie.” How’s that for a sampling of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s thoughts on his colleagues’ judicial reasoning? And that’s just last week. Scalia’s dissents in both King v. ...
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Read More »June 26, 2015 Comments Off on Excerpts from Supreme Court’s gay marriage opinions
Excerpts from the majority opinion of Justice Anthony Kennedy and dissents written by Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito in the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling Friday that declared a constitutional right to same-sex ...
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Read More »June 8, 2015 Comments Off on Supreme Court strikes down ‘born in Jerusalem’ passport law
WASHINGTON — Siding with the White House in a foreign-policy power struggle with Congress, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that Americans born in the disputed city of Jerusalem can’t list Israel as their birthplace on passports. In a 6-3 ruling, ...
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Read More »March 5, 2015 Comments Off on Play brings Supreme Court Justice Scalia to stage in D.C.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Actor Edward Gero has spent a lot of time in court over the past year — the Supreme Court to be exact — watching, studying and listening to one justice in particular, seeing how he behaves. Justice ...
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Read More »September 25, 2013 Comments Off on Justice Scalia expects NSA wiretaps to end up in court
McLEAN, Va. — Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says the courts will ultimately have to determine the legality of wiretapping by the National Security Agency. And he’s not sure that’s a good thing. Scalia addressed NSA wiretapping Wednesday in a ...
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