Antonin Scalia

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Antonin Scalia was a prominent conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice known for his originalist and textualist approach to constitutional interpretation.

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instanceOf Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
conservative
human
judge
lawyer
legal scholar
almaMater Georgetown University
Harvard Law School
appointedFrom United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
awardReceived Presidential Medal of Freedom
birthDate 1936-03-11
birthPlace Trenton, New Jersey, United States
linked to: Trenton, New Jersey
burialPlace Fairfax, Virginia, United States
linked to: Fairfax, Virginia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 2016-02-13
degree Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Laws
endTime 2016-02-13
endTime (D.C. Circuit) 1986-09-26
ethnicOrigin Italian American
familyName Scalia
linked to: Antonin Scalia
fullName Antonin Gregory Scalia
linked to: Antonin Scalia
givenName Antonin
ideology conservatism
knownFor originalism in constitutional interpretation
textualism in statutory interpretation
memberOf Supreme Court of the United States
nominatedBy Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan (to D.C. Circuit)
linked to: Robert Bork
notableDissent Obergefell v. Hodges
Planned Parenthood v. Casey
notableOpinion District of Columbia v. Heller
notableWork A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law
numberOfChildren 9
occupation government official
judge
law professor
placeOfDeath Shafter, Texas, United States
politicalParty Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
predecessor William Rehnquist (as Associate Justice)
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Maureen McCarthy Scalia
startTime 1986-09-26
startTime (D.C. Circuit) 1982-08-17
successor Neil Gorsuch
linked to: Neil M. Gorsuch
taughtAt Georgetown University Law Center
University of Chicago Law School
University of Virginia School of Law

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Bush v. Gore concurringJustice Antonin Scalia
Gonzales v. Raich concurrenceBy Antonin Scalia
United States v. Comstock joinedByInMajority Antonin Scalia (in part)
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NFIB v. Sebelius dissentingOpinionBy Antonin Scalia
Archibald Cox notableStudent Antonin Scalia
Planned Parenthood v. Casey dissentBy Antonin Scalia
Bond v. United States joinedBy Justice Antonin Scalia
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South Dakota v. Dole joinedMajority Antonin Scalia
Saenz v. Roe joinedByInMajority Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia fullName Antonin Gregory Scalia
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Antonin Scalia familyName Scalia
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Clinton v. Jones justiceInMajority Antonin Scalia
opinion in Texas v. Johnson joinedBy Antonin Scalia
Neil M. Gorsuch preceded Antonin Scalia
Bryan A. Garner coAuthorWith Antonin Scalia
subject linked to: Bryan Garner
Lee v. Weisman dissentBy Antonin Scalia
Amy Coney Barrett clerkship Justice Antonin Scalia
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City of Boerne v. Flores concurrenceBy Antonin Scalia
Van Orden v. Perry joinedByInPlurality Antonin Scalia
Cutter v. Wilkinson hasJusticeOnCourt Antonin Scalia
Alabama v. Shelton hasDissentBy Antonin Scalia