Antonin Scalia
- A former Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court
Personal History
Family
- Born March 11, 1936
- Died February 13, 2016
Education
- 1957 Georgetown University, B.A. summa cum laude History, valedictorian
- 1960 Harvard Law School, LLB magna cum laude
Career
- 1961 - 1967 Attorney at Jones, Day, Cockley, and Reavis
- 1967 - 1971 Professor of Law at University of Virginia
- 1971 General Counsel for the Office of Telecommunications Policy (Appointed by Richard Nixon)
- 1972 - 1974 Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States
- 1974 - 1977 Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel
- Nominated by President Richard Nixon
- Nomination continued by President Gerald Ford
- Confirmed by US Senate on August 22, 1974
- 1977 American Enterprise Institute
- 1977 - 1982 Professor at University of Chicago Law School
- Became the first faculty adviser for the University's chapter of the Federalist Society
- 1982 - 1986 U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- Nominated by President Ronald Reagan
- Confirmed by Senate on August 5, 1982
- Sworn-in on August 17, 1982
- 1986 - 2016 U.S. Supreme Court
- Nominated by President Ronald Reagan
- Confirmed by Senate on September 17, 1986 (98-0)
- Seated on the Court on September 26, 1986
- Replaced William Rehnquist who had been elevated to Chief Justice in order to replace the retiring Warren Burger
Attorney in:
Supreme Court
Joined Court
- Nominated by Ronald Reagan
- Began serving/took oath September 26, 1986
Supreme Courts
Supreme Court decisions:
- Lukumi v. City Of Hialeah (Sided with Majority)
- Shelby County v. Holder, 570 U.S. 2 (2013) (Sided with Majority)
- Lukumi v. City Of Hialeah (Writer of concurring opinion)
- Obergefell v. Hodges, 576 US_ (2015) (Writer of dissenting opinion)
Description of Time on Court (Jurisprudence and Events)
Media
Publications
- Scalia, Antonin (1997), Gutmann, Amy (ed.) A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law
- Scalia, Antonin; Garner, Bryan A. (2008), Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges
- Scalia, Antonin; Garner, Bryan A. (2012), Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts
- Scalia, Antonin; Scalia, Christopher J.; Whelan, Edward (2017), Scalia Speaks: Reflections on Law, Faith, and Life Well Lived
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See also
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