• 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
  • 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:
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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