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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Antonin Gregory Scalia 1
Antonin Scalia (in part) 1
Justice Antonin Scalia 1

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Predicate Object
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
surface form: Trenton, New Jersey, United States
burialPlace Fairfax, Virginia
surface form: Fairfax, Virginia, United States
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 Antonin Scalia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Scalia
fullName Antonin Scalia self-linksurface differs
surface form: Antonin Gregory Scalia
givenName Antonin
ideology conservatism
knownFor originalism in constitutional interpretation
textualism in statutory interpretation
memberOf Supreme Court of the United States
nominatedBy Ronald Reagan
Robert Bork
surface form: Ronald Reagan (to D.C. Circuit)
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
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
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 H. Rehnquist
surface form: 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 M. Gorsuch
surface form: Neil Gorsuch
taughtAt Georgetown University
surface form: Georgetown University Law Center

University of Chicago Law School
University of Virginia School of Law

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Gonzales v. Raich concurrenceBy Antonin Scalia
Bush v. Gore concurringJustice Antonin Scalia
Planned Parenthood v. Casey dissentBy Antonin Scalia
NFIB v. Sebelius dissentingOpinionBy Antonin Scalia
Antonin Scalia familyName Antonin Scalia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Scalia
Antonin Scalia fullName Antonin Scalia self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Antonin Gregory Scalia
Bond v. United States joinedBy Antonin Scalia
this entity surface form: Justice Antonin Scalia
opinion in Texas v. Johnson joinedBy Antonin Scalia
Saenz v. Roe joinedByInMajority Antonin Scalia
this entity surface form: Antonin Scalia (in part)
South Dakota v. Dole joinedMajority Antonin Scalia
Clinton v. Jones justiceInMajority Antonin Scalia
Archibald Cox notableStudent Antonin Scalia