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Scalia

American  
[skuh-lee-uh] / skəˈli ə /

noun

  1. Antonin 1936–2016, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1986–2016.


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Why did Scalia, a former law professor, say that?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

She had no experience running a major operation like a federal department, and no reform agenda of the sort pursued by Mr. Trump’s first-term labor secretaries, Alexander Acosta and Eugene Scalia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

Justice Antonin Scalia was able to frame his majority opinion as the vindication of a right so obvious that virtually the entire country already recognized it to some degree.

From Slate ● Aug. 3, 2026

But when the court was closely split in major cases, Kennedy was likely to be in majority while Scalia wrote scathing and increasingly personal dissents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 26, 2026

M. Beltrani Scalia justly said that we might as well build them at home, for they will cost less and be more serviceable.

From Criminal Sociology by Enrico Ferri

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