From Joan Walsh in Salon: In two different decisions, the conservative Catholic (Supreme Court Justice Antonin) Scalia has sided with the court majority in finding that religious teachings can’t justify religious employers – or employees — failing to comply with...
On Monday, as the world was learning about Justice Stephen Breyer getting robbed at machete-point, fellow Justice Antonin Scalia was getting cozy in the hallowed halls of the University of Chicago Law School. A few years ago, Scalia criticized the law school’s political drift to the left. But just before Valentine’s Day, they kissed and…Continue reading »Follow Above the Law on Twitter or become a fan on Facebook.Tags: Antonin Scalia, Biglaw...
When the current U.S. Supreme Court term began, Justice Antonin Scalia made headlines by appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee and testifying that "[i]t was a great mistake to put routine drug offenses into the federal courts." Scalia was not ...
I’ve been reading Justice Antonin Scalia’s decision in “Employment Division v. Smith,” a 1990 case in which the Supreme Court pretty much settled the question of whether the federal government can require or outlaw actions that might ...
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia kissed and made up with the University of Chicago Law School, where he used to teach, giving a speech Monday at which he defended his ruling against gun control and urged students to settle for a job at a law firm in Cleveland if it would let them work reasonable hours. Three years ago, Scalia told a conservative...
Antonin Scalia is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice, was born in Trenton, New Jersey, March 11, 1936. He married Maureen McCarthy and has nine children - Ann Forrest, Eugene, John Francis, Catherine Elisabeth, Mary Clare, Paul David, Matthew, Christopher James, and Margaret Jane. He received his A.B. from...more
Antonin Scalia is a member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice, was born in Trenton, New Jersey, March 11, 1936. He married Maureen McCarthy and has nine children - Ann Forrest, Eugene, John Francis, Catherine Elisabeth, Mary Clare, Paul David, Matthew, Christopher James, and Margaret Jane. He received his A.B. from Georgetown University and the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and his LL.B. from Harvard Law School, and was a Sheldon Fellow of Harverd University from 1960–1961. He was in private practice in Cleveland, Ohio from 1961– 1967, a Professor of Law at the University of Virginia from 1967–1971, and a Professor of Law at the University of Chicago from 1977–1982, and a Visiting Professor of Law at Georgetown University and Stanford University. He was chairman of the American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law, 1981–1982, and its Conference of Section Chairmen, 1982–1983. He served the federal government as General Counsel of the Office of Telecommunications Policy from 1971–1972, Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States from 1972–1974, and Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel from 1974–1977. He was appointed Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1982. President Reagan nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat September 26, 1986.