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Antonin Scalia
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 to 2016
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- Works
- 16
Top works
- On Faith
- Scalia V. Epstein
- Originalism
- Crusade in Europe by Dwight D. Eisenhower and how this case has affected US Copy
- Scalia's Court Lib/E
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Film & TV
Trenton, New Jersey, USA
Antonin Gregory Scalia (March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016. He was described as the intellectual anchor for the originalist and textualist position in the Court's conservative wing. For catalyzing an originalist and textualist movement in American law, he has been…
Known for
- RBG — Self - U.S. Supreme Court Justice2018
- The Corporate Coup D'État — Self - Supreme Court Justice (archive footage)2018
- Reversing Roe — Self (archive footage)2018
- Citizen Koch — Self (archive footage)2013
- Capitalism: A Love Story — Self (archive footage)2009
- Fahrenheit 9/11 — Self (archive footage)2004
- Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election — Self2002
- 60 Minutes — Self1968
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Key facts
- Nominated by
- Ronald Reagan
- Preceded by
- William Rehnquist
- Succeeded by
- Neil Gorsuch
- President
- Gerald Ford
- Born
- Antonin Gregory Scalia , ( 1936-03-11 ) March 11, 1936, Trenton, New Jersey , U.S.
- Died
- February 13, 2016 (2016-02-13) (aged 79), Presidio County, Texas , U.S.
- Resting place
- Fairfax Memorial Park
- Spouse
- Maureen McCarthy ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. September 10, 1960</span>"}]]}'>1960 )
- Children
- 9, including Eugene
- Education
- Georgetown University ( BA ) Harvard University ( LLB )
- Awards
- Francis Boyer Award (1989) Scribes Lifetime-Achievement Award (2008) Presidential Medal of Freedom ( posthumous , 2018)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gregory
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Trenton
- Child
- Eugene Scalia
- Occupation
- jurist
- Position held
- chairperson
- Employer
- Georgetown University Law Center
- Political party
- Republican Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Movement
- textualism
- Image
- Antonin Scalia Official SCOTUS Portrait crop.jpg
- Number of children
- 9
- Residence
- McLean
- Political ideology
- conservatism
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- Commons category
- Antonin Scalia
- date of birth
- 1936-03-11
- date of death
- 2016-02-13
- ethnic group
- Italian Americans
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Antonin Gregory Scalia
- birth name
- Antonin Gregory Scalia
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- nickname
- Nino
- P10632
- Antonin Scalia
- medical condition
- diabetes
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Encyclopedic overview
Antonin Gregory Scalia (March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) was an American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016. He was described as the intellectual anchor for the originalist and textualist position in the Court's conservative wing. For catalyzing an originalist and textualist movement in American law, he has been described as one of the most influential jurists of the twentieth century, and one of the most important justices in the history of the Supreme Court. Scalia was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018, and the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University was named in his honor.
Scalia was born in Trenton, New Jersey. A devout Catholic, he attended the Jesuit Xavier High School before receiving his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University. Scalia went on to graduate from Harvard Law School and spent six years at Jones Day before becoming a law professor at the University of Virginia. In the early 1970s, he served in the Nixon and Ford administrations, eventually becoming an assistant attorney general under President Gerald Ford. He spent most of the Carter years teaching at the University of Chicago, where he became one of the first faculty advisers of the fledgling Federalist Society. In 1982, President Ronald Reagan appointed Scalia as a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Four years later, Reagan appointed him to the Supreme Court, where Scalia became its first Italian-American justice following a unanimous confirmation by the U.S. Senate 98–0.
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