Antonin Scalia

Justice Antonin Scalia (born March 11, 1936) has been a U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice since 1986. He is widely considered the leading originalist voice on the Court and one of the most outspoken defenders of the plain meaning rule.

Early life

Antonin Scalia was born in Trenton, New Jersey to his mother, Catherine, and his father, S. Eugene. His mother was born in the United States; his father, a professor of romance languages, was born in Italy. When Scalia was five years old, his family moved to Queens, ("Queens", population 2 million+, is defined by its neighborhoods. What neighborhood in Queens did Justice Scalia grow up? Astoria? Elmhurst? Forest Hills?) New York City, New York, during which time his father worked at Brooklyn College.

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Trenton, New Jersey - United States - Italy - Queens - New York City - New York - Brooklyn College

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Scalia attended Xavier High School, a Catholic and Jesuit school in Manhattan. He graduated first in his class and summa cum laude with an A.B. from Georgetown University in 1957. While at Georgetown, he also studied at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland and went on to study law at Harvard Law School (where he was a Notes Editor for the Harvard Law Review). He graduated from Harvard in 1960, becoming a Sheldon Fellow of Harvard University the following year. The fellowship allowed him to travel throughout Europe during 1960-1961.

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Xavier High School - Catholic - Jesuit - Manhattan - Summa cum laude - Georgetown University - 1957 - University of Fribourg - Switzerland - Harvard Law School - Harvard Law Review - Sheldon Fellow - Harvard University - 1960 - 1961

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On September 10, 1960, Scalia married Maureen McCarthy, an English major at Radcliffe College. Together they have nine children – Ann Forrest, Eugene, John Francis, Catherine Elisabeth, Mary Clare, Paul David (now a priest in the Catholic Diocese of Arlington at St. Rita's Catholic Church), Matthew, Christopher James, and Margaret Jane.

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September 10 - 1960 - Radcliffe College - Priest - Catholic - Diocese - Arlington

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Scalia is sometimes referred to by the nickname "Nino", and his colleagues refer to the frequent short case-related memos he sends them as Ninograms.

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