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.

Important cases

This section lists cases which form an essential introduction to Scalia's jurisprudence, views and writing style.

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Unless otherwise specified, Scalia wrote in dissent from the Court in each case.

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• United States v. Taylor 487 U. S. 326 (1988) (concurring)
• Morrison v. Olson, 487 U. S. 654 (1988)
• Thompson v. Oklahoma, 487 U. S. 815 (1988)
• Coy v. Iowa, 487 U. S. 1012 (1988) (per curiam; cf. Maryland v. Craig, 497 U. S. 836 (1990), dissenting)
• Stanford v. Kentucky 492 U.S. 361 (1989)
• Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois, 497 U.S. 62 (1990)
• Harmelin v. Michigan, 501 U. S. 957 (1991)
• Lee v. Weisman, 505 U. S. 577 (1992)
• Planned Parenthood v. Casey, 510 U. S. 1309 (1992)
• Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches School District, 508 U.S. 384 (1993) (concurring)
• Romer v. Evans, 517 U.S. 620 (1996)
• United States v. Virginia, 518 U. S. 515 (1996)
• Wabaunsee County v. Umbehr, 518 U. S. 668 (1996)
• United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, 529 U.S. 803 (2000)
• Troxel v. Granville, {{ussc|530|57|2000}}
• Stenberg v. Carhart, 530 U. S. 914 (2000)
• PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin, 532 U.S. 661 (2001)
• Adarand Constructors v. Peña, 515 US 200 (1995) (concurring)
• Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304 (2002)
• McConnell v. Federal Elections Commission, 540 U. S. 93 (2003)
• Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U. S. 558 (2003)
• Hamdi v. Rumsfeld 542 U. S. 507 (2004), (dissenting, joined by Justice John Paul Stevens)

Current term:

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• Roper v. Simmons, Docket No. 03-633
• Gonzales v. Raich, Docket No. 03-1454, (concurring)
• McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky, Docket No. 03-1693

Sixth Amendment case study

There is a particularly strong line of cases - which begins in 1989 and reached its logical conclusion last term in Booker - which illustrates Scalia's writing style and views on a particular subject, viz., the requirement that a jury must determine all facts which relate to a sentence, a Constitutional guarantee which was ultimately endangered (in Blakely) - and then ruled unconstititional (in Booker) - the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. That line of cases is as follows:

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• Mistretta v, United States, 488 U.S. 361 (1989) (dissenting)
• Neder v. United States, 527 U.S. 1 (1999) (dissenting)
• Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000) (concurring)
• Harris v. United States, 536 U.S. 545 (2002) (concurring)
• Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584, 613 (2002) (concurring)
• Blakely v. Washington (per curiam)
• Schriro v. Summerlin (per curiam)
• United States v. Booker (concurring in part and dissenting in part)

(Refer to Morano, "Justice Scalia: His Insaturation of the Sixth Amendment in Sentencing" for pre-Booker discussion of this line of cases).

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See also :Category:Opinions of Justice Scalia

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