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4 days ago · The late Justice Antonin Scalia once told this reporter: “There is no relationship between the difficulty of a case and its importance. It could be the most insignificant case, but it’s a bear figuring out the right answer." The first wave of decisions in this term and in most terms, has largely been by unanimous votes.
1 day ago · In 2016, McConnell blocked the Senate from considering the nomination of Merrick Garland, then a DC appellate judge, to replace Justice Antonin Scalia following his death. This decision, McConnell said, was the most consequential of his career.
4 days ago · As one of his former clerks – 15 years ago now – I met his casket on the steps of the Supreme Court on a chilly Friday morning and witnessed thousands of people standing in line for three hours or more to get a brief glimpse of the casket inside.
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4 days ago · Gorsuch’s eventual nomination to the Supreme Court arose under unusual circumstances: he was selected to fill a seat that had become vacant with the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016, during the last year of Obama’s presidency, but had been unfilled since then because Senate Republicans had refused to schedule a vote, or even ...
4 days ago · Edward Whelan is a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and holds EPPC’s Antonin Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies. He is the longest-serving President in EPPC’s history, having held that position from March 2004 through January 2021. Read full bio.
4 days ago · Even Antonin Scalia—a pretty smart guy, even you hate him—once said “this [campaign finance] law is so intricate that I can’t figure it out. /2 — Brad Smith (@CommishSmith) May 20, 2024
4 days ago · George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School ( email) 3301 Fairfax Drive Arlington, VA 22201 United States 703-993-8045 (Phone) Download This Paper.
