Authors: Antonin Scalia

1989–Present

Printz v. United States

Source: 521 U.S. 898 (1997), https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/95-1478.ZO.html. Justice Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court: The question presented in these cases is whether certain interim provisions of the Brady Handgun Violence

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1989–Present

Mistretta v. United States

488 U.S. 361 (1989), https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/488/361/. Justice Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court. . . . Nondelegation Doctrine Petitioner1 argues that in delegating the power to promulgate sentencing guidelines for

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The Judiciary
1945–1989

Originalism: The Lesser Evil

Source: Antonin Scalia, “Originalism: The Lesser Evil,” University of Cincinnati Law Review 57 (1989): 849–865. . . .It is only in relatively recent years. . . that nonoriginalist exegesis has,

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1989–Present

Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association

Source: 564 U.S. 786, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/08-1448.ZS.html. JUSTICE SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court. We consider whether a California law imposing restrictions on violent video games comports with the First Amendment.

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1989–Present

District of Columbia v. Heller

Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/07-290 Justice SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court, joined by Chief Justice ROBERTS and Justices KENNEDY, THOMAS, and ALITO. The Second Amendment provides: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary

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1989–Present

Lee v. Weisman

Source: 505 U.S. 577, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/505/577. We include excerpts from Justice Kennedy’s opinion for the court, the concurring opinion of Justice Souter, and the dissent of Justice Scalia. Omitted is Justice

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1989–Present

Boumediene v. Bush

Source: United States Reports. Volume 553, Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at October Term, 2007 (Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1952), 732-33, 793-95, 796-98, 826-31. Justice Kennedy[1]

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