Jurists

Antonin Scalia

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@misc{lawatlas-antonin-scalia,
  author = {Law Atlas},
  title = {Antonin Scalia},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://law.interactiveatlas.org/jurists/antonin-scalia},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Antonin Scalia was a Justice of the United States Supreme Court and originalism's most prominent modern advocate, whose opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) became a defining and divisive statement of originalist reasoning.

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Role

Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; originalism's most prominent modern judicial advocate. 1

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Constitutional Interpretation

Originalism's most prominent modern judicial advocate.

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Law of the United States

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Originalism was advocated most prominently by Justice Antonin Scalia, whose opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) became a defining-and divisive-statement of originalist reasoning.

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