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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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RoleAssociate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; originalism's most prominent modern judicial advocate. 3 Nationality / Jurisdiction BirthplaceTrenton, New Jersey, U.S. 1 Place of DeathPresidio County, Texas, U.S. 1 Classification
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Why is Antonin Scalia so closely associated with originalism?
Sources name him originalism's most prominent advocate; his Heller opinion (2008) is its defining statement.
Sources on originalism name Scalia as its most prominent advocate. His opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) became a defining and divisive statement of originalist reasoning, and he served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016.
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Originalism's most prominent modern judicial advocate.
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Antonin Gregory Scalia (March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016.
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Antonin Gregory Scalia (1936-03-11)March 11, 1936 Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
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Presidio County, Texas, U.S.
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Antonin Gregory Scalia (March 11, 1936 - February 13, 2016) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016.
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Antonin Gregory Scalia (March 11, 1936 - February 13, 2016) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016.
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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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Antonin Scalia was one of its most prominent theorists.
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birth name (P1477): Antonin Gregory Scalia
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also known as: Nino
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P31 (instance of): human; QID resolved and verified for this jurist (Antonin Scalia)
View the SourceDistrict of Columbia v Heller (Wikipedia)
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The Opinion of the Court, delivered by Justice Scalia
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