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Antonin Scalia

Also Known As Antonin Gregory Scalia · Nino
United States Supreme Court Justices

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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Role
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; originalism's most prominent modern judicial advocate. 3
Nationality / Jurisdiction
United States 1
Born
1936 1
Birth Date
1936-03-11 1
Birthplace
Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. 1
Died
2016 1
Death Date
2016-02-13 1
Place of Death
Presidio County, Texas, U.S. 1
Classification
Field of Law
Constitutional Law 1
Field of Law
Criminal Law 1
Field of Law
Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence 1
Gender
Male 2
Role
Role (category)
Associate Justice 3
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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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Source Antonin Scalia (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1tier 2
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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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1. Antonin Scalia (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors
  • Infobox, Born
    Antonin Gregory Scalia (1936-03-11)March 11, 1936 Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
  • Infobox: death_place
    Presidio County, Texas, U.S.
  • Lead section, opening sentence
    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.
  • Member Of: United States Supreme Court, lead states served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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2. Antonin Scalia (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIntroduction
Quote, Introduction
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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3. Originalism (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Proponents section - entity-description
    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.
  • Proponents section - role
    Antonin Scalia was one of its most prominent theorists.
  • In Category: Jurists, Category placement - in-category
  • In Legal System: Law of the United States, Proponents section - in-legal-system
  • Associated With: Constitutional Interpretation, Proponents section - associated-with scalia
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Wikidata: Antonin Scalia
  • Wikidata Q11156, P1477 birth name claim (en)
    birth name (P1477): Antonin Gregory Scalia
  • Wikidata Q11156, P1449 nickname claim (en)
    also known as: Nino
  • Wikidata Q11156 self-citation (QID resolved for a previously unsourced jurist)
    P31 (instance of): human; QID resolved and verified for this jurist (Antonin Scalia)
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District of Columbia v Heller (Wikipedia)
WikipediaWorks Attributed: District of Columbia v Heller, Article text
Quote, Works Attributed: District of Columbia v Heller, Article text
The Opinion of the Court, delivered by Justice Scalia
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