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Antonin Scalia

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. He was described as the intellectual anchor for the originalist and textualist position in the Court's conservative wing. For catalyzing an originalist and…

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Awards
Francis Boyer Award (1989) · Scribes Lifetime-Achievement Award (2008) · Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumous, 2018)
Education
Georgetown University (BA) · Harvard University (LLB)
Born
Antonin Gregory Scalia (1936-03-11)March 11, 1936 Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Children
9, including Eugene
Died
February 13, 2016(2016-02-13) (aged 79) Presidio County, Texas, U.S.
Nominated by
Ronald Reagan

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Early legal career (1961–1982)

U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (1982–1986)

Nomination to the Supreme Court of the United States (1986)

Supreme Court

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Antonin Scalia → David Sentelle, John Harmon, Neil Gorsuch, Robert Anthony
Awards · 3
Antonin Scalia → Francis Boyer Award (1989), Presidential Medal of Freedom (posthumous, 2018), Scribes Lifetime-Achievement Award (2008)
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Antonin Scalia → Roger C. Cramton, Roger Robb, William Rehnquist
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President · 2
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Born · 1
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Children · 1
Antonin Scalia → 9, including Eugene

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Antonin ScaliaNominated byRonald Reagan1.00infobox
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Antonin ScaliaPresidentRichard Nixon1.00infobox
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Antonin ScaliaSucceeded byNeil Gorsuch1.00infobox
Antonin ScaliaSucceeded byDavid Sentelle1.00infobox
Antonin ScaliaSucceeded byJohn Harmon1.00infobox
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