U.S. Supreme Court,
Criminal,
Constitutional Law
Mar. 1, 2016
Scalia called it like it is
Considerable commentary has focused on Justice Antonin Scalia's wit in dissent, but what has received less emphasis is his skill in exposing what was really going on in the majority opinion, exemplified in one of his last dissents in Montgomery v. Louisiana.
Steven S. Kimball
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When Justice Antonin Scalia died, considerable commentary focused on his wit in dissent. What received less emphasis was Scalia's skill in exposing what was really going on in the majority opinion. Nowhere was this better exemplified than one of his last dissents in Montgomery v. Louisiana, 2016 DJDAR 778 (Jan. 25, 2015).
Montgomery was the fourth in a series of decisions that amount to a movement to reform the practice of sentencing juvenile offenders who commit s...
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