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Judges and Judiciary

Jul. 11, 2015

The hated, caustic and honest Scalia

His loudest critics should treat his work more seriously and Scalia less like their favorite punching bag. If they did, the public would understand better the work of the federal courts. By Dan Lawton


By Dan Lawton


It was 2005. Somehow I had wangled an invitation to a speech by Justice Antonin Scalia
at Balboa Park in San Diego. I arrived late. He had already begun speaking. From the
back of the packed auditorium, I spied two reserved (but empty) seats front and center.
Using the body language of one who pretends he belongs in the hope that no one will
dare stop him, I walked down the aisle with my co...

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