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Perspective

Feb. 20, 2016

The wisdom and wit of Scalia

Justice Antonin Scalia's written legacy will continue to inform any discussion of our law and our constitution and will show future generations that style and an occasional laugh helps any argument. By David A. DeGroot

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By David A. DeGroot

During Justice Antonin Scalia's tenure on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, a case about the regulation of mechanical meat processing came before the court. As he told an audience once, "I had to read a lot about hotdog ingredients," and he got to know more than any person should about machines deboning chickens. It also gave him the opportunity to start his opinion in Community Nutrition Institute v. Block

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