Antonin Scalia was one of the most important, outspoken, and
controversial Justices in the past century. His endorsements of
originalism, which requires deciding cases as they would have been
decided in 1789, and textualism, which limits judges in what they
could consider in interpreting text, caused major changes in the way
the Supreme Court decides cases. He was a leader in opposing abortion,
the right to die, affirmative action, and mandated equality for gays
and lesbians, and was for virtually untrammelled gun rights, political
expenditures, and the imposition of the death penalty. However, he
usually followed where his doctrine would take him, leading him to
write many liberal opinions. A close friend of Scalia, David Dorsen
explains the flawed judicial philosophy of one of the most important
Supreme Court Justices of the past century.
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A Conservative Justice's Liberal Opinions
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ISBN
9781316877500
Publisert
2017
Utgiver
Cambridge University Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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