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"...lifestyle choice," and Texas can secede whenever it wants. (Antonin Scalia: "If there was any constitutional issue resolved by..."

June 24, 2022 News Feature

The Threat Is Real

Still wonder how Kavanaugh will rule on abortion? Look no further than his record in Texas

"...William Rehn­quist's dissent in Roe v. Wade and Justice Antonin Scalia's in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, both rejecting a..."

Oct. 26, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

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"...a White House legal adviser who previously clerked for Antonin Scalia, is expected to replace acting U.S. Attorney Richard..."

Aug. 25, 2017 News Feature

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"...associate justice on Monday, replacing the late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia...."

April 14, 2017 News Feature

Baked Cookies and Racism at UT

Young Conservatives get national headlines, local contempt

"...fulminated conspiracy theories that liberals had assassinated Associate Justice Antonin Scalia because he would have swooped to her rescue)...."

Oct. 27, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Affirming Diversity in College Admissions

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin

"...a vacant seat due to the death of Justice Antonin Scalia; additionally, Justice Elena Kagan recused herself because she..."

July 1, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report

How much does it cost to buy a public university's integrity?

"...of George Mason Univer­sity named their law school the "Antonin Scalia School of Law." Yes, the acronym for that..."

June 10, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Notes on Kamp: The Only Way Is Abolition

The death penalty is too flawed to be saved

"...In 2009, the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia baldly stated that "actual innocence" wasn't a reason..."

April 29, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

The Hightower Report

What did we learn from Antonin Scalia's death?

"...How curious that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died in, of all places, an exclusive, West..."

March 11, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

Supreme Court to Hear Texas Abortion Case This Week

HB 2 oral arguments start Wednesday

"...While the recent death of Justice Antonin Scalia – an anti-choice stalwart who advocated for the..."

March 1, 2016 News Post by Mary Tuma

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"...law, House Bill 2. With the death of Justice Antonin Scalia (a certain vote in favor of the anti-choice..."

Feb. 26, 2016 News Feature

Scalia's Dead, But It's Politics as Usual

Scalia's body was barely cold before arguing about his successor got started

"...On Feb. 13, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead, and Repub­licans immediately used his..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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"...U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia died in his sleep on a West Texas..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature

News Roundup: Council and the Court

Scalia's death shakes up high court; Council continues Uber battle

"...Scalia Dead: On Feb. 13, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin..."

Feb. 15, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

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"...– Justice Antonin Scalia shares his "thoughts" during oral arguments for the..."

Dec. 11, 2015 News Column

Point Austin: The Machinery of Death

Supreme Court quibbles about drugs and avoids the larger ethical issue

"...was joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Kennedy, Scalia, and Thomas) that if the condemned object to midazolam,..."

July 10, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Texas Republicans, Defiant as Always

Why the GOP isn't listening to you: They don't have to

"...their best to lard the court with firebrands like Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. Yet this is still generally..."

July 5, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Marriage for Everyone

Travis County "overjoyed" to comply with Supreme Court decision

"...with other conservative-leaning Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Antonin Scalia, who, in a scathing, and at times hysterical,..."

July 3, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Point Austin: Happy Fourth!

Feel good about America, but not too good

"...entire law, and it's the dissenters (inevitably Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas) who should but won't be embarrassed..."

July 3, 2015 News Column by Michael King

SCOTUS Blocks HB 2 – For Now

U.S. Supreme Court halts Texas abortion law in 5-4 stay

"...for their next term. Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito would have denied..."

July 3, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Travis County Celebrates Marriage Equality

Clerk issues 313 marriage licenses by close of business

"...with other conservative-leaning Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and Antonin Scalia, who, in a scathing separate dissenting opinion, called..."

June 26, 2015 News Post by Mary Tuma

The AggreGAYtor: April 29

What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...Justice Antonin Scalia had no compunction with tipping his hand...."

April 29, 2015 Qmmunity Post by David Estlund

Bleak Day at SCOTUS for Women, Unions

Hobby Lobby ruling hits reproductive rights, Illinois wings labor

"...block of Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito, as..."

June 30, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Death Row Study: Worse Than We Thought

Report says 4.1% of death row defendants in the U.S. are innocent

"...U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Sca­lia would have us believe that the number of..."

May 2, 2014 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: Race Does Matter

Sotomayor on the willfulness of judicial 'colorblindness'

"...debate." (By contrast, in his concurrence with Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia just sneers at Sotomayor's notion that affirmative action..."

May 2, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Study: More Innocents on Death Row Than Previously Thought

Number could be higher in larger criminal justice system

"...a Kansas death penalty case, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argued that the incidence of wrongful conviction is,..."

April 28, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Hobby Lobby and the Supremes

Company asserts religious freedom from birth control

"...Justices Roberts, Antonin Scalia, and Samuel Alito grilled Verilli about the government's..."

March 26, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

Supremes Sustain HB 2, 5-4

Abortion providers wait while SCOTUS contemplate a stay

"...On Tuesday, in a short opinion, Justice Antonin Scalia, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito,..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Intervene in HB 2 Lawsuit

Law remains in effect at least until appeal is decided

"...This afternoon, in a short opinion, Justice Antonin Scalia, joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito,..."

Nov. 19, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

HB 2 Heads to Supremes – As Texas Leaps Backward 30 Years

Clinics stop services as abortion law goes into effect

"...in the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Scalia has ordered the state of Texas to..."

Nov. 8, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

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