The Dry Wit of Antonin Scalia

Lawrence Lessig shares a Justice Scalia story with the netroots

"...Lessig's career is that he clerked for Judge (now Justice) Antonin Scalia, and he took time to reveal an..."

July 19, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

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..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Scalia's Dirty Little Secrets

The justice's favorite kind of government is one you can't see

"...height – and according to the documents, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was among the law's biggest foes. In..."

April 16, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Justice Delayed for Yogurt Shop Defendant

Robert Springsteen has been waiting for 110,764,800 seconds for his appeal to be heard

"...that apparently isn't of much concern to the nine justices of the Court of Criminal Appeals, Texas' highest criminal..."

April 21, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Barney Frank: Oh No He Didn't!

Rep. Frank said it. Out loud. He called Scalia a homophobe.

"...is reporting that U.S. Representative Barney Frank referred to Justice Antonin Scalia as a "homophobe" during an interview with..."

March 24, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Ash Bell

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,..."

March 11, 2016 News Column by Jim Hightower

The AggreGAYtor: October 8

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...Ann Romney has an awkward moment, Antonin Scalia runs his mouth, and Ricky Martin is dubiously..."

Oct. 8, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The AggreGAYtor: October 8

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

"...Scalia hedges, Disney deals with it, and Texas A&M goes..."

Oct. 8, 2013 Qmmunity Post

Cruel and Unusual

The Supreme Court decides the death houses can do without a few more victims

"...developing public standard). In his opinion for the majority, Justice John Paul Stevens wrote: "Because of their disabilities in..."

June 28, 2002 News Column by Michael King

The Supremes Take a Hit

The federalist smoke from medical marijuana reaches the Supreme Court. Can they clear the air on states' rights, pot, and the Constitution?

"..."If we are to accept the Government's arguments," Chief Justice William Rehnquist opined, "we are hard pressed to posit..."

Dec. 10, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Reefer Madness

The odd logic behind federal sentencing guidelines

"...fit the crimes. The means of ensuring this cookie-cutter "justice" was to replace judicial discretion with a range of..."

Oct. 26, 2007 News Column by Jordan Smith

Notes on Kamp: The Only Way Is Abolition

The death penalty is too flawed to be saved

"...party suffer." But I'm not sure that the U.S. justice system operates according to that principle, or that it..."

April 29, 2016 News Column by Amy Kamp

God on the Bench

Some Judges Look to a Higher Authority

"...One law review author was Texas Supreme Court Justice Raul Gonzalez, whose speech to a Christian Coalition meeting..."

Dec. 27, 1996 News Feature by Bob Elder

News Roundup: Council and the Court

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

"...district court race gets weird; a U.S. Supreme Court justice dies in Texas; and more ......"

Feb. 15, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

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

Clinics stop services as abortion law goes into effect

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

Nov. 8, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Supremes Stand for Individual Rights

Two new opinions from the high court check state powers

"...going beyond a search of outer clothing and belongings," Justice David Souter wrote for the court. In Redding's case,..."

June 26, 2009 News Post by Jordan Smith

Naked City

The plaintiffs seek a stay of the new map from the Supreme Court

"...The request for an appeal initially rests with Justice Antonin Scalia, who has court responsibility for Texas. His..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Supreme Confusion

The Supreme Court ratifies the Texas GOP majority with a shrug

"...to maintain the illusion of a majority-minority district. Wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy for the court, "The majority of Latinos..."

July 7, 2006 News Column by Michael King

Yogurt Shop Reversal

The CCA overturns Springsteen murder conviction

"...demands is the one the Constitution actually prescribes: confrontation." Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the court, reversing 25 years..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM

Two words have been missing in all the hubbub about the Supreme Court's Lawrence v. Texas decision striking down laws against homosexual sodomy: Thank you.

"...To read Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority (6-3) opinion is to believe again..."

July 11, 2003 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

"...the March primary -- a stay from Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia -- as candidate filing proceeded for the..."

Jan. 16, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The AggreGAYtor: June 24

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

"...Scalia says judges should not weigh in on moral issues,..."

June 24, 2013 Qmmunity Post

SCOTUS Listens to Redistricting Fight

Oral arguments heard in DC Monday

"...basis that they were the last legal maps. Chief Justice John Roberts, a long-time critic of the preclearance system,..."

Jan. 9, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Divorce, Alamo Style

From a small north-side apartment – via toney Rob Roy, a Hays County ranch, and several sojourns in jail – Janet Kennedy keeps fighting a battle featuring all the latest in family bitterness

"...followed by the U.S. Supreme Court. The signature of Justice Antonin Scalia graces Janet's perfunctory rejection letter...."

Aug. 26, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

No Visible Suffering

The Texas executions continue, amidst new questions about pain and suffering

"...occurred, Zimmerman received a stay from U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia...."

Feb. 6, 2004 News Feature by Rita Radostitz

Point Austin: Revenge of the Cyborgs

Speech may be free, but justice costs real money

"...metaphors to describe how otherworldly the entire exercise seemed. Justice Anthony Kennedy's strenuous majority opinion is filled with defenses..."

Jan. 29, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Ninth Circuit Rules Against Raich

"...their quest to uphold federal pot prohibition. (Then Chief Justice William Rehnquist, retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Justice..."

March 23, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

Geek Love

Protector of Cyberspace Mike Godwin

"...challenged by the ACLU and defended by the U.S. Justice Department and U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno. This summer..."

Nov. 1, 1996 Screens Feature by Louisa C. Brinsmade

Affirming Diversity in College Admissions

Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin

"...while not ruling against race-based admissions as a concept, justices struck down the specifics of UT School of Law's..."

July 1, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Study: More Innocents on Death Row Than Previously Thought

Number could be higher in larger criminal justice system

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

April 28, 2014 News Post by Jordan Smith

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