Antonin Scalia

Antonin Scalia was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice member born on March 11, 1936, in Trenton, New Jersey. He was appointed to the Court by President Ronald Reagan in 1986. Scalia was the judge for the Case Martin case in 2001. He is not reluctant to express his opinion, even at the threat of offending others. Scalia believed that the court should have never been involved. Scalia ultimately disagrees with the court’s ruling. Scalia stated that “If one assumes, however, that the PGA TOUR has some…

The Supreme Court is the highest court of the judicial system and can shape the direction of the American judicial system and the morals of society. All other courts reside under the Supreme Court and adhere to the standards set in cases decided by the Supreme Court. The importance of the Supreme Court explains why the nomination of a new justice to the court can be a heated and contentious situation between the two parties that reside in the American political system. President Trump nominated…

to interpret the meaning the best way they can to ensure a fair trial. The case of the District of Columbia v. Heller in 1976 is the case in question. When the case was presented to the Supreme Court, the opinion of the court came from Justice Antonin Scalia. In the case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the case was about examining as to whether if the Second Amendment was violated for Dick Anthony Heller. The District of Columbia decided to create a gun control law, which placed a ban on…

and the Oregon Supreme Court agreed that this treaty does not generate individual rights, but only rights of countries, meaning that the state did not have to honor the federal treaty. In a 5-4 decision by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Anthony Kennedy, Justice Clarence Thomas, and Justice Samuel Alito with Mr. Breyer, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Souter, and Mrs. Ginsburg disagreeing, the members of the Supreme Court ruled that states are allowed to deny Article 36 claims if…

expose youth to an excess amount of violence. However, the same can be said about violent books, but nobody suggests banning them to youth. Why doesn’t anybody suggest banning them? In fact, Seattle Times writer, David G. Savage quotes Justice Antonin Scalia, a United States Supreme Court Justice, in the article Free speech trumps blocking kids from violent…

How often do you play video games? Video games are quite a popular choice of entertainment. All thanks to its interactivity and enjoyable features. Lately, there has been discussions about the depiction of violence in such video games. On the September of 2013, The New Yorker published an article titled “How evil should a video game allow you to be” authored by Simon Parker which provided an interesting insight on this much discussed topic. This essay by Parker relies heavily on the depiction of…

Entertainment Merchants Association, Chief Justice Antonin Scalia stated that "Like the protected books, plays, and movies that preceded them, video games communicate ideas and even social messages through many familiar literary devices, such as characters, dialogue, plot, and music” (Brown v. Electronic Merchants…

This is an opinion article addressing college staff members who are in charge of admissions who don’t have an opinion on mismatching or who agree with some arguments that mismatching makes, to be published in Inside Higher Education. Inside higher education reaches individuals, institutions, corporations, nonprofits and other individuals involved in the post-secondary education ecosystem who voice their opinion on current issues. The Failure to Acknowledge the Supposed Effects of Mismatching If…

Act in a way that is consistent with the former, and avoids the latter”(Diamond). The ruling in this case was to avoid any negative effect. But why does the Supreme Court care? They care because a few find the need to save Obamacare at all costs. (Scalia…

Love is love. It can be between men, women, or a woman and a man, but homosexuality isn’t always accepted in society. Boy Scouts of America vs. Dale continues to become a background case for the expressive association within the First Amendment for cases in the future. This specific case is about the Boy Scouts having a leader that is a gay right activist while also being a homosexual. James Dale became one of the highest honors such as “25 merit badges, was admitted into the prestigious Order…