Antonin Scalia

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to be” (B.A. Robinson). Also in the case of Minnesota v. Carter (1998) Justice Antonin Scalia stated: “Simply read the Fourth Amendment. It says, ‘[t]he right of the people to be secure in their . . . houses . . . against unreasonable searches and seizures’” (Wise County on the Web). Living documents are another way the justices interpret the Constitution, and in the case of Minnesota v. Carter, Justice Antonin Scalia decided the outcome because he was stating the fourth amendment and what it…

Back in 2011 the supreme court ruled 7-2 that California could not ban the sale of violent games to minors as its has no effect on kids. The reason behind why they do not ban it is according to justice Antonin scalia video games and harmful effects on children , got rejected by court for many reasons. It does not prove that kids act more aggressive. Video games show the consequences of harmful acts to kids. To guide a moral compass away from acts of violence…

Following the Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday that upholds the legality of affirmative action in college admissions, Twitter users showcased their glee by using a hashtag calling out the case’s plaintiff. Abigail Fisher, a native of Sugar Land, Texas, sued the University of Texas for denying her admission to its Austin flagship campus in 2008. High school seniors in Texas who are in the top 10 percent of their graduating class are granted admission to any state university, and Fisher did…

With the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, it is the Constitutional duty of President Obama to choose his successor. While the Republican party is insisting that a Justice is not chosen until after the next Presidential election, President Obama is determined to fill the position in the next few weeks despite the threats of his nomination being declined. At this time I believe that the best possible candidate to fill the position would be Srikanth Srinivasan. To begin, we should…

proceed with the juvenile death penalty. “If the question were whether a person under 16 when he commits a crime can be deprived of the benefit of a rebuttable presumption that he is not mature and responsible enough to be punished as an adult”(Antonin Scalia, Opinion on the Juvenile Death Penalty, p139-140. However depending on the severity of the crime, and the juvenile’s lack of maturity and responsibility, the juvenile could be punished with death of any crime. The Fourteenth Amendment…

Supreme Court threw out the largest sex discrimination lawsuit in American history with a 5-4 decision. The five-member court majority including Justice Antonin Scalia stated “that in order to sue as a single class, the women would have to point to a discriminatory policy that affected all of them”, and the court found they could not. The majority opinion of the justices ruled against the certification of the…

Justice Antonin Scalia delivered a 5-4 opinion affirming the Florida Supreme Court's decision. The Court held that the front porch of a home is part of the home itself for Fourth Amendment purposes. Police officers cannot go beyond the scope of that invitation. Entering…

Justice Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court. The Court affirmed the judgment of the lower court, and held that the installation of a GPS tracking device on Jones' vehicle, without a warrant, constituted an unlawful search under the Fourth Amendment. The…

Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia is a notable example of an originalist. In a fairly recent case, Obergefell v. Hodges, he argued that state bans on same-sex marriage were not unconstitutional nor did they violate the fourteenth amendment. In his dissenting opinion, he argued, “When the Fourteenth Amendment was ratified in 1868, every State limited marriage to one man and one woman, and no one doubted the constitutionality of doing so” (Obergefell v. Hodges). Essentially, Scalia claims that…