Antonin Scalia

On August 29th 2011, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. During an interview with Dean John B. Attanasio, she discussed her confirmation process and commented on the different milieu's that candidates have faced when nominated for a seat on the Supreme Court. Ginsburg explained that “[Between] 1993 and 1994, the climate was so different from the way it is today...The vote on me was 93 to 3. Today my ACLU connection would most…

device on a person’s car a “search” under the Fourth Amendment. The case was brought up to the Court, called United States v. Jones. The judges ruled nine-to-zero, stating the act violated the Fourth Amendment. The opinion was delivered by Justice Antonin Scalia. He said that even though the Government obtained the needed warrant from the United States District Court, the GPS installation was restricted to ten days and within the Columbia district only. Nonetheless, the GPS was there for…

Following the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February of this year, the US Supreme Court has still been operating with eight justices instead of appointing a ninth. The reason for this being a lack of response from the Senate to President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland. This failure to acknowledge the President’s motion has sparked outrage across the country, bringing rise to the Constitutional provisions associated with the appointment of Supreme Court Justices. Several issues…

There are equality issues still going on in today's society; I’ve noticed this through police brutality, felons are not allowed to have weapons even for protection, and people not getting hired for jobs because of their appearance. Equality is the act of treating every individual the same and people coming together no matter the race or differences within every person. If the whole world thought like MArtin luther King when he said, “I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically…

In Making your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges, Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner provide a framework of 115 principles dealing with persuasion, legal reasoning, brief writing, and oral arguments both budding lawyers and courtroom veterans can employ to persuade the courts to decide cases in their clients’ favor. While each of these principles was most likely laboriously scrutinized and meticulously fact-checked before making its way into the book, there are a few principles that emerge as more…

America’s judges have a special obligation and duty. To be able to perform their job without letting their personal opinions affect their decision making. They are required to base their rulings on the facts presented to them in the hearing pertaining to the case, not around what they have decided is best for them in their personal lives. A judge must be able to be unbiased, knowledgeable on laws and statute and know how to properly apply law to circumstance. Just must live by the Canons, not…

decisis loses its practical significance. Stare decisis should never be “a mechanical formula of adherence to the latest decision,” but rather a guide when circumstances have not warranted a change. In a Quill concurring opinion, Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Clarence Thomas stated that while they supported the conclusion to overrule the due process conclusion of National Bellas Hess, they would reaffirm the Commerce Clause aspect of the physical presence test solely because…

not. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said,” Absent reasonable suspicion, police extension of a traffic stop in order to conduct a dog sniff violates the Constitution’s shield against unreasonable seizures.” Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justices Antonin Scalia, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan all agreed with Justice Ginsburg. The police officer said that the short delay was caused by the officer that he called for backup to help him with the dog when they released it to search the…

two months (en.wkipedia.org). Appointed by George H. W. Bush is Clarence Thomas and has served for 22 years and 11 months (en.wikipedia.org). One of two appointed by Ronald Regan is Anthony Kennedy is serving for 26 years and seven months, and Antonin Scalia is serving for 28 years (en.wikipedia.org). Last is the Chief Justice John Roberts appointed by George W. Bush has served for nine years…

26, 2015 Who made up the U.S. Supreme Court that heard this case and what was their political standing (i.e. conservative, liberal, swing vote?) (5 points) 1. (Chief Justice) John Roberts- Conservative 2. Clarence Thomas- Conservative 3. Antonin Scalia- Conservative 4. Anthony Kennedy- Swing, not really conservative or liberal but in the middle 5. Ruth Ginsberg- Liberal 6. Sonia Sotomayor- Liberal 7. Stephen Breyer- Liberal (Swing) 8. Samuel Alito- Conservative 9. Elena Kagan-…