Acerbic and loud,the late justice refocused the supreme court to give primacy to the textual meaning of laws even when that differed from his own viewsReviled and beloved, florid and acerbic, and loud,incorrigible and blunt. The US is far more Scalian than when a district judge named Antonin was called to the supreme court in 1986, and his death on Saturday left Americans wrangling with the justice’s legacy in politics and law. Related: Antonin Scalia – a life in pictures Continue reading...
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