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NEWS ABOUT: Antonin Scalia

Antonin Scalia stories: 32 news summaries

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Justices Cite Free Speech in Animal Abuse Videos

They seem ready
to strike down law

Oct 6, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court seems likely to back an appellate court ruling that said depictions of animal cruelty are protected as free speech by the First Amendment. In arguments today, the justices considered the case of a man convicted of selling dogfighting videos under a 1999 law that equates videos of... More »

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Antonin Scalia • John Roberts • free speech • censorship • dogfighting • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • justices • dog fighting

ANALYSIS

Court Tests Limit on Death Penalty Appeals

Constitution doesn't forbid executing the innocent: Scalia

Aug 18, 09 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court’s ruling that Troy Davis deserves a new hearing raises questions about how far the legal system is willing to go to make sure an executed man is actually guilty, writes David Von Drehle for Time. Under a 1996 law limiting death-penalty appeals, Davis is out of... More »

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death penalty • Antonin Scalia • murder • execution • US Court of Appeals • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • Troy Davis

 Court: Defendants  
 Can Question  
 Crime Lab 

Scientists must be brought to court

Jun 26, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A 5-4 Supreme Court ruling yesterday gives defendants the chance to face authors of crime lab reports in their cases. Prosecutors who want to use lab testing undertaken for a given case will be required to bring its authors to court, where the defense can confront them. The ruling shows... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Anthony Kennedy • US Supreme Court • defense • criminal prosecution • crime lab • defendant

OPINION

Sotomayor Will Tilt Court to
Left: Rosen

Dissents shows her boldly liberal on civil liberties, economy

Jun 17, 09 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor will certainly sway the Supreme Court to the left, writes Jeffrey Rosen in the New Republic, offering an analysis of her decisions that obviously attempts to make up for his earlier, widely excoriated takedown before Sotomayor got the nod from President Obama—and before he had a studied... More »

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Antonin Scalia • judge • US Supreme Court • President Obama • Sonia Sotomayor • Jeffrey Rosen

OPINION

Sotomayor:
Good Judge, Crappy Writer

Dry, plodding opinions could make her left's Clarence Thomas

Jun 4, 09 12:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sonia Sotomayor obviously has her talents, but “writing isn’t one of them,” writes Stephanie Mencimer in Mother Jones. “Sotomayor’s opinions read like she’s still following a formula she learned in college.” Whereas someone like Antonin Scalia wows with his airy and convincing prose,... More »

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Antonin Scalia • writing • Clarence Thomas • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

 Cops Can Question 
 Suspects Sans 
 Lawyer: High Court 

Conservatives overturn 1986 case in 5-4 decision

May 26, 09 11:35 AM CDT
(AP) - The Supreme Court today overturned a longstanding ruling that stops police from initiating questions unless a defendant's lawyer is present, a move that will make it easier for prosecutors to interrogate suspects. The court’s conservatives, in a 5-4 victory, overturned a 1986 ruling that applied even to defendants who... More »

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Antonin Scalia • interrogation • lawyer • US Supreme Court • defendants • police interrogation

(Newser) - George W. Bush’s historical reputation seems to be sinking by the day, but John Roberts, his slick, smiling appointee as the Supreme Court’s chief justice, remains as an “enduring and faithful reflection of the Bush presidency,” writes Jeffrey Toobin in the New Yorker. Though Roberts promised... More »

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Barack Obama • Antonin Scalia • John Roberts • conservative • US Supreme Court • George W. Bush • President Obama • William Rehnquist

ANALYSIS

Supreme Court Backs FCC's Profanity Policy

But justices decline to rule on ban's threat to First Amendment

Apr 28, 09 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court ruled today that the Federal Communications Commission may fine broadcasters for even a single utterance of a curse word, Lyle Denniston writes for SCOTUSblog. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that the FCC’s recent switch in policy from discouraging “dirty words” to a stringent... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Hollywood • FCC • curse • profanity • US Supreme Court • swearing

(Newser) - The Supreme Court today put new limits on police officers' ability to search a car after an arrest, the Washington Post reports. The 5-4 ruling—with an unusual grouping of justices—says police need a warrant unless certain criteria apply, a break from the standard practice of about 30 years.... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas • US Supreme Court • constitutional law • David Souter • automobile • traffic stop • police search

Shakespeare Debate Splits Supreme Court

Stevens finds alternate author theory beyond a reasonable doubt

Apr 18, 09 8:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - John Paul Stevens and Antonin Scalia don’t agree often, but the justices are united on one case: Neither believes Shakespeare’s plays could possibly have been written by a hick like William Shakespeare. Stevens has even written papers on the topic, and searched the Bard’s home for clues.... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Anthony Kennedy • literature • Stephen Breyer • John Paul Stevens • William Shakespeare • US Supreme Court

Supreme Court Rules for Power Plants, Against Fish

EPA regulators can perform cost-benefit analysis before ordering upgrades: ruling

Apr 1, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal regulators may perform cost-benefit analysis on new power plant equipment designed to protect fish, and decide whether to require the equipment based on that analysis, the Supreme Court ruled today. The 6-3 decision overturns an appellate court ruling that barred the EPA from performing cost-benefit analysis because it wasn't... More »

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Congress • environment • Antonin Scalia • fish • power plant • John Paul Stevens • environmental impact • EPA

(AP) - Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank called Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia a "homophobe" in a recent interview with the gay news Web site 365gay.com. The Democratic lawmaker, who is gay, was discussing gay marriage and his expectation that the high court would some day be called upon to decide... More »

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gay rights • Antonin Scalia • gay marriage • Barney Frank • US Supreme Court

analysis

Clarence Thomas
Strays From Righty Line

Slams Bush team, backs consumer protection in recent case

Mar 9, 09 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clarence Thomas might be the Supreme Court’s rightmost justice, but he’s “never been shy about breaking with conventional wisdom,” writes David G. Savage in the Los Angeles Times. In the latest such instance, he upheld injured patients’ right to sue drug companies, arguing that “agency... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Samuel Alito • John Roberts • medical marijuana • conservative • Clarence Thomas • US Supreme Court • liberal • justices • decision • Bill Maher Grid

Supreme Court Grows Even Clubbier

High-profile lawyers socialize with friends on the bench

Dec 15, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court turns out to be the kind of bar where everybody knows your name. Over the past decade or so, a small group of lawyers with educational, professional, and social ties to the justices have staked out exclusive territory at the building known as the Marble Palace. USA ... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Theodore Olson • solicitor general • US Supreme Court • undue influence

Right Opens Fire on High Court's Gun Ruling

2nd Amendment call was a question for states: legal scholars

Oct 21, 08 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Last summer's Supreme Court decision that ruled citizens have an individual right to possess guns drew hosannas from the American right wing. But now the court's ruling is coming under attack—from conservative legal scholars. As the New York Times reports, two Reagan-appointed judges have called DC v. Heller the... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Second Amendment • US Supreme Court • conservatism • Dick Anthony Heller • guns

analysis

Gun Ruling Will Trigger Barrage of Lawsuits

Most state and city
laws appear safe,
others will challenge

Jun 26, 08 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Today's Supreme Court ruling upholding an individual's right to bear arms is unlikely to lead to sweeping changes across the nation, the New York Times reports. Gun laws in most cites and states—putting restrictions on felons and the mentally ill, for example, or banning guns in certain settings—appear... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Washington DC • Second Amendment • John Paul Stevens • US Supreme Court • self defense • guns

ANALYSIS

Candidates Duel Over Gun Ruling

Obama steps back
from support of ban; McCain smells red meat, slams rival

Jun 26, 08 4:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and John McCain were firing away even before the Supreme Court's Second Amendment salvo today, Talking Points Memo notes. The Democrat backed away from a year-old comment (by an aide) that he thought Washington’s handgun ban was constitutional; the Republican smacked his opponent for flip-flopping—even using... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Antonin Scalia • US Supreme Court • guns

ANALYSIS

 Gun Ruling a Sea Change
 for 2nd Amendment  

Supreme Court's 5-4 decision "takes certain policy choices off the table"

Jun 26, 08 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court’s decision today striking down Washington's handgun ban represented a change in interpreting the Second Amendment. The court’s 5-4 vote split down partisan lines, the Post reports, with Justices Scalia, Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito in opposition to Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer. "The enshrinement... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Washington DC • gun control • Second Amendment • US Supreme Court • Washington, DC • constitutional law

 Court Readies
 Term's Testiest Decisions 

Justices will hand down 26 of the most contentious opinions beginning today

Jun 9, 08 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court is poised to begin unveiling decisions today in some of the year's most heated cases, reports USA Today. As the term winds down, the 26 final opinions will be released on select days in June, and include clashes over Guantanamo detainees, DC's handgun ban, and the 1989... More »

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Antonin Scalia • Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Stephen Breyer • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas • US Supreme Court • opinion • David Souter

ANALYSIS

Supreme Court Expands Margins

5-4 votes that characterized last
term grow scarce

May 23, 08 2:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court divisions expected after Samuel Alito replaced Sandra Day O’Connor materialized last term but have since disappeared in a tide of consensus. Only one of 35 cases this term has been decided 5 to 4. Linda Greenhouse of the New York Times looks at a once-predictable panel... More »

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Antonin Scalia • John Roberts • lethal injection • voter ID laws • child pornography • US Supreme Court • consensus

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