Tagged: Antonin Scalia

Law
3:01 pm
Mon July 16, 2012

Even Scalia's Dissenting Opinions Get Major Scrutiny

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Justice Antonin Scalia testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Oct. 5, 2011.

Originally published on Mon July 16, 2012 9:01 pm

As legal observers have sifted through the ashes and the tea leaves of the recent Supreme Court term, one justice has stood out for his dissents.

Justice Antonin Scalia was the first name on the joint dissent filed by four justices in the health care case. But it was Scalia's dissent in the Arizona immigration case, written for himself alone, that drew particular attention, and especially harsh criticism.

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