Antonin Scalia facts for kids
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Antonin Scalia
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Antonin Gregory Scalia
March 11, 1936 Trenton, New Jersey, U.S
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| Died | February 12/13, 2016 (aged 79) Shafter, Texas, U.S.
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| Alma mater | Georgetown University Harvard Law School |
| Office | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States |
| Predecessor | William Rehnquist |
| Successor | Vacant |
| Political party | Republican |
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Maureen McCarthy (m. 1960)
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| Children | 9, including Eugene |
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Antonin Gregory Scalia (March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) was a Conservative jurist on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was an Associate Justice. Scalia was put on the Court in 1986 by Ronald Reagan and was the longest-serving justice on the Court. Before becoming a justice, he was on the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and was a law professor. He was a Roman Catholic born to Italian American parents. He was the first Italian-American on the Court.
Scalia was born in Trenton, New Jersey, but grew up in Queens, New York. Scalia went to Georgetown University, the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and Harvard Law School. He began his career in Cleveland, Ohio and traveled to Chicago, Illinois during his early life.
Scalia was noted for holding a conservative approach to the law. He also believed in originalism. This means he wanted the Constitution interpreted exactly as its framers had wanted it. Scalia and fellow judge Clarence Thomas often had the same viewpoints. He was friends with justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Scalia died in his sleep on February 13, 2016 at a ranch in Shafter, Texas at the age of 79. His death left a split in the court with 4 conservatives and 4 liberals. President Barack Obama said he would choose Scalia's successor in "due time". President Obama, former Governor of Texas Rick Perry, Governor of Ohio John Kasich, former Presidents George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Bernie Sanders, and Vice president Joe Biden all reacted to his death.
On March 16, 2016, President Obama nominated Merrick Garland to replace Scalia.
Images for kids
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President Reagan and then-nominee Scalia in the Oval Office, July 7, 1986
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The 2009–2010 Court, with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and retiring justice David Souter with Scalia fourth from right
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Scalia (right) at the Harvard Law School on November 30, 2006
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Scalia in 2010
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Judge and Mrs. Scalia (left) and President Reagan (right) watch as Chief Justice Warren Burger swears Scalia in as William Rehnquist's successor, September 26, 1986.
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The Roberts Court (October 2010 – February 2016). Front row (left to right): Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia (now deceased), John Roberts (Chief), Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Back row (left to right): Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito, Elena Kagan.
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Scalia (right) works on a book with Bryan A. Garner.
