Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legal case
|
| gptkbp:awards |
Presidential Medal of Freedom
|
| gptkbp:bornIn |
March 11, 1936
|
| gptkbp:burialPlace |
gptkb:Scalia_Family_Cemetery
|
| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:John_Scalia
gptkb:Christopher_Scalia gptkb:Catherine_Scalia gptkb:Elizabeth_Scalia |
| gptkbp:diedIn |
February 13, 2016
|
| gptkbp:education |
gptkb:Georgetown_University
gptkb:Harvard_Law_School |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Justice Anthony Scalia
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Neil_Gorsuch
gptkb:Samuel_Alito Clarence Thomas |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Antonin_Scalia
gptkb:Robert_Bork |
| gptkbp:issuedBy |
gptkb:Ronald_Reagan
|
| gptkbp:judges |
Originalism
Textualism |
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:King_v._Burwell
gptkb:Bush_v._Gore gptkb:District_of_Columbia_v._Heller |
| gptkbp:notableQuote |
"I believe in the rule of law."
"I am not a philosopher. I am a lawyer." "Judges are not supposed to be politicians." "Words have meaning. And their meaning doesn’t change." "The law is not a game of charades." "I am an originalist. I am a textualist." I_don’t_think_the_Constitution_is_a_living_document. The_Constitution_is_not_a_living_organism._It_is_a_legal_document._It_says_what_it_says_and_doesn’t_say_what_it_doesn’t_say. The_Constitution_is_meant_to_be_interpreted_as_it_was_understood_at_the_time_it_was_adopted. The_Constitution_is_not_a_document_that_is_meant_to_be_changed. |
| gptkbp:placeOfBirth |
gptkb:Trenton,_New_Jersey
|
| gptkbp:placeOfDeath |
Shannon_Airport,_Texas
|
| gptkbp:politicalAffiliation |
Conservative
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| gptkbp:predecessor |
gptkb:William_Rehnquist
|
| gptkbp:servedIn |
gptkb:U.S._Army
gptkb:U.S._Army_Reserve Judge_of_the_United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_District_of_Columbia_Circuit |
| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Maureen_Scalia
|
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Neil_Gorsuch
|
| gptkbp:wrote |
A Matter of Interpretation
Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts |