Almost every citation in an Education Department analysis on why debt cancellation would be illegal comes from the late conservative jurist.
Antonin Scalia
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Bostock: What Two Conservatives Realized and Three Dissenters Missed
By following Antonin Scalia’s textualist criteria, Neil Gorsuch ruled that gay and transgender employees can’t be discriminated against.
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The Scalia Problem: It Wasn’t Originalism or Textualism — It Was Trumpism
A review of Richard L. Hasen’s The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption
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Scalia, the Sequel
An originalist like Antonin Scalia, Neil Gorsuch is guided by 1787 thought processes, which made no provision for a right to privacy, or reproductive choice, or same-sex marriage.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Justice at Risk
Trump’s nominee to succeed Scalia will restore a right-wing majority. One additional Trump appointee could undo rights established 50 years ago and more.
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Republicans Say They Want to Nominate Another Scalia. But They Don’t Mean It
Why the next Scalia could be far worse for the progressive agenda.
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Obama and the Supreme Court: Lose Today, Win Tomorrow?
In choosing a successor to Antonin Scalia, Obama would do well to play the long game and consider a nominee with strong progressive credentials.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
How Scalia’s Absence Impacts Democracy Rulings
What Scalia’s absence means for voting rights, redistricting, and Citizens United.
Posted inWorking in America
The Labor Prospect: What Scalia’s Death Means for Unions
The impact of Scalia’s death goes way beyond Friedrichs, plus West Virginia goes right-to-work, and Minneapolis moves toward mandatory sick leave.
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Where Scalia’s Vote Was Decisive
A list of the key 5-4 decisions that Justice Antonin Scalia tipped to the right