Scalia’s Court: A Legacy of Landmark Opinions and Dissents

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The sudden passing of Justice Antonin Scalia shook The united states. After almost thirty years on the Supreme Court, Scalia had turn into as integral to the institution as the hallowed room by which he sat. His wisecracking interruptions throughout oral arguments, his unmatched legal wisdom, his unwavering dedication to the Constitution, and his blistering dissents defined his leadership role on the court and inspired new generations of policymakers and legal minds.

Now, as Republicans and Democrats wage war over Scalia’s lamentably empty Supreme Court seat, Kevin Ring, former counsel to the U.S. Senate’s Constitution Subcommittee, has taken a close have a look at the cases that best illustrate Scalia’s character, philosophy, and legacy. In Scalia’s Court: A Legacy of Landmark Opinions and Dissents, Ring collects Scalia’s most memorable opinions on free speech, separation of powers, race, religious freedom, the rights of the accused, abortion, and more; and intersperses Scalia’s own words with an analysis of his legal reasoning and his lasting affect on American jurisprudence.

“I don’t worry about my legacy,” Scalia once told an audience on the National Archives. “Just do your job right, and who cares?”

Now that “the lion of American law has left the stage,” as the U.S. Attorney General put it, it’s for the remainder of The united states to worry about his legacy—and to care.
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