Word: antonine
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...ANTONIN SCALIA APPOINTED BY Ronald Reagan (1986) The Court's most irascible Justice, Scalia is famous for his lucid prose and judicial independence. His rulings are based on the "plain meaning" of the Constitution - one reason he cares so much about Article II's deference of election power to state legislatures...
...Supreme Court taps for the White House on Monday. Forget the red-and-blue nation; we may be looking at a red-and-blue Court, with nine Justices getting divvied amongst the Bush and Gore armies by the principals and their Sunday hosts. Heck, by Christmas we may see Antonin Scalia and John Paul Stevens facing off on "Face the Nation...
...Omen number 2: In a concurring statement, Justice Antonin Scalia said that the stay had a "substantial probability" of becoming permanent...
...Agree with his judicial philosophy or not, for instance, but Antonin Scalia's dripping sarcasm alone could fuel a small cable channel's ratings. Under questioning, Florida secretary of state lawyer Joseph Klock began, "We have not addressed the federal issues, because -" Scalia cut him off: "Well, this is a federal court!" To Laurence Tribe, on the question of whether the Florida legislature might have "invited" the state supreme court's intervention, Scalia - alluding to legislature's disdain for court action, sneered, "Maybe your experience of the legislative branch is different from mine...
...Gore's base, glimpsing the names of Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas on a pro-Bush majority decision, will know exactly what he means...