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Scalia : a court of one / Bruce Allen Murphy.

LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating KF8745.S33 M87 2014
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Murphy, Bruce Allen., Author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Scalia, Antonin, 1936-2016.
Scalia, Antonin.
United States. Supreme Court--Biography.
United States.
Judges--United States--Biography.
Judges.
Constitutional law--United States.
Constitutional law.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
x, 644 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Summary:
A deeply researched portrait of the controversial Supreme Court justice covers his career achievements, his appointment in 1986, and his resolve to support agendas from an ethical, rather than political, perspective.
Contents:
Scalia in winter
Pride of the Scalias
The chosen few
The Harvard Hit Parade of the 1950s
Building a résumé
The President's legal adviser
Wildflowers among the weeds
It isn't easy to be right
Terminology is destiny
A court of one
Faint-hearted originalist
Losing the middle
The evil Nino
Master of the barbed opinion
War of the words
Bush v. Gore
Scalia vs. the Pope
Quack, quack
The charm offensive
The dead constitution tour
Opus SCOTUS
The rock star of One First Street
King of the originalists
The methodology of originalism
Kennedy's court
Roberts' rules of order
Reading law
Grumpy old Justice.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 503-596) and indexes.
Local Notes:
Athenaeum copy: Weiner fund bookplate.
ISBN:
9780743296496 ;

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