Antonin Scalia (born 1936), a conservative jurist who advocated judicial restraint, was appointed to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan in 1986. American political conservatives expected to find a friend on the Supreme Court after Antonin Scalia's...

Justice Antonin Scalia in Apr 1997 visited the campuses of Loyola University of Chicago, where he talked about his book, A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law. During his visit he responded to some papers of three Loyola faculty members. He commented...

Scalia's staunch conservatism, quick wit, and Northeastern Italian heritage would be major pluses in a presidential bid. However, some conservative observers note his lack of electoral politics experience, and fear that Bill Clinton would fill Scalia's seat with a liberal. It sounds like...

Some Supreme Court cases, since Samuel Alito joined the court last year, showing a clear division between conservative and liberal justices._Free speech: Scales back protections for government workers who blow the whistle on official misconduct, Garcetti v. Ceballos. Majority: Chief Justice John Roberts, Justices Samuel...

The Supreme Court threw out death sentences for three Texas killers Wednesday because of problems with instructions given jurors who were deciding between life in prison and death.In the case of LaRoyce Lathair Smith, the court set aside the death penalty for the second time....

The Effect of Justice Antonin Scali's decisions on the judiciary bench.