Antonin Scalia was a judge, best known for Scalia's court.
Quick Facts About Antonin Scalia
Born
March 11, 1936
Died
February 13, 2016
Profession
Judge
Notable works
Scalia's court
About Antonin Scalia
He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018, and George Mason University named its law school the Antonin Scalia Law School in his honor.
![“[The] government has room to scale back individual rights during wartime without violating the Constitution. The Constitution just sets minimums. Most of the rights that you enjoy go way beyond what the Constitution requires.” quote by Antonin Scalia](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/c3f/antonin-scalia-2855_constitution_the-government-has-room-to-scale-back-in_2019191.png)
![“[The Freedom of Information Act is] the Taj Mahal of the Doctrine of Unanticipated Consequences, the Sistine Chapel of Cost-Benefit Analysis Ignored.” quote by Antonin Scalia](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/401/antonin-scalia-2855_analysis_the-freedom-of-information-act-is-the-ta_2264645.png)
![“The virtue of a democratic system with a [constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech] is that it readily enables the people, over time, to be persuaded that what they took for granted is not so, and to change their laws accordingly.” quote by Antonin Scalia](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/bd6/antonin-scalia-2855_communication_the-virtue-of-a-democratic-system-with-a_737904.png)
![“The Court's decision reflects the philosophy that judges should endure whatever interpretive distortions it takes in order to correct a supposed flaw in the statutory machinery. That philosophy ignores the American people's decision to give Congress '[a]ll legislative Powers' enumerated in the…” quote by Antonin Scalia](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/73f/antonin-scalia-2855_congress_the-court-s-decision-reflects-the-philos_386108.png)
