Antonin Scalia
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 27: Commentator Bill Reilly talks with Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner on April 27, 2013 in Washington, DC. The dinner is an annual event attended by journalists, politicians and celebrities.
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Judges should not waste their time in the mental acrobatics needed to decide whether an agency’s interpretation of a statutory provision is ‘jurisdictional’ or ‘nonjurisdictional,’
Under Chevron, a reviewing court must first ask whether Congress has directly spoken to the precise question at issue
Where Congress has established a clear line, the agency cannot go beyond itMore quotes »
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FCC: Supreme Court ruling bolsters net neutrality defense
“the court must defer to the administering agency’s construction of the statute so long as it is permissible.” Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority, explained that if an agency adopted a "permissible construction” of its jurisdiction then "that 12:20 PM from Hillicon Valley | The Hill Blogs Read more »
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RaiseAChild.US Releases Video Answer to U.S. Supreme Court Justices Who Believe No Data Exists on Same-Sex Parenting
for Hollingsworth v. Perry [12-144], the two justices tied marriage equality closely to parenting. Associate Justice Antonin Scalia said, “There’s considerable disagreement among sociologists as to what the consequences of raising a child in a single-sex family… 7:58 AM from PRWeb Read more »
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Masturbation 'at the root of culture wars'
progressives were bewildered by Antonin Scalia's blistering 2003 dissent in Lawrence v Texas, in which he warned that state laws against evils such as "adult incest, prostitution, masturbation, adultery, fornication, and bestiality" might be invalidated as 5/22/13 from Boing Boing Read more »
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Roberts Lashes Out At Scalia In Dissent Over Agency Powers
in a pack should take a good look at Chief Justice John Roberts‘ dissent in Arlington v. F.C.C. In it, Roberts excoriates Antonin Scalia for siding with Big Government on a question that is dear to just about every conservative: The power of federal agencies from Forbes Blogs Read more »
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Scalia questions CTIA’s ‘secret’ identity
up the telecom lawyers. (Michael Loccisano - Getty Images for Time Inc. ) In addition to knowing the laws of the land, Antonin Scalia apparently is familiar with the cardinal rule of comedy: know your audience. In a footnote in an opinion on a rather obscure from The Washington Post Read more »
