Antonin Scalia

Events (47)

• August 30, 1974: Nixon Pardon May Be Contingent on Turning Over Documents, Making ‘Statement of Contrition’ 1974-08-30
• November 20-21, 1974: Freedom of Information Act Strengthened by Congressional Amendments 1974-11-20
• May 15, 1975 and After: Investigations Probe Operation Shamrock, Lead to Passage of FISA Law 1975-05-15
• September 26, 1986: Rehnquist Becomes Chief Justice; Misled Congress in Confirmation Hearings 1986-09-26
• September 26, 1986: Scalia Sworn in for Supreme Court; Emblematic of GOP Efforts to Transform Judiciary 1986-09-26
• December 15, 1986: Supreme Court Rules that Anti-Abortion Election Flyers Protected by Free Speech 1986-12-15
• July 3, 1989: Supreme Court Restricts Abortion Funding by States 1989-07-03
• March 27, 1990: Court Bars Corporation from Spending Money to Support Candidates in Advertisements 1990-03-27
• July 2-August 28, 1991: Clarence Thomas Nominated for Supreme Court 1991-08-28
• June 28, 1993: Supreme Court Restricts Electoral District Mapping Based on Race 1993-06-28
• June 26, 1996: Court Rules in Favor of Colorado Political Party’s Campaign Expenditures 1996-06-26
• May 12, 1997: Supreme Court Gives Permission for Racially Discriminatory Redistricting 1997-05-12
• November 22-24, 2000: Bush Campaign Files Petition with US Supreme Court Challenging Florida Ruling that Favors Manual Recounts 2000-11-22
• (November 29, 2000): Justice O’Connor Intends to Overturn Florida Supreme Court Decision, Grant Bush Election, Says Her Clerk 2000-11-29
• December 7-8, 2000: Florida Supreme Court Orders Recounts of ‘Undervotes’ 2000-12-07
• December 8-9, 2000: Bush Asks US Supreme Court to Declare Him President; Republicans Attempt to Delay Process; Supreme Court Halts Recounts of ‘Undervotes’ 2000-12-08
• December 11, 2000: US Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in ‘Bush v. Gore’; Justice Says ‘Counting of Votes’ Does ‘Irreparable Harm’ to Bush 2000-12-11
• June 16, 2003: Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Direct Corporate Contributions to Candidates 2003-06-16
• December 10, 2003: Court Rules that ‘Soft Money’ Campaign Finance Ban Constitutional, Does Not Violate Free Speech Amendment 2003-12-10
• February 1, 2004: Republican Leadership Transforming House of Representatives into ‘Dictatorship,’ Investigator Claims 2004-02-01
• April 17, 2004: White House Argues for Near-Complete Immunity from Oversight 2004-04-17
• April 27, 2004: Supreme Court Hears Arguments for and against Keeping Cheney Energy Task Force Records Sealed 2004-04-27
• June 24, 2004: Supreme Court Sends Cheney Energy Task Force Case Back to Appeals Court 2004-06-24
• December 5-8, 2004: Conservatives Accuse Democratic Senator of Racism in Response to Criticism of Justice Thomas 2004-12-05
• December 8, 2004: Conservative Columnist, Fox Host Accuse Democrats of Racism for Criticizing Black Conservatives 2004-12-08
• October 31, 2005 - February 1, 2006: Alito Becomes Supreme Court Justice; Swings Balance of Court to Right 2005-10-31
• June 28, 2006: Supreme Court Upholds Most of Texas’s Controversial Redistricting Map 2006-06-28
• June 30, 2006: Supreme Court Rules Existing Guantanamo Military Commissions Are Illegal; Detainees There Have Legal Rights 2006-06-30
• June 25, 2007: Supreme Court Exempts ‘Issue Ads’ from Campaign Reform Restrictions 2007-06-25
• June 22, 2008: Court Rules Detainees Have Habeas Corpus Rights 2008-06-22
• October 31, 2008 and After: New Jersey, US Supreme Courts Throw Out Challenges to Three Presidential Contenders’ Citizenship 2008-10-31
• March 9, 2009: Supreme Court Narrows Voting Rights Act Provisions 2009-03-09
• September 9, 2009: Supreme Court Hears Second Round of Arguments in ‘Citizens United,’ Verdict Same as Before 2009-09-09
• January 21, 2010: In ‘Citizens United’ Case, Supreme Court Finds Corporations Can Spend Unlimited Amounts in Political Campaigns via First Amendment Protections 2010-01-21
• March 8, 2010: Chief Justice Complains that Congressional Democrats Cheered Criticisms of ‘Citizens United’ Decision 2010-03-08
• June 28, 2010: Claim that Supreme Court Justice Accepted Case Challenging Obama’s Citizenship Debunked 2010-06-28
• February 7, 2011: New York Times Legal Correspondent: Status of Media Clouds Issue of Corporate ‘Free Speech’ 2011-02-07
• February 14, 2011: Watchdog Group Asks for Details of Supreme Court Justice’s Participation in Koch Brothers Retreat 2011-02-14
• July 20, 2011: Repentant White Supremacist Executed for Hate-Driven Murder of Muslim Store Owner; Judiciary Rejected Pleas from Victim for Clemency 2011-07-20
• January 21, 2012: Supreme Court Justice Says Court Not Responsible for Transformation of Political System after ‘Citizens United’ 2012-01-21
• May 14, 2012: Law Professors Unsure of Some of Author’s Claims Regarding Chief Justice’s Machinations in ‘Citizens United’ Decision 2012-05-14
• May 14, 2012: Author and Reporter: Chief Justice Engineered ‘Citizens United’ to Expressly Invalidate Campaign Finance Law 2012-05-14
• June 15, 2012: Secretive Koch Brothers ‘Elite’ Political Network Examined by Reporters 2012-06-15
• June 1988: Supreme Court Upholds Independent Counsel Law
• 10:00 a.m. December 1 - 4, 2000: US Supreme Court Overrules Florida Supreme Court’s Ruling on Florida Recounts
• 1987: Federal Court Rules Fairness Doctrine Not Needed
• 1985-1986: Meese, Assistant Choose Bork and Scalia for High Court