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Samuel Alito: A Portrait in Humility

I was finishing my last year of law school when the Supreme Court was significantly reshaped by the nominations of John Roberts and Samuel Alito. During that year, I had the rare privilege to take courses taught by one of the nation’s leading experts on the federal courts. Continue Reading...

Antonin Scalia’s Rise to Greatness

When Judge Antonin Scalia was confirmed to a seat on the Supreme Court of the United States on September 16, 1986, no senator voted in opposition. He was confirmed by a vote of 98-to-0, a margin completely unthinkable 30 years later. Continue Reading...