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The first comprehensive, reasoned, andsympathetic analysis of how Scalia hasdecided cases now covers his entireSupreme Court tenure. In the new afterwordRalph Rossum discusses the thirty-eightmajor opinions since the original 2006publication, including Scalia’s seminalopinion on the Second Amendment inDistrict of Columbia v. Heller, his dissent inthe Obamacare cases of NFIB v. Sebelius andKing v. Burwell, the important recessappointments case of NLRB v. Noel Canning,his criminal procedure decisions on theFourth Amendment and the ConfrontationClause, his equal protection (racial preference)opinions, and Hein v. Freedom fromReligion Foundation.

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Both those who hate him and thosewho love him will inevitably learnmore about Justice Scalia and hiscommitment to text and tradition in interpretationthan they ever knew before. Thisis genuinely scholarly constitutional history,of an old-fashioned and rewarding sort. -Times Literary Supplement Rossum's presentation is slanted but stillhelpful in its exploration of the use oftextualism by a key member of the SupremeCourt. Recommended for law, academic,and large public libraries. -Library Journal Rossum's masterful study not onlyelucidates Scalia's theory of textualism andoriginalism, but shows how it plays out in awide range of situations. He makes apersuasive case that Scalia's influence-likethat of other great dissenters-may wellreach its height among the next generationof lawyers. -Mary Ann Glendon, authorof The Transformation of Family Law

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Ralph A. Rossum is Henry SalvatoriProfessor of American Constitutionalismand director of the Rose Institute of Stateand Local Government at ClaremontMcKenna College, USA. Among his numerousother books are American ConstitutionalLaw and Understanding Clarence Thomas:The Jurisprudence of Constitutional Restoration(Kansas).

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