American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
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If the U.S. Supreme Court Teachers Us Anything, it is that almost everything is open to interpretation. Almost. But what's inarguable is that, while the Court has witnessed a succession of larger-than-life jurists in its two-hundred-plus-year history, it has never seen the likes of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.Combative yet captivating, infuriating yet charming, the outspoken jurist remains a source of curiosity to observers across the political spectrum and on both sides of the ideological divide. But for all his public grandstanding, Scalia has managed to elude biographers-until now. In American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the veteran Washington journalist Joan Biskupic presents for the first time a detailed portrait of this complicated figure and provides a comprehensive narrative that will engage Scalia's adherents and critics alike. Drawing on her long tenure covering the Court and on unprecedented access to the justice, Biskupic delves into the circumstances of his rise and the formation of his rigorous approach on the bench. This book shows us the man in power: his world, his journey, and the far-reaching consequences of a transformed legal landscape. The Barnes & Noble Review "Do you think he even knows the rest of us are here?" old-school Nixon appointee Lewis F. Powell whispered in 1986 to his fellow Supreme Court justice, the legendary Thurgood Marshall. Both men were looking on as their newest colleague grabbed the chance to play pit bull. Greenhorns on the nation's high court usually put obsequiousness first and assertiveness second, but not Antonin "Nino" Scalia. Joan Biskupic's American Original: The Life and Constitution [nice touch] of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia documents how little her subject has mellowed. You'd have to go back to indiscreet FDR pick William O. Douglas -- Scalia's opposite in ideology and lifestyle, but his match in passion -- to name the last associate justice with this much dramatic impact.
Prologue 31 A Place in the American Story 112 In the Turbulence of Watergate 333 Witness for the Executive 494 Meeting of the Minds 655 Relentless in Dissent 816 "I Have No Agenda" 997 "Is Anybody Listening?" 1228 Dilemmas of Race 1489 Passions of His Mind 18510 "A Country I Do Not Recognize" 21111 Bush v. Gore: Not Over It 23112 "Quack, Quack" 25213 The Center Chair 27614 Showman of the Bench 29915 Power in a Time of Terrorism 32116 "You Get One Shot" 344Notes 365Selected Bibliography 409Acknowledgments 413Index 417
