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Foreword
A Consequential Justice
Robert A. Steint
Antonin Scalia served as Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States for more than twenty-nine years
from his appointment by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 to
his death in 2016. At the time of his death, Justice Scalia was
the senior Justice on the Court. Justice Scalia's length of
service on the Court ranks 15th longest among the 112 Justices
in Supreme Court history.'
It is not the length of Justice Scalia's service on the Court,
but rather the consequence of his opinions that most
distinguishes him. During his years on the Court, Justice
Scalia was able to lead the Court to the right in a number of
areas of law.
When Justice Scalia visited the University of Minnesota
Law School for a lecture and conversation on October 20, 2015,
he described Justice William Brennan as the most influential
Justice of the twentieth century.3 In fact, Justice Scalia and
Justice Brennan together represent two of the most
consequential Justices on the Court during the sixty years
since Justice Brennan's appointment in 1956-Justice Brennan
moving the Court to the left, and Justice Scalia subsequently
moving the Court to the right.
t Everett Fraser Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School.
I would like to thank Nicholas R. Bednar, 2016 graduate of the University of
Minnesota Law School, for his superb assistance in the preparation of this
article. Copyright © 2016 by Robert A. Stein.
1. See Members of the Supreme Court of the United States, SUPREME
COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/members_
text.aspx (last visited July 6, 2016).
2. The 2015 Stein Lecture: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia,
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA LAW SCHOOL, https://www.law.umn.edu/events/
2015-stein-lecture-us-supreme-court-justice-antonin-scalia (last visited July 6,
2016).
3. Justice Antonin Scalia, The 2015 Stein Lecture at the University of
Minnesota (Oct. 20, 2015) [hereinafter The 2015 Stein Lecture].
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