Antonin Scalia Biography

Fast Facts

• Earned his bachelor's degree from Georgetown University in 1957 and his law degree from Harvard University in 1960
• Began his career as an attorney with Jones, Day, Cockley and Reavis in Cleveland in 1961
• Was a law professor at various universities, including the University of Virginia and the University of Chicago, during the late 1960s and 1970s
• Quote: "A lot of stuff that's stupid is not unconstitutional․ I gave a talk once where I said they ought to pass out to all federal judges a stamp [that] says 'stupid but constitutional' ․․․ And then somebody sent me one․"
• Quote: "They're all human ․․․ Power tends to corrupt․ But the power in Washington resides in Congress, if it wants to use it․ It can do anything - it can stop the Vietnam War, it can make its will felt, if it can ever get its act together to do anything․"
• Best known as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• Was nominated as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by President Ronald Reagan on September 26, 1986
• Was the editor of Regulation magazine from 1979 to 1982