The Justice of Contradictions (Antonin Scalia & The Politics of Disruption) by Richard L. Hasen – Edition 2023

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Engaging but caustic and openly ideological, Antonin Scalia was among the most Infitential justices ever to serve on the United States Supreme Court. In this fascinating new book, legal scholar Richard L. Hasen assesses Scalia’s comple legacy as a conservative legal thinker and disruptive public Intellectual

The left saw Scalia as an unscrupulous foe who amplified his judicial role with cathing dissents and outrageous public comments. The right viewed him as a rare principled justice committed to neutral tools of constitutional and statutory interpretation. Hasen provides a more nuanced perspective, demonstrating how Scalia was crucial to reshaping jurisprudence on issues from abortion to gun rights to separation of powers, Ajumble of contradictions, Scalia promised neutral tools to legitimize the Supreme Court, but his jurisprudence and confrontational style moved the Court to the right, allenated potential allies, and helped to delegitimize the institution he was trying to save.