American Original: The Life and Constitution of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (711 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0374532443 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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USA Today legal affairs reporter Biskupic (Sandra Day O'Connor) notes Scalia's contemptuous chin-flicking at the media and relaxed attitude toward torture and other controversies, but focuses on his Supreme Court tenure through a thematic survey of prominent cases. . (Nov.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Biskupic's critical approach highlights inconsistencies in Scalia's reasoning, particularly when he went against his usual states' rights position in the Bush v. But the complex, murky vagaries of Supreme Court case law are not the best format for elucidating a judicial philosophy; Biskupic gives a full account of this influential figure's doctrinaire conservatism, but the originalist doctrine itself is harder to discern. Gore decision, which settled the 2000 presidential e
Not Much Life Story Jeff Kelleher If this first-ever biography of the colorful and prickly Associate Justice were a New Yorker profile, it would merit four stars; if an Atlantic Monthly feature, three. It is an accessible and compact survey of Scalia's public writings and pronouncements, and of public commentary on them. But as biography, it is disappointing.Biskupic devotes only 21 pages to the first 38 years of her subject's life--the very period the reader is most curious about. How can this be called biography? Compare the first volume of Robert Caro's life of Lyndon Johnson-- 800 deeply illuminat. Not quite a liberal hit-piece, but close Happy Shopper I bought this book hoping to learn more about Antonin Scalia after his passing. I had a lot of admiration for the things Mr. Scalia had said and done on the SCOTUS, and I was really looking forward to reading American Original. After reading the book, I must say that I was very disappointed with the book and the point of view of the author.The book is not a complete "hit" piece (hence the 2 starts) on Mr. Scalia, but it is very close. It is obvious that Ms. Biskupic disagrees with most of the positions that Mr. Scalia (and other conservatives) hold and she continually. William said Five Stars. Biskupic always reports the story accurately
Almost. 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. 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. Supreme Court teach