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Also Known As Antonin Gregory Scalia
Born March 11, 1936 • Trenton • New Jersey
Died February 13, 2016 (aged 79) • Texas
Title / Office Supreme Court of the United States (1986-2016), United States
Role In Agostini v. Felton • Ansonia Board of Education v. Philbrook • Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. Murphy • District of Columbia v. Heller • Harris v. Quinn • McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission • Obergefell v. Hodges • Shelby County v. Holder • Smith v. City of Jackson, Mississippi • Texas v. Johnson • King v. Burwell • Lawrence v. Texas

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  • Scalia was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump in 2018.
  • Scalia wrote the greatest number of concurring opinionswhich agree with the majority decision of the court but state different reasons for this positionof any Supreme Court justice.
  • Scalia replaced William Rehnquist as associate justice of the Supreme Court when Rehnquist became the chief justice.

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