The Faith and Morals of Justic Antonin Scalia

Authors

David F. Forte, Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law

First Page

67

Abstract

It is because of Justice Scalia's suspicion of philosophy and of history that he becomes an outspoken textualist. But why should text carry greater authority? Why should the written word, rather than evolving tradition, be of higher authority, particularly to a Roman Catholic? To understand Antonin Scalia's affirmation of the centrality of text, we must, as many already have, seek to find out how the man viewed his religion and how he practiced it.

Recommended Citation

David F. Forte, The Faith and Morals of Justic Antonin Scalia, 14 Intercultural Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 67 (2019).
Available at: https://scholarship.stu.edu/ihrlr/vol14/iss1/5