Under the Law

Abstract

The late Justice Antonin Scalia had a profound effect on the U.S. Supreme Court, consistently adhering to and promoting, sometimes scornfully, a strict constructionist application of the U.S. Constitution. On major education cases, he consistently voted against using race in decision making, against claims related to the separation of church and state, and in favor of greater restrictions on student rights. In this Under the Law column, Julie Underwood takes a closer look at some of these cases and his opinions.