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In 1982, President Ronald Reagan appointed Scalia as a judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Four years later, Reagan appointed him to the Supreme Court, where Scalia became its first Italian-American justice following a unanimous confirmation by the U.S. Senate 98–0. [n 3]
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia. On February 13, 2016, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia died unexpectedly while at the Cibolo Creek Ranch in Shafter, Texas. [12] [13] He was the second of three Supreme Court justices to die in office during the 21st century: following Chief Justice William Rehnquist in 2005; and followed by Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020.
Justice Seat State Former justice Nomination date Confirmation date Confirmation vote Began service [3] Ended service 1: Neil Gorsuch: 9: Colorado: Antonin Scalia: February 1, 2017: April 7, 2017: 54–45 [SC 1] April 8, 2017: Incumbent 2: Brett Kavanaugh: 1: Maryland: Anthony Kennedy: July 10, 2018: October 6, 2018: 50–48 [SC 2] [V 1 ...
Eugene Scalia (born August 14, 1963) is an American lawyer who served as the 28th United States Secretary of Labor during the final 16 months of the Trump administration from 2019 to 2021. [1] Scalia previously served as the United States Solicitor of Labor under President George W. Bush .
On February 13, 2016, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead while vacationing at Cibolo Creek Ranch near Marfa, Texas. [51] President Obama stated that he planned to nominate someone to replace Scalia on the Supreme Court. [3] Scalia's death marked just the second time in sixty years that a sitting justice died. [52]
“He is also one of our Country’s great lawyers, and clerked for both Justice Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas on the United States Supreme Court.” Landau served as the U.S. ambassador to ...
On January 31, 2017, soon after taking office, President Donald Trump, a Republican, nominated Neil Gorsuch for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to succeed Antonin Scalia, who had died almost one year earlier.
Currently, the Supreme Court is made up of eight justices, the ninth seat vacant since Justice Antonin Scalia’s death in February. Whoever is appointed to fill that seat could determine the balance of the way the court swings on major issues.