Antonin Scalia: Facts & Related Content

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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

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.