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1. Justice Antonin Scalia is of what religion that shaped his younger years and education?
2. During the administration of President Gerald Ford, why did Antonin Scalia testify several times in front of a Senate committee?
3. Antonin Scalia argued one case in front of the Supreme Court, Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Republic of Cuba. Did he win or lose this case?
4. Which of the following best describes Antonin Scalia's Senate confirmation hearing after he was nominated to the Supreme Court in 1986?
5. Who was the only senator who voted against Scalia's confirmation?
6. Since his appointment to the Supreme Court, which best describes Scalia's constitutional philosophy?
7. Scalia was the only justice to dissent in the 1996 United States v. Virginia, a case that did what?
8. In a case that eschewed the traditional ideological lines, Scalia sided with three liberal and one other conservative justice in Kyllo v. United States. Scalia wrote the majority opinion that stated what was an unconstitutional search under the fourth amendment?
9. Justice Scalia caused controversy in 2005 when he refused to recuse himself from which case?
10. Antonin Scalia is known for his bitter and scathing dissenting opinions and sometimes uses colorful language when he writes them. In 2015, Scalia wrote a dissenting opinion in Obergefell v, Hodges that was full of Scaliaisms.
Complete the following quote from his dissent in the case. "... if intimacy is [a freedom] one would think Freedom of Intimacy is abridged rather than expanded by marriage. Ask the nearest ________."
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