Antonin Gregory Scalia was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016. He was described as the intellectual ancho
Official portrait, 2013
Ronald Reagan and Scalia (his nominee) in the Oval Office, July 7, 1986
Judge and Mrs. Scalia (left) and President Reagan (right) watch as Chief Justice Warren Burger swears William Rehnquist in as the next Chief Justice, September 26, 1986.
The 2009–2010 Court, with President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and retiring justice David Souter with Scalia fourth from right
Clarence Thomas is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991. Nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Thurgo
Antonin Scalia
…was inadmissible in court, and he voted to overrule Miranda in the 2000 case of Dickerson v. United States but was in a minority of two with Justice Clarence Thomas. Calling the Miranda decision a "milestone of judicial overreaching", Scalia stated that the Court should not fear to correct its mistakes. Although…
Thomas's 1967 high school yearbook picture
Dinand Library at the College of the Holy Cross, where Thomas studied as an undergraduate.
Thomas is sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Education for the Office for Civil Rights in 1981.