<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Antonin Scalia: News &amp; Videos about Antonin Scalia - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Antonin_Scalia</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Antonin Scalia from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:27:10 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Antonin Scalia: News &amp; Videos about Antonin Scalia - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/POLITICS/10/01/dc.red.mass/tztop.red.mass.gi.jpg</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Antonin_Scalia</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Antonin Scalia from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Red Mass: lobbying high court or simple prayer 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speech</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/28/supreme.court.indecent.speech/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/28/supreme.court.indecent.speech/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday federal regulators have the authority to clamp down on the broadcast TV networks that air isolated cases of profanity, known as "fleeting expletives."</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rapist's case could set standard for post-conviction DNA tests</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/02/supreme.court.dna.evidence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/03/02/supreme.court.dna.evidence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A lawyer for a convicted rapist asked the Supreme Court on Monday for a chance to prove his client's innocence with a new DNA test, a request met with skepticism from some justices.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme Court finds for workplace whistle-blower</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/26/news/economy/scotus_retaliation/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/26/news/economy/scotus_retaliation/index.htm</guid><description>In an important victory for workplace whistle-blowers, the Supreme Court sided on Monday with a government employee who says she was fired after cooperating with a sexual harassment investigation.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 19:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Outgoing ACLU President Nadine Strossen</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1854339,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1854339,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The former ACLU president talks to TIME about her toughest sparring partners, the tension between national security and civil liberties and why the upcoming election is even more important than 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workers who blow the whistle on alleged illegal conduct do not deserve First Amendment protection that would automatically shield them from discipline from their bosses.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2006 15:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Search case exposes high court discord</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/18/scotus.police.search/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/18/scotus.police.search/index.html</guid><description>A usually harmonious Supreme Court showed signs of public friction Thursday in a police-search case that could limit the use in court of evidence seized from criminal suspects.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 20:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Leading conservative judge quits for Boeing job</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/10/luttig.resigns/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/05/10/luttig.resigns/index.html</guid><description>A conservative federal judge who was a finalist for two recent 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dissenting opinions attract attention</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/06/alito.record/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/06/alito.record/index.html</guid><description>Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito has what his supporters say is the perfect legal background to become a leader on the Supreme Court bench: he has been a federal judge, a U.S. attorney and a top Justice Department official.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2006 18:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Justices seem split over police search </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/09/scotus.search/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/11/09/scotus.search/index.html</guid><description>A dispute between a husband and wife over a search of their home for illegal drugs left the Supreme Court equally at odds Tuesday in an important case over police powers.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2005 13:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush's new nominee: Not always on the same page as Scalia</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/01/alito.record/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/01/alito.record/index.html</guid><description>The conservative bent of judge Sam Alito, who President Bush nominated this morning to the U.S. Supreme Court, has prompted facile comparisons to Justice Antonin Scalia, arguably the most stridently conservative member of the court.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 20:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Key GOP senator calls Alito 'solid pick'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/01/dewine.alito/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/01/dewine.alito/index.html</guid><description>While Republicans and Democrats geared up for a potential confirmation battle over Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, one moderate GOP senator said Democrats didn't have the necessary ammunition to shoot down the nomination.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Alito's record shows conservative judge </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/31/alito.record/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/31/alito.record/index.html</guid><description>Samuel Alito, President Bush's latest nominee to the Supreme Court, has what many conservatives say is the perfect legal background to become a leader on the Supreme Court bench: he has been a judge, a U.S. attorney, and a top Justice Department official.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Officials: Bush set to name nominee</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/30/scotus.bush/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/30/scotus.bush/index.html</guid><description>President Bush is expected Monday to name his nominee to replace Sandra Day O'Connor, who is retiring from the U.S. Supreme Court, senior administration officials told CNN Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cautious reaction to Miers' nomination </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/03/miers.reaction/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/03/miers.reaction/index.html</guid><description>Conservatives and liberals reacted cautiously Monday to President Bush's nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers, noting her lack of experience as a judge and the absence of a record that definitively demonstrates her judicial philosophy.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Roberts effect</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/19/roberts.effect.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/19/roberts.effect.tm/index.html</guid><description>As John Roberts sailed through his confirmation hearings, conservatives stepped up pressure on George W. Bush to choose his next Supreme Court nominee more squarely in the strict-constructionist, Antonin Scalia mold.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Roberts sidesteps questions on pledge, eminent domain</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/14/roberts.hearings/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/14/roberts.hearings/index.html</guid><description>Timely social issues dominated a marathon third day of confirmation hearings for chief justice nominee John Roberts, who told lawmakers the Supreme Court should try to reach some "consistency" in dealing with thorny church-state disputes.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 things you need to know about Roberts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/29/roberts.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/29/roberts.tm/index.html</guid><description>He's going to be on the Supreme Court for life. 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Roberts, other than the bare bones of his resume.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2005 20:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>High court split on Ten Commandments</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/27/scotus.ten.commandments/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/06/27/scotus.ten.commandments/index.html</guid><description>The Supreme Court handed down two 5-4 decisions Monday on displaying the Ten Commandments, allowing an exhibit at the Texas capitol and barring others at two Kentucky courthouses.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>High court hands big victory to cable</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/27/technology/broadband_ruling/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/06/27/technology/broadband_ruling/index.htm</guid><description>The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday overturned a prior ruling that required cable operators to open up their high-speed Internet lines to rivals.</description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2005 14:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>High court: Foreign convictions don't prevent gun ownership in U.S.</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/26/scotus.gun.ownership/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/26/scotus.gun.ownership/index.html</guid><description>A Pennsylvania man can keep his gun after the Supreme Court concluded Tuesday that his conviction for crimes overseas did not prevent him from later owning a firearm.</description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2005 19:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>10 questions for Barbara Boxer</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/18/boxer.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/18/boxer.tm/index.html</guid><description>At 5 ft. tall, California Senator Barbara Boxer can reach most lectern mikes only after her staff sets up a 3-in. stand dubbed the Boxer box.</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2005 16:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>10 questions for Arlen Specter</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/03/14/arlen.specter.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/03/14/arlen.specter.tm/index.html</guid><description>He had to beat back a challenge from conservatives who were wary of his pro-choice views, but now Arlen Specter, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is leading the Senate's scrutiny of President Bush's court nominees.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme Court weighs Ten Commandments cases</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/02/scotus.ten.commandments/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/02/scotus.ten.commandments/index.html</guid><description>A cautious Supreme Court walked a legal tightrope Wednesday, seeming to look for ways that would allow displays of the Ten Commandments on government property to continue.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Mar 2005 21:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>High court: Juvenile death penalty unconstitutional</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/01/scotus.death.penalty/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/01/scotus.death.penalty/index.html</guid><description>In a ruling that marked a change in "national standards," a divided Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that the execution of juvenile killers is unconstitutional.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme Court examines limits of city's eminent domain powers</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/22/scotus.eminent.domain/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/22/scotus.eminent.domain/index.html</guid><description>Striking an unusual populist tone, the Supreme Court appeared divided Tuesday over whether city officials in Connecticut have the authority to seize homes in a working-class neighborhood and turn the property over to private developers.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Justice Scalia: The Charm Offensive</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/24/scalia.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/24/scalia.tm/index.html</guid><description>Though he bravely overcame his illness to deliver the presidential oath of office at last week's Inaugural, most court watchers assume that Chief Justice William Rehnquist's cancer will soon force him to retire from the Supreme Court.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lively debate sparks spy case arguments</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/11/scotus.spies.cia.testimony/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/01/11/scotus.spies.cia.testimony/index.html</guid><description>Supreme Court justices pressed attorneys for both the plaintiffs and the U.S. government Tuesday in a case pitting national security concerns against claims by two former Communist defectors who say the CIA reneged on a promise to support them for life.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dems' new Senate leader criticizes Justice Thomas</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/05/judges.reid.frist/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/05/judges.reid.frist/index.html</guid><description>Incoming Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Sunday had harsh words for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2004 19:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>More litigation will follow on the Cheney energy task force</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/05/dean.cheney/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/05/dean.cheney/index.html</guid><description>On June 24, in Cheney v. U.S. District Court, the Supreme Court gave Vice President Dick Cheney only a partial victory in the suit that seeks to learn how his National Energy Policy Development Group developed its recommendations.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2004 14:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reagan's Supreme Court choices steer conservative path</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/07/supreme.court/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/07/supreme.court/index.html</guid><description>Ronald Reagan's conservatism can be seen at the nation's highest court, dominated by his colorful and influential choices.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>High court hears arguments on Cheney task force</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/27/scotus.cheney/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/27/scotus.cheney/index.html</guid><description>Attorneys for two public interest groups argued Tuesday for the release of Vice President Dick Cheney's energy task force records, with the Bush administration calling it a case of "separation of powers."</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2004 16:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Forced erasures of Scalia speech outrage journalists</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/09/scalia.tapes/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/04/09/scalia.tapes/index.html</guid><description>Several journalism groups are expressing outrage over the actions of a deputy marshal who forced the erasure of two journalists' audio recordings of a speech by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at a Mississippi high school.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2004 20:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Steering past the apathy undertow</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/09/amherst/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/09/amherst/index.html</guid><description>Imagine you're attending a school in Massachusetts that U.S. News and World Report has ranked top liberal arts college nine times. This college is habitually called a 'bastion of liberalism.' So do you jump into the steady, leftward current of politics, or do the liberal status quo and academic pressure keep you moored to your books?</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2004 15:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Skeptical Supreme Court weighs Pledge case</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/24/scotus.pledge/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/24/scotus.pledge/index.html</guid><description>The Supreme Court Wednesday appeared skeptical that the Pledge of Allegiance was an unconstitutional government endorsement of religion, dampening calls by a California atheist to end the ceremony in his daughter's public school, and nationwide.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Scalia won't recuse himself from Cheney case</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/18/scalia.recusal/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/18/scalia.recusal/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia refused Thursday to recuse himself from an upcoming case involving Vice President Dick Cheney, with whom he recently hunted and dined.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2004 18:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ban on funding religious study upheld</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/25/scotus.religious.scholarship/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/25/scotus.religious.scholarship/index.html</guid><description>The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday a state scholarship plan that barred theology students from participating is not unconstitutional.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Environmental group wants Scalia's recusal</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/24/scotus.cheney.scalia/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/24/scotus.cheney.scalia/index.html</guid><description>An environmental group suing Vice President Dick Cheney in U.S. Supreme Court case has asked Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself, citing reports that the two recently dined and hunted together.</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2004 15:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rehnquist dismisses congressional concern over Cheney case</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/27/scotus.cheney.scalia/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/27/scotus.cheney.scalia/index.html</guid><description>Chief Justice William Rehnquist Monday dismissed congressional calls for fellow Justice Antonin Scalia to recuse himself from Supreme Court consideration of a coming case involving Scalia's friend, Vice President Dick Cheney.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Rehnquist questioned on Cheney-Scalia trip</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/22/scalia.cheney.trip/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/22/scalia.cheney.trip/index.html</guid><description>Two leading Democratic senators asked Chief Justice William Rehnquist on Thursday about the propriety of a hunting trip Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia took with Vice President Dick Cheney while Cheney has a case pending before the high court.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2004 01:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Watchdog groups question Cheney, Scalia hunting trip</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/19/scotus.cheney.scalia/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/19/scotus.cheney.scalia/index.html</guid><description>Justice Antonin Scalia has not indicated whether he will pull out a of an upcoming Supreme Court case involving Vice President Cheney, following reports the two recently went on a hunting trip and had dinner together.</description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2004 22:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme Court puts limits on telephone consumer lawsuits</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/13/scotus.phone.lawsuits/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/13/scotus.phone.lawsuits/index.html</guid><description>A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Tuesday there are limits to when consumers can sue over inadequate phone service, in an antitrust case worth potentially billions of dollars among competing telecom companies.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2004 20:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Monumental City</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/09/01/287218/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/09/01/287218/index.htm</guid><description>Here's a debate for the ride home from D.C.: Is our nation's capital the magnificent emporium George Washington envisioned or the town of Southern efficiency and Northern charm J.F.K. wryly observe...</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2000 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is Justice Antonin Scalia Frustrated Enough to Retire             in 2001?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/11/22/269114/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/11/22/269114/index.htm</guid><description>Here's one more reason to care about the 2000 election: A majority of the nine-member Supreme Court could be selected by the next President. Democratic and Republican partisans already have been sh...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 1999 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>PAYBACK: JUDGMENT DAY FOR S&amp;amp;LS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/06/10/213243/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/06/10/213243/index.htm</guid><description>Can anyone trust the U.S. government and the contracts it makes? Before the Supreme Court adjourns near the end of June, it will likely hand down a decision on that very issue--and hundreds of busi...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 1996 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Repulsion on Wall Street, The Man Who Never Bluffs, Danger in the Outfield, and Other Matters. Supreme Court Poker</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/07/21/67859/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/07/21/67859/index.htm</guid><description>Everyone else has already weighed in on the deeper meaning of those personnel changes over at the Supreme Court, and yet a few pregnant questions remain unanswered, and we would hate to have the Se...</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 1986 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Upcoming</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/07/21/67898/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1986/07/21/67898/index.htm</guid><description>July 10: Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren E. Burger retires. Pending Senate approval, Justice William H. Rehnquist will succeed Burger, and appeals court judge Antonin Scalia will fill Rehnquist'...</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 1986 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>