Nominates Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court

Name: Nominates Antonin Scalia to the Supreme Court
Start: 1986-07-07
Location: United States

President Reagan nominated Judge Antonin Scalia of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to fill the Associate Justice vacancy created by Rehnquist's elevation.

Scalia's confirmation brought a prominent originalist and conservative legal philosophy to the Court, shaping Supreme Court doctrine for decades.

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Date: July 7, 1986
President: Ronald Reagan
Category: Appointment
Era: Cold War Era

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