Zac Deeringer Mrs. Eick-George Government 21st October, 2015 “The Life of Antonin Scalia” Supreme court justices serve a large portion of their life working in the supreme court system and most of their opinions and rulings are based on their lifes experiences and how they were brought up, so in order to understand why they ruled something it is important to know who they are. And the supreme court justice that should be looked at is Antonin Scalia who has been on the supreme court since September 26th, 1986. Mr. Scalia was born in Trenton New Jersey on March 11th, 1936 being the only child to Salvadore Eugene and Catherine Panaro Scalia. His father was a Sicilian immigrant who came to america as a teenager, and his mother was a first generation italian-american. Mr. Scalia grew up in the Queens as an only child (which is uncommon among Italian-Catholics). While he enjoyed the benefits of being the only child all of the families expectations were placed squarely on him. Among all of his family members, his father had the biggest influence on his life providing him with many of the core …show more content…
One of his most famous dissenting opinions as of late is his decision to vote against same sex marriage in which he stated that decision wasn’t really a Supreme court one and that it didn’t really relate to the constitution. another dissenting opinion he gave was one on not giving the death penalty in which he said that he believed that it is up to the Congress or Legislatures of the fifty states to decide whether or not they want the death penalty or