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Laurence H. Tribe

Laurence H. Tribe is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor and Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School. His books include American Constitutional Law, The Invisible Constitution, and Uncertain Justice: The Roberts Court and the Constitution (2014) with Joshua Matz. (February 2016)

Judge Antonin Scalia in his office, shortly before his confirmation to the Supreme Court, Washington, D.C., July 28, 1986

The Scalia Myth

The selection of a justice to serve for life on the nation’s highest court is far too consequential to be treated either as an abstract referendum on legal methodology or as a game to be played for partisan advantage.

February 27, 2016