Inside The Life And Legacy Of Justice Antonin Scalia

Federalist Radio Hour

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🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," historian and author James Rosen joins Federalist Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to give a behind-the-scenes look at the life, work, and legacy of Justice Antonin Scalia and discuss how the late originalist changed the way the judiciary system thinks about the law.

You can find Rosen's book "Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936 to 1986" here: https://www.regnery.com/9781684512270/scalia/

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0:00.0	We're back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.
0:19.2	I'm Emily Gisinski, a culture editor here at the Federalist.
0:22.1	As always, you can email the show at radioatthefederalist.com, follow us on Twitter at FDRLST.
0:27.9	Make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcasts as well.
0:31.1	Today we're joined by James Rosen.
0:33.0	He is the author of Scalia, rise to greatness 1936 to 1986.
0:38.5	James, welcome to the show.
0:40.6	Emily, it's great to be back with you.
0:41.9	Thanks for having me.
0:43.2	Of course.
0:43.9	Now, you have dug into all kinds of history, especially in the last century in your writing.
0:50.3	Why Scalia?
0:51.3	And why stop at 1986?
0:54.8	Well, so I knew Justice Scalia a little bit.
0:57.7	One of the first things I did when I got to Washington as a new Washington correspondent
1:02.3	back in 1999 was to write to Justice Scalia seeking an interview.
1:06.5	And this commenced between us an unusual and at times often amusing correspondence that
1:12.4	stretched over about two years' time.
1:15.0	And we also had a pair of one-on-one lunches, just the two of us drinking wine, the Justice
1:20.4	making me eat off of his plate.
1:22.2	I said, Mr. Justice, I couldn't.
1:23.9	Come on, come on.
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