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‘Lion of the Law’: How Justice Scalia Transformed The Supreme Court

Federalist Radio Hour

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4.53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, James Rosen, chief Washington correspondent for Newsmax and author of Scalia: Supreme Court Years 1986-2001, joins Federalist Staff Writer Shawn Fleetwood to discuss how Justice Antonin Scalia's time on the Supreme Court reoriented the nation towards originalism and fundamentally transformed the high bench forever.

You can find Rosen's book here: https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/scalia-supreme-court-years-1986-to-2001-9781510786912/new

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0:00.0

We're back with another edition of the Federalist Radio Hour.

0:22.4

I'm staff writer Sean Fleetwood and your host for today's episode.

0:25.7

As always, you can email the show at Radio at the Federalist.com.

0:29.6

Follow us on X at Federalist FDRLST.

0:33.4

Make sure to subscribe wherever you download your podcast into the premium version of our website.

0:38.1

Today I'm joined by James Rosen.

0:40.0

James is the chief Washington correspondent at Newsmax.

0:42.9

He also previously covered the White House and State Department for Fox News.

0:46.7

And today he's here to talk to us about his latest book, which is out now called Scalia Supreme Court Years 1986 to 2001.

0:54.4

James Rosen, welcome to the Federalist Radio.

0:56.5

Thank you for having me, Sean.

0:59.0

Yeah, and I know a lot of our listeners are probably familiar with your work,

1:01.8

both at Newsmax and at Fox, but it's also true that you're an exceptional author.

1:06.2

This book about Justice Scalia, certainly no exception to that.

1:10.7

I know that this book that we're talking about today covers the first half of Justice Scalia, certainly no exception to that. I know that this book that we're talking

1:12.4

about today covers the first half of Justice Scalia's Supreme Court career. The first edition

1:17.8

of this, which covered his early life and years up to the Supreme Court, came out a few years

1:22.6

ago. But before we kind of delve into the specifics of this second one, can you kind of talk to our audience about what made you want to write this book in the process of all the research that went into it?

1:34.2

Sure. Well, again, thank you for having me here on the Federalist Radio Hour. I have lots of friends over the Federalist and I'm thrilled to be with you. This book is called Scalia Supreme Court years, 1986 to 2001.

1:47.0

It is out as of last week. And as you say, it covers the first half of Justice Scalia's nearly 30 terms on the Supreme Court.

1:54.3

And in fact, February 13th of this year marked the 10th anniversary of Justice Scalia's death.

1:59.9

He was seated on the Supreme Court

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