{"product_id":"scalia-james-rosen-9781510786912","title":"Scalia: Supreme Court Years, 1986 to 2001","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Powerful Voice Brings Change to the Supreme Court\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this second installment of James Rosen's masterful biography--hailed as \"monumental,\" \"ground-breaking,\" and \"definitive\"--Antonin Scalia brings his intellectual genius, dazzling literary gifts, and captivating wit to the staid corridors of the Supreme Court. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChampioning originalism--the idea that the Constitution and statutes should be interpreted according to the original meaning these texts carried when they were enacted, without being expanded or twisted by activist judges--Scalia changed forever the way the law is crafted in Congress, argued before the bench, and adjudicated by our courts. The impact on American society was revolutionary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on his own correspondence and lunches with Scalia, original interviews with fellow justices, family members, priests, poker buddies, hunting companions, and critics, and a wealth of notes, letters, memoranda, draft opinions, and other previously unpublished documents, Rosen makes Scalia and the law come alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe are in the room as the firebrand justice charms and confronts the towering figures of American law: William Rehnquist and Sandra Day O'Connor, Thurgood Marshall and Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Clarence Thomas. \"I attack ideas, not people,\" Scalia said--but several colleagues at the Marble Temple, particularly those committed to a \"Living Constitution,\" bristled at the sting of his opinions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSupreme Court Years, 1986-2001 covers the first half of Scalia's Court tenure, climaxing in the national drama of \u003ci\u003eBush v. Gore\u003c\/i\u003e, and Scalia the man: devout Catholic, loving husband, stern father, world traveler, hot-tempered subject of news reporting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's a ride like no other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Rosen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1510786910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781510786912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Regnery Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.59lbs","brand":"James Rosen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47637524709631,"sku":"9781510786912","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b069f1b2-9319-4826-9de5-df4cb4e96132.jpg?v=1765116709","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/scalia-james-rosen-9781510786912","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}