The Measure of a Justice: Justice Scalia and the Faltering of the Property Rights Movement within the U.S. Supreme Court

Authors

Richard J. Lazarus, Georgetown University Law CenterFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2006

Abstract

The purpose of this Article is to take the measure of Justice Scalia's ability to produce significant opinions for the Court, rather than just for himself, by focusing on the Court's property rights cases during the past several decades. Much of the analysis will rely on the Blackmun Papers, because they provide a virtual treasure trove of information revealing the Court's deliberative process while Blackmun was on the Court from 1971 to 1994. Almost all of this information, including Justice Blackmun's handwritten notes on what each Justice said at the Court's private deliberations and initial voting on the cases at conference, has never before been revealed and analyzed.

Publication Citation

57 Hastings L.J. 759-825 (2006)

Scholarly Commons Citation

Lazarus, Richard J., "The Measure of a Justice: Justice Scalia and the Faltering of the Property Rights Movement within the U.S. Supreme Court" (2006). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 158.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/158