Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died of natural causes on February 13, 2016 at the age of 79. Scalia had served on the court since 1986, and was its conservative voice, ready with a brilliant question in oral arguments or a fierce dissenting opinion. Scalia's legal mind and his wit have long been praised even by those people who disagreed with his philosophy and although the Supreme Court is shrouded in mystery, it is said that his best friend on the court was Ruth Bader Ginsburg, one of the Court's leading liberal voices. Here are ten vocabulary words from the opinions of Justice Antonin Scalia.
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