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Although Justice Scalia purported to be driven by originalism and precedent, his opinions in three education cases—Grutter v. Bollinger (2003), Parents Involved v. Seattle School District (2007), and United States v. Virginia (1996)—tell a different tale. In these cases, his arguments are difficult to defend on originalist grounds and, surprisingly, Justice Scalia himself makes no attempt to do so. Similarly, his views are difficult to square with precedent. It is hard to escape the conclusion that, in some of his most noteworthy cases related to education, Justice Scalia was as results-oriented as the justices and judges he loved to criticize.
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Ryan, J.E. (2018). Justice Scalia’s Unoriginal Approach to Race and Gender in Education. In: Peterson, P., McConnell, M. (eds) Scalia’s Constitution. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58931-2_3
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