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Justice Scalia was more outspoken off the court than on it, where he was typically silent in the denial of conservative petitions for certiorari,<ref>Justice Scalia wrote dissents from denials of cert only about three times in a decade, a rate of less than 1 in 20,000 cert denials.</ref> and he often joined liberal colleagues in opinions.<ref>Scalia's off-the-court commentary has caused problems for himself, as when ''pro se'' litigant Dr. Michael Newdow successfully filed a motion that led to Justice Scalia recusing himself from Newdow's challenge to the Pledge of Allegiance to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. [supreme.lp.findlaw.com/supreme_court/briefs/02-1624/03-7.recuse.pdf]</ref>  Scalia once quipped about himself to the media, "Ah yes, esteemed jurist by day, man about town by night."<ref>http://www.oyez.org/justices/antonin_scalia/</ref>  Scalia's written dissents were sometimes scathing, as in ''[[Obergefell v. Hodges]]'', in ridicule of the Court opinion written by the less [[conservative]] Republican-appointed Justice [[Anthony Kennedy]].

Justice Scalia was more outspoken off the court than on it, where he was typically silent in the denial of conservative petitions for certiorari,<ref>Justice Scalia wrote dissents from denials of cert only about three times in a decade, a rate of less than 1 in 20,000 cert denials.</ref> and he often joined liberal colleagues in opinions.<ref>Scalia's off-the-court commentary has caused problems for himself, as when ''pro se'' litigant Dr. Michael Newdow successfully filed a motion that led to Justice Scalia recusing himself from Newdow's challenge to the Pledge of Allegiance to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest. [supreme.lp.findlaw.com/supreme_court/briefs/02-1624/03-7.recuse.pdf]</ref>  Scalia once quipped about himself to the media, "Ah yes, esteemed jurist by day, man about town by night."<ref>http://www.oyez.org/justices/antonin_scalia/</ref>  Scalia's written dissents were sometimes scathing, as in ''[[Obergefell v. Hodges]]'', in ridicule of the Court opinion written by the less [[conservative]] Republican-appointed Justice [[Anthony Kennedy]].

Justice Scalia was the author, with the support of three liberal and three conservative Justices, of the 7-2 decision declaring the sale of "extremely violent" [[video games]] to children to be protected by under the [[First Amendment]], which no law can limit.  He is more likely than Justices Alito or Thomas to join [[liberal]] Justices in a non-[[conservative]] ruling, and vice-versa. However, this is based on a formula which characterizes votes in favor of freedom of speech and greater individual rights against government power as "liberal", a position which many conservatives would take issue with. In one of the biggest cases of the 2013-2014 Term, ''Harris v. Quinn'', Justice Scalia's hostile questioning of the conservative side at oral argument implied that he was the least willing among conservatives to support a decision to end mandatory membership dues for public sector unions, which would have reduced liberal political power enormously.  Scalia reportedly believed that the Constitution is too difficult to amend, a position shared by many liberals.  

Justice Scalia was the author, with the support of three liberal and three conservative Justices, of the 7-2 decision declaring the sale of "extremely violent" [[video games]] to children to be protected by under the [[First Amendment]], which no law can limit.  He is more likely than Justices Alito or Thomas to join [[liberal]] Justices in a non-[[conservative]] ruling, and vice-versa. However, this is based on a formula which characterizes votes in favor of freedom of speech and greater individual rights against government power as "liberal", a position which many conservatives would take issue with. Scalia reportedly believed that the Constitution is too difficult to amend, a position shared by many liberals.  

==Early life==

==Early life==