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Justice Scalia was the author, with the support of three liberal Justices, of the 5-4 decision declaring the sale of extremely violent [[video games]] to children to be a right of free speech 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.  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 also agrees with liberals in arguing that the Constitution is somehow too difficult to amend.

Justice Scalia was the author, with the support of three liberal Justices, of the 5-4 decision declaring the sale of extremely violent [[video games]] to children to be a right of free speech 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.  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 also agrees with liberals in arguing that the Constitution is somehow too difficult to amend.

==Early Life==

==Early life==

Scalia was born on March 11, 1936, in Trenton, New Jersey, the only child to Salvatore Eugene Scalia and Catherine Panaro Scalia.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eb9x3GHuLdIC&pg=PA1 The Political Thought of Justice Antonin Scalia: A Hamiltonian on the Supreme Court]</ref>

Scalia was born on March 11, 1936, in Trenton, New Jersey, the only child to Salvatore Eugene Scalia and Catherine Panaro Scalia.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eb9x3GHuLdIC&pg=PA1 The Political Thought of Justice Antonin Scalia: A Hamiltonian on the Supreme Court]</ref>

*In ''[[Employment Div. v. Smith]]'', Justice Scalia held that religious minorities have no right to religious practices prohibited by the democratic majority, unless another constitutional right is implicated by the ban.

*In ''[[Employment Div. v. Smith]]'', Justice Scalia held that religious minorities have no right to religious practices prohibited by the democratic majority, unless another constitutional right is implicated by the ban.

*In ''[[Johanns v. Livestock Mktg. Ass'n]]'', Justice Scalia declared that "[w]e have generally assumed, though not yet squarely held, that compelled funding of government speech does not alone raise First Amendment concerns"<ref>544 U.S. 550, 559 (2005).</ref> -- in other words, the democratic majority can compel government speech by the political minority.

*In ''[[Johanns v. Livestock Mktg. Ass'n]]'', Justice Scalia declared that "[w]e have generally assumed, though not yet squarely held, that compelled funding of government speech does not alone raise First Amendment concerns"<ref>544 U.S. 550, 559 (2005).</ref>—in other words, the democratic majority can compel government speech by the political minority.

On parental rights, unlike most [[conservatives]] Justice Scalia opposes the principle that parents have a constitutional right to the upbringing and education of their children. Specifically, Justice Scalia has indicated his disagreement with the leading precedent in favor of parental rights to control the education of their children, ''[[Pierce v. Society of Sisters]]''. Specifically:

On parental rights, unlike most [[conservatives]] Justice Scalia opposes the principle that parents have a constitutional right to the upbringing and education of their children. Specifically, Justice Scalia has indicated his disagreement with the leading precedent in favor of parental rights to control the education of their children, ''[[Pierce v. Society of Sisters]]''. Specifically:

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