Many hoped or feared that Antonin Scalias appointment to the Supreme Court in 1986 would guarantee a conservative counter-revolution that would reverse the liberal jurisprudence of the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Earl Warren and which was continued to some extent under the Burger Court though the influence of Justice William Brennan. In addition, President Reagan described Scalias nomination as part of a project to remake the role of the Court, promote an interpretive approach of originalism, and shift authority and discretion to the States. Yet by the time of his death in 2016 it was unclear to what extent Scalia had effected the legal, institutional, or political revolutions that had been anticipated. While the Court did move to the right doctrinally, and reversed or modified many Vinson-Warren-Burger precedents, Scalias influence on constitutional jurisprudence turned out to be far less than it could have been, and his ability to persuade other Justices to adopt his legal viewsboth substantively and methodologicallywas less than many mainstream media accounts recognize. Scalias institutional and political legacies are similarly complex: he was neither as transformative a figure as some of his allies might have hoped nor so unimportant as some of his detractors might have wished. The fact that his death and the controversy surrounding his replacement is so intense speaks to the fragile legacy that Scalia really has had on the Supreme Court after 30 years. This book will assess Scalias legacy in an edited volume that assembles leading legal and political science scholars who will evaluate his impact across a range of jurisprudential, institutional, and political issues.

David A. Schultz is professor of political science at Hamline University.Howard Schweber is professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Introduction: Assessing Antonin Scalias Place in Supreme Court HistoryDavid Schultz and Howard SchweberChapter 1: Scalia, Sissies, and Administrative LawDavid SchultzChapter 2: Justice Scalias Modest Employment Discrimination Law LegacyHenry L. Chambers, Jr.Chapter 3: Playing Defense in the Culture Wars: Justice Scalia on Race, Gender, and Sexual OrientationMary Welek AtwellChapter 4: Justice Scalia and Criminal Justice: A Mixed Record with Conservative ImpactChristopher E. Smith and Charles F. JacobsChapter 5: Threat and Suspicion: Scalias Legacy for A Transnational Judicial DialogueMaureen StobbChapter 6: The Anti-Madison: Antonin Scalias Theory of PoliticsHoward SchweberChapter 7: Justice Scalia and the Legal Conservative Movement: An Exploration of Ninos NeoconservatismJesse MerriamChapter 8: Justice Scalia and the Originalist FallacyStephen M. FeldmanChapter 9: The Jurisprudence of Justice Scalia: Common-Law Judging Behind an Originalist FaçadeRonald Kahn and Gerard Michael DEmilioChapter 10: Justice Scalia and Oral Arguments at the Supreme CourtTim Johnson, Ryan Black, and Ryan OwensChapter 11: Justice Scalias Concurring Opinion WritingRyan J. Owens and Christopher J. KrewsonChapter 12: Justice Scalias Confirmation Hearing LegacyAlexander Denison and Justin WedekingChapter 13: Was Antonin Scalia a Great Supreme Court Justice?James StaabAbout the Editors and Contributors