law.com – The Mild-Mannered Scalia

More about the new nominee.

law.com – The Mild-Mannered Scalia: “In ACLU v. Schundler, Alito wrote the majority opinion holding that a city’s holiday display that included a cr�che and a menorah did not violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment because it also included secular symbols such as Frosty the Snowman and a banner promoting racial diversity.

‘The Pennsylvania Legislature could have rationally believed,’ Alito wrote, ‘that some married women are initially inclined to obtain an abortion without their husbands’ knowledge because of perceived problems — such as economic constraints, future plans, or the husbands’ previously expressed opposition — that may be obviated by discussion prior to the abortion.’ “