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The late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s legacy, in part, lies with one man who had a very unique friendship with him: Edward Gero who plays Scalia in “The Originalist,” which returns July 7 to Arena Stage.“I feel myself, in a way, representing the legacy of Scalia and all those great characteristics that he had as an intellectual, as a love...

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Two actors, Ed Gero and Jade Wheeler, are opposites in age, one in his well-seasoned prime years; the other, a young adult. Gero wore sneakers, shorts and a casual jacket, with “The Originalist” emblazoned. Wheeler wore boots with a denim jacket and donned an Afro hairdo. Both are warm, welcoming, and easily connected with this writer. I interviewe...

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Arkansas State University-Mountain Home is holding a dedication ceremony today for its criminal justice institute named after the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Chancellor Robin Myers will introduce John Scalia, who will represent the late justice's family, at 7 p.m. at the Coulter Performing Arts Center in the Vada Sheid Community...

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One of the most important and powerful fields of the American society, what we can generally call "the judiciary system", has seen and sees a very large number of successful Italian Americans. This is very important, because it means that not only they were able to reach economic success and make money, as we've already seen; but that they also gai...

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Il presidente della Repubblica Sergio Mattarella, ha ricevuto nel pomeriggio al Quirinale il giudice della Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti Antonin Gregory Scalia. Lo ha reso noto la Presidenza della Repubblica.   Antonin (Nino) Scalia è nato nel 1936 a Trenton (New Jersey). La madre Catherine, nata in Usa , era figlia di emigrati italiani....

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Center for Italian Studies Conference at Stony Brook University. September 17, Saturday, 8:30 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. Remembering Justice Antonin Scalia. Presenters include scholars, legislators and judges along with former Supreme Court associates who clerked for Justice Scalia, who, all together, from different perspectives, ...

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When Ronald Regan nominated Antonin Scalia to the United States Supreme Court in 1986, my Sicilian father was ecstatic. Finally, he thought, some positive publicity about Sicilians! Scalia's family had emigrated from a small town near Caltanisetta, and to have one of our own appointed to the highest court in the land was cause for jubilation. As I...

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It was an occasion both somber and celebratory. A packed Washington theater audience witnessed the first revival performance of "The Originalist" four months after the death of its legendary and large-hearted "star," Supreme CourtJustice Antonin Scalia. Every seat was filled in the Kogod Cradle on Saturday at Arena Stage for L.A. Theatre Works' in...

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Discorso Bruno Leoni 2013 - Castello del Valentino – Torino27 maggio 2013 – ore 18:00 Castello del Valentino - Salone d'Onore - Viale Mattioli 39 - Torino     Antonin ScaliaGiudice della Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti Democracy, Judicial Activism, and Free Markets RSVP: [email protected] 02 3657 7325

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Charles Angelo Siringo (1855-1912) Siringo was born in Matagorda County, Texas to an Irish immigrant mother and an Italian immigrant father from Piedmont. He attended public school until the age of 15, when he started working on local ranches as a cowboy.   After taking part in several cattle drives, Siringo stopped herding to settle down,...

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