(1936 - 2016) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, the intellectual anchor for the originalist and textualist position in the Court's conservative wing. He has been described as one of the most influential jurists of the twentieth century. Nice content A.L.S. on his Supreme Court letterhead, 1p. 4to., Washington, May 17, 2001, to a fellow attorney, in part: '...Thanks for your letter of May 7. I have no idea what you are referring to by my 'address on common sense in the law.' I hope that all my addresses regarding the law urge common sense...' Scalia also asks his correspondent to give an indication of the time and place of the speech and promises he will obtain a copy of the text. Folds with staple hole at the top, else fine.