Antonin Gregory Scalia (skəˈlijə; born March 11, 1936) is an American jurist

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 who serves as an Associate Justice

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 of the Supreme Court of the United States

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. As the longest-serving justice on the Court, Scalia is the Senior Associate Justice. Appointed to the Court by President

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 Ronald Reagan

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 in 1986, Scalia has been described as the intellectual anchor of the Court's conservative wing.

Scalia was born in Trenton, New Jersey

Trenton, New Jersey

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, and attended public grade school and Catholic high school in New York City, where his family had moved.