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Justice Scalia And Fourth Estate Skepticism, Ronnell Anderson Jones
Justice Scalia And Fourth Estate Skepticism, Ronnell Anderson Jones
Utah Law Faculty Scholarship
The about-face in characterization of the press during Justice Scalia's three decades on the Court is worthy of a discussion about its underlying causes and also a discussion about its potential effects. As I have noted elsewhere, both the explanations for the shift and the possible ramifications of it are complex and multifaceted. Scalia's push for a new, less positive depiction of the press came at a time when the institutional press experienced significant change and its reputation among the American public plummeted-suggesting that Justice Scalia (and, ultimately, his colleagues on the Court) were merely being perceptive observers of the …