Antonin Scalia, arguably the Court's most colorful jurist today,
defies simple characterization. Indeed, the often controversial
and combative justice draws out a wide range of sentiments from
his peers and the public. Certainly, no one denies his immense
legal brilliance and intellectual abilities. A Supreme Court
observer once noted that if the mind were muscle and Court
sessions were televised, Scalia would be the Arnold
Schwartzenegger of American jurisprudence. Scalia also fills the
role of the strong man. His confrontational style has startled
many attorneys who have appeared before him. One litigator even
described his action as those of a big cat batting around a ball
of yarn. Scalia adds a dynamic personality to the Court. An
author of recent study on the Court's conservative shift quipped
that on a bench lined with solemn gray figures who often sat as
silently as pigeons on a railing, Scalia stood out like a
talking parrot. Scalia's own statements hint at his penetrating
manner. When a reporter once