On a court where conservatives hold a 6-3 supermajority, including three Trump nominees, citing Scalia is no coincidence.
The advocates are hoping to convince the justices that they can write off Trump’s arguments in a way that still squares with conservative legal principles.
The Scalia concurrence, joined by Chief Justice John Roberts and two other conservatives, involved a dispute between the teamsters and a soda distributor.
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and former President Donald Trump.
“Many times, members of the court greatly respect each other but will disagree with what they’ve had to say,” Muller said.
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