The revolutionary legal legacy of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia

“I don’t worry about my legacy,” Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once said. “Just do your job right, and who cares?” Last week, with the sudden passing of Justice Scalia at the age of 79, our country lost a jurist and legal scholar of the highest order. Justice Scalia may not have worried about how history would remember him, but he leaves a legacy as an ardent defender of the Constitution, individual rights, and the principle of limited government.

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986, Justice Scalia’s 30 years of service on the nation’s highest court was one of the longest terms...