An Original: New Book ‘Scalia’ Traces ‘Exceptional Accomplishments’ Of Justice’s Early Academic Career

The following is an interview with journalist and author James Rosen about his new book “Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936-1986” (Regnery Publishing, March 2023). 

DW: James, you’ve written several biographies about other Washington power brokers (John Mitchell, Dick Cheney). What attracted you to Justice Scalia?

Rosen: My work on “Scalia: Rise to Greatness, 1936-1986” can, in a sense, be traced back to my high school years, in the 1980s, when I first saw Justice Scalia on PBS’s “The Constitution: That Delicate Balance.” It was a periodic show where a moderator, usually Fred Friendly, a former president of CBS News, explored hypothetical crises with a panel of eminent guests (e.g., Scalia, Sandra Day O’Connor, Gerald Ford) in a theater-in-the-round setting before a live audience.