Justice Scalia makes second visit to WI this fall

In September Justice Scalia spoke at U of Marquette's new Law School dedication. 

And one week ago today he spoke at the inaugural meeting of the St. Thomas More Lawyers' Society for the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.

People of laws also can be people of faith, a U.S. Supreme Court justice told a Green Bay audience Thursday.

Antonin Scalia told about 260 people Thursday that Christians throughout history have been questioned, ridiculed and sometimes killed because of their faith. But, he said, faith and intellectual sophistication aren't mutually exclusive.  [Liberals hate philosophy as much as theology]

Scalia's Wisconsin visit included his participation in the annual Red Mass, a Catholic celebration for legal and government professionals, at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Green Bay. He also did some duck hunting, said Bishop David Ricken.

Guests, some from as far away as Chicago, paid $45 to $75 to hear remarks from Scalia, who was appointed to the Supreme Court by then-President Ronald Reagan in 1986.

Oshkosh Northwestern

A nice sidebar on Justice Scalia:

Antonin Scalia is the longest-serving of the nine justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. Born in New Jersey, he earned degrees from Georgetown University, Harvard Law School and the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He has held law professorships at the University of Virginia, University of Chicago, and visiting professorships at Georgetown and Stanford universities. Before being nominated to the Supreme Court in 1986, he served four years as a judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He and his wife, Maureen, have nine children.