- Associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1986 to 2016.
- Father of Ann Forrest, Eugene Scalia, John Francis Scalia, Catherine Elisabeth Scalia, Mary Clare Scalia, Paul David Scalia, Matthew Scalia, Christopher Scalia (Christopher James Scalia), and Margaret Jane Scalia with wife, Maureen McCarthy.
- A devout Roman Catholic.
- Has twenty-eight grandchildren.
- Popularized originalism, the judicial theory that the meaning of the U.S. Constitution was fixed in place at the time of its enactment.
- He was nominated for the 2016 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Public Service category.
- He was nominated for the 2017 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Public Service category.
- He was nominated for the 2018 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Public Service category.
- [16 November 2018] One of seven recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded by President Donald Trump. Other recipients were Miriam Adelson, Orrin Hatch, Alan Page, Elvis Presley (posthumous), Babe Ruth (posthumous), and Roger Staubach.
- He was inducted into the 2021 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Public Services category.
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