Antonin Scalia was a Supreme Court Justice of the United States from 1986 to 2016. He was appointed by President Ronald Reagan and was the first Italian-American to serve on the Supreme Court. Scalia was known for his conservative views and was a strong proponent of originalism, which is the interpretation of the Constitution as it was originally written. He was also a vocal critic of the court's decisions on abortion and same-sex marriage. Scalia passed away in 2016 at the age of 79.