TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Amelia Ferrell Knisely on Mar 21, 2016

“Jiggery-pokery” and “pure applesauce” are what The Tennessean refers to as “Scalia-isms” in the recent state Supreme Court ruling that barred the newspaper and other media from requested evidence in the Vanderbilt rape case. Tennessee Justice Gary Wade, who authored a dissent, also cited a book co-authored by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in his argument that the majority overstepped its role.