Ian Samuel: Justice Scalia's tenure in 'minority' on key issues shows importance of standing on principle

Former Scalia clerk Ian Samuel describes working with famous jurist, and spoke on the importance of his many dissenting opinions.

He said Scalia's legacy will jointly be one of compassion for his fellow jurists and for his stalwart jurisprudence on issues he felt were important to litigate.

Carlson remarked to Samuel that Scalia's written decisions often featured prose that was "accessible to non-experts" and laypeople, rather than simply other jurists with law degrees and the like.

Regarding his minority stances on cases like Roe and others, Samuel said the Trenton, New Jersey, native understood that much but that remaining unwavering in his analysis, allowed for judges like his eventual successor Justice Neil Gorsuch to have case law to examine.