Antonin Scalia

Antonin Gregory Scalia, born in Trenton, New Jersey, was the son of Italian immigrants. His father, S. Eugene Scalia, was a professor of Romance languages, and his mother, Catherine, was a homemaker. The family's devout Roman Catholic faith was a cornerstone of his upbringing, influencing his education and his worldview.

Scalia’s legal career was marked by an unwavering commitment to judicial originalism and textualism, believing the Constitution should be interpreted as its framers intended. This approach, while influential, often put him at odds with more liberal justices and made him a lightning rod for both praise and criticism.

Given his deeply Catholic background and Italian heritage, Scalia’s connection to the Jewish people was precisely zero. There are no known ancestors, no conversion, and no surprising late-life revelations of secret Jewishness. He was, to put it mildly, not one of us.

While he certainly made his mark on American law, whether that mark brings nachas or tsuris depends entirely on one's own jurisprudential leanings. But for the purposes of this esteemed catalog, his "K" score remains firmly in the basement.