Morning when he didnt show up for breakfast at a resort in west texas. Ronald reagan chose scalia for the high court in 1986, and he was its longest serving member of the Current Court sotpresident obama he was born to italian immigrants in trenton, new jersey. His family later moved to queens. College took him to Georgetown University and harvard law school. One of the staunchest conservative members of the court he was a strong advocate for gun rights, privacy and he consistently voted to let states outlaw abortion. In 2012 he talked to charlie rose about one of the courts most famous decisions that led to president George W Bush taking the white house, instead of al gore. sotpossible sound from Scalia Charlie in the National Interest we have to get this over with scalia the remedy to a case is always subject to the courts discretion and always depends on the realities on the ground. gfx chief Justice John Roberts called scalia, an extraordinary and treasured by his colleagues. sot j