Supreme Court of the United States

National Aeronautics and Space Administration v. Nelson — Scalia, J., Concurring

January 19, 2011131 S. Ct. 746

Summary

Justice Scalia concurred in the judgment, agreeing with the Court that the Constitution did not prevent the Government's background checks, but he argued that there is no constitutional right to informational privacy at all. He criticized the Court's approach of assuming such a right existed without deciding whether it did. Justice Thomas joined this opinion and separately concurred in the judgment.