July 3, 2007 10:08AM 

# Scalia v. Epstein 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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Last week, Cato adjunct scholar, [Richard Epstein](https://www.cato.org/people/epstein.html), took Justice Antonin Scalia to task on the legal doctrine of “taxpayer standing” in the pages of the *[Wall Street Journal](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118308475684052550-search.html?KEYWORDS=richard+epstein&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month)*. The gentlemen have been debating the role of judiciary for more than 20 years. Cato published an exchange between the two following their [debate at a 1984 Cato conference](https://www.cato.org/scalia-v-epstein-free-ebook). Good stuff.

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[Constitutional Law](https://www.cato.org/constitutional-law), [Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies](https://www.cato.org/robert-levy-center-constitutional-studies) 

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