>> george mason university is now free to rename its law school for the late supreme court justin antonin scaliathe state council decided yesterday it had no oversight role in the matter. opponents who rejected justice scalia's conservative legacy wanted the council to reject the proposal. anonymous donors pledged $30,000 to make the name change a reality. >>> in news4 your health, a new study could put you at ease if you have been concerned about genetically modified foods. there has been controversy over whether they are safe. says gmos are safe, pose no health risk and don't harm the environment. >> there were really no evidence that there is any more health risk to genetically engineered foods than there are from foods from the conventional counterpart. >> the report calls for more transparency in how foods with gmos is marketed. some call for labels on all products with gmos. >>> good morning, i'm angie goff here at the live desk with an unfolding situation in sri lanka where more than 200 families are feared to be buried by landslides, mudslides, because of all the rain. take a look at the

justin antonin scalia, an exceptional legacy. i'm so han dasgupta, the outgoing president of the chapter and we're grateful for the gracious support you've given us throughout the year. you've meant so much to us. we are endebted to our distinguished panelist who have come together to celebrate the distinguished legacy of justin antonin scalia. today's stewardship spence, mr. kevin walker and mr. david derek. today's event is an existence to the brilliant and storied legacy of justice scalia. he served on the supreme court nor nearly three decades, one of the langest tenures on the institution. marking one of the milestones on the court, chief justice roberts said since scalia came on the supreme court, the place has not been the same. indeed, kagen remarks that justice scalia will go down in history as one of the most transformational supreme court justices of the nation. his views on interpreting texts have changed the way we think and talk about law. all interpretation and sub species originalism and constitutional constructio

as justice aigen explained at the second annual antonin scalia lecture at harvard in november of last year, justin scalia has brautd -- justice scalia has brought about a different way things were taught in law schools. before him, law school was done through the common law method, whether statutory or constitutional was not part of the curriculum. now she notes more legal thinkers consider the word and meaning of text as the starting point and sometimes even the ending point of the a analysis. i make that last point because in chambers justice scalia used to rail against opinions that used the common expression -- we begin as always with the text of the statute. he used to say what do you mean you begin with the text. why not begin and end with the text. when i started my clerkship, justice scalia had just begun the prose of trying to persuade the other justices to rethink the way they approached legal analysis. and in particular, to -- in particular, he frequently dissented or concurred separa separately on statutory interpretation cases where the court had adopted an approach that used policy,

justin antonin scalia, an exceptional legacy.