WASHINGTON -- The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a native of Trenton, will join singer Elvis Presley and former New York Yankees star Babe Ruth as recipients of the nation's highest honor.
The three men were among seven people named Saturday by President Donald Trump as recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The awards will be presented on Friday.
Scalia, who passed away in 2016, was cited by Trump during the campaign as a model for future Supreme Court nominees. He was a key figure in the court's five-member activist conservative bloc.