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04-12-2017, 05:19 AM
While introducing Ginsburg, Allegheny College President James H. Mullen, Jr. noted that Ginsburg and Scalia may have disagreed ideologically, but they shared a love of the opera and even rode an elephant together. (It's true (http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/13/politics/ginsburg-scalia-parasailing-sotu-wine/)). Through it all, they "never questioned each other's character."
Ginsburg could not agree more and when she took the podium she spoke of her "fondness" for her old friend.
She's been friendly with many of her fellow justices, but she had a "special fondness" for Scalia that cannot be copied. He had lines, she said, that "could ease tense moments" in court and make even "the most sober jurist laugh." His "get over it" remark, for instance.
Ginsburg compared her friendship with Scalia to the hyper partisan legislative branch that fought over Gorsuch's confirmation these past few months. Her own hearing, she recalled, had been civil. She was confirmed by a vote of 96-3 in 1993, while Scalia was confirmed unanimously in 1986. She was hopeful that legislators, like last year's civility prize winners Joe Biden and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), could one day find common ground again.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2017/04/10/ginsburg-talks-about-her-fondness-for-scalia-after-receiving-civility-prize-n2311629
Ginsburg could not agree more and when she took the podium she spoke of her "fondness" for her old friend.
She's been friendly with many of her fellow justices, but she had a "special fondness" for Scalia that cannot be copied. He had lines, she said, that "could ease tense moments" in court and make even "the most sober jurist laugh." His "get over it" remark, for instance.
Ginsburg compared her friendship with Scalia to the hyper partisan legislative branch that fought over Gorsuch's confirmation these past few months. Her own hearing, she recalled, had been civil. She was confirmed by a vote of 96-3 in 1993, while Scalia was confirmed unanimously in 1986. She was hopeful that legislators, like last year's civility prize winners Joe Biden and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), could one day find common ground again.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2017/04/10/ginsburg-talks-about-her-fondness-for-scalia-after-receiving-civility-prize-n2311629