Posted on 02/15/2016 11:46:05 AM PST by Beave Meister
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is remembering her colleague, Antonin Scalia, as a "treasured friend."
Ginsburg said in a statement Sunday although the two justices differed in their interpretation of written texts, they were the same in their "reverence for the Constitution and the institution we serve." "From our years together at the D.C. Circuit, we were best buddies. We disagreed now and then, but when I wrote for the Court and received a Scalia dissent, the opinion ultimately released was notably better than my initial circulation," she said in the statement.
"Justice Scalia nailed all the weak spots—the 'applesauce' and 'argle bargle'—and gave me just what I needed to strengthen the majority opinion."
She called Scalia, who died of an apparent heart attack in Texas, a jurist of "captivating brilliance and wit," adding that he could make even the "most sober judge laugh."
"The press referred to his 'energetic fervor,' 'astringent intellect,' 'peppery prose,' 'acumen,' and 'affability,' all apt descriptions. He was eminently quotable, his pungent opinions so clearly stated that his words never slipped from the reader’s grasp," she said.
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Even such that screaming liberals respected him.
So Bernie Sanders, Cass Sunstein, and Ginsburg all praised him...
Does this mean that Scalia was a closet Liberal!?!?!!?!?!
Politics aside, Scalia and Ginsburg were close friends. I’m glad Justice Ginsburg put her political and judicial beliefs aside to honor her friend and give what I know were her sincere and heartfelt thoughts about him as a friend and judge.
as far as liberals are concerned the only conservatives they can have strong friendships with are dead conservatives
That’s because to a leftist, “tolerance” is a one-way street.
Scalia and Ginsburg were the exception to this rule. They frequently dined together with their respective spouses and had similar interests.
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