Antonin Scalia’s candor, humor recalled ahead of justice’s funeral (Great read)

The Washington Times ^ | February 18, 2016 | Dave Boyer

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As the nation pays its respects to the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Friday, friends and admirers say they will remember his combination of gregarious charm and matchless intellect that conservatives revered and many liberals couldn't help but respect.

Whether he was writing for the majority or authoring a biting dissent, Justice Scalia's fidelity to his conservative "originalist" view of the law and his analytical mind have placed him alongside legal giants such as Louis Brandeis and Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Along the way, the intellectual force of his reasoning commanded appreciation.

"I am sure he's going to go down as one of the three or four most influential of all Supreme Court justices," said Michael McConnell, director of the Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School. "I've taught constitutional law for a long time. There is no other justice whose opinions are more likely to cause students to change their minds than his, even progressive students. Even though they're trying to resist it."

The body of Justice Scalia, who died last weekend at age 79, will lie in repose Friday in the Great Hall of the Supreme Court as mourners including President Obama arrive to pay their respects. A funeral Mass will be held Saturday morning at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Northeast Washington.

In a highly partisan era, on a sharply divided court, the conservative jurist made friends through the sheer force of his personality. His spirit was so powerful, and his sudden loss so shocking, that some who knew him are still talking about him in the present tense.

"He loves life," Mr. McConnell said. "He hunts, he goes to the opera...

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Justice Antonin Scalia, our country will miss you.

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Justice Scalia, will be missed...

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Amen

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Thank you for your note of agreement.

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Another good read: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/02/17/im-a-liberal-lawyer-clerking-for-scalia-taught-me-how-to-think-about-the-law/?postshare=9331455772671178&tid=ss_fb

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Thanks Defiant, a very good read.

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a good read, worth the time...

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[TheDon]

Thanks.

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Watch: The Moving Moment Americans Line Up Outside Supreme Court To Pay Respects To Justice Scalia

http://www.westernjournalism.com/watch-the-moving-moment-americans-line-up-outside-supreme-court-to-pay-respects-to-justice-scalia/

[jazusamo]

Thanks for linking, most heartwarming.

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Pretty wonderful, huh.

This, too. Fortune cookies, broccoli and applesauce. http://www.businessinsider.com/applesauce-and-broccoli-at-antonin-scalias-memorial-2016-2