Story in the Atlantic City Press this morning about a local judge who was retiring last year and wrote to Scalia to see if he could go visit the Justice - got a positive reply and took his son and a colleague from the bench to DC - sat in on several arguments before the Supremes and afterwards went to chambers to meet Scalia - they discussed the cases just heard and then got into more everyday matters, including the fact that Scalia knew our little town in which the retiring judge lived because as a kid he used to pass through it on his way from Trenton to Ocean City for summer stays at the shore - the judge described him as being very charming and personable - “He was terrific - it was like standing there talking to your father or grandfather”, said he...
Wow, what a testimony. Imagine visiting a Supreme Court judge with your son.