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Christopher Scalia’s Remarks on the Death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Here is a memorial comment from Justice Scalia’s son.
I’m very sad to hear about the passing of my parents’ good friend, and my father’s wonderful colleague, Justice Ginsburg. May her memory be a blessing. I’d like to share a couple of passages that convey what she meant to my dad.
This is from a roast he delivered for her 10th anniversary on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals. They’d been colleagues on that court until he went to the Supreme Court; she hadn’t joined him there yet—and he missed her.“That’s all I have to say by way of roasting, but I will conclude with a few earnest comments. I have missed Ruth very much since leaving the Court of Appeals. She was the best of colleagues, as she is the best of friends. I wish her a hundred years.”
This is a story that Judge Jeffrey Sutton shares about an encounter late in my dad’s life, when he bought his friend Ruth two dozen roses for her birthday. “Some things in life are more important than votes.”
“During one of my last visits with Justice Scalia, I saw striking evidence of the Scalia-Ginsberg relationship. As I got up to leave his chambers, he pointed to two dozen roses on his table and noted that he needed to take them down to ‘Ruth’ for her birthday. ‘Wow’, I said, ‘I doubt I have given a total of 24 roses to my wife in almost thirty years of marriage.’ ‘You ought to try it some time’, he retorted. Unwilling to give him the last word, I pushed back: ‘So what good have all these roses done for you?’ Name one five-four case of any significance where you got Justice Ginsburg’s vote.’ ‘Some things,’ he answered, ‘are more important than votes.’ I let him have the last word.”
Note: if you wish to speak ill of the dead, or talk about the politics attendant to Justice Ginsburg’s death, there is another thread already dedicated to those things. You have no reason to make such Comments here and I ask that you do me the favor of refraining from it.
Thank you for posting this.
Condolences to her family that knew her better than anyone else could know.
Mark, a classy post and even classier comment. Thank you.
Blessings on her family and friends.
A wonderful post and an example we all would do well to try and follow. May her family be comforted in the fact that she is at peace and no longer suffering.
I always thought there was (eternal) hope for Justice Ginsburg, given the love Justice Scalia had for her — and she for him. RIP
What stands out is the friendship. I hope they make a movie out of it like the Two Popes.
Thank you for sharing this.
RBG and Scalia as friends set an example for all.
Even if we do so respectfully?
Justice Ginsburg made public her desire to fill the vacancy left by her friend’s death. We should honor her wishes.
What do you mean. Wasn’t her last wish,
From PJ Media
Justice Scalia passed away in Feb 2016.