WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — At the Supreme Court today, Justice Antonin Scalia told his fellow Justices how privileged he felt to serve on the highest court in the land, adding, “I can say stuff here that got me fired at Kinko’s.” Continue reading: http://nyr.kr/WMquXI
Amy Davidson on the Supreme Court’s upcoming same-sex marriage hearings, and the points in Justice Antonin Scalia’s past dissents that are worth thinking about: http://nyr.kr/RpiXLJ
The first time Bryan A. Garner, a lawyer and writer, met Antonin Scalia—over breakfast at the Washington, D.C., Four Seasons, in 2006—the Justice spent the early part of their conversation praising a magazine essay he had recently read on English grammar and usage. Garner, who has now written two books with Scalia, felt that it would be bad form to interrupt, but when the Justice had trouble remembering the essay’s author, he suggested a name. Scalia assented. “Sir,” Garner replied, politely, “that essay is a review of my book.”
Writing with Antonin Scalia, Grammar Nerd: http://nyr.kr/M3P7Fb