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By David Axelrod
(CNN)When the shocking news of Justice Antonin Scalia's passing hit Saturday night, my mind raced back to a White House Correspondents Association dinner seven years ago, when we were seated together.
We bantered about my hometown of Chicago, where he had taught law before ascending to the bench. He opined on wine and music and generally lived up to his reputation as a man who told and enjoyed a good story.
And then our conversation took an unexpected turn.
Justice David Souter, Scalia's longtime colleague on the court, had just announced his retirement, creating a vacancy for President Obama to fill. Scalia figured that as senior adviser to the new president, I might have some influence on the decision -- or at least enough to pass along a message.
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)You're welcome.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)He was best friends with the ginsbergs. Maybe he likes intellect.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Since it was going to be a liberal, he wanted a smart one.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)MohRokTah
(15,429 posts)leveymg
(36,418 posts)Could twist rhe truth into something unrecognizable with the best of them. It's going to take a century to leech him off the bench in the lower courts. Nobody loved political power as its own legal justification more than Karl Schmidt.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Both very smart and capable, I don't see any reason why he would not nominate another person of their caliber to the SC, President Obama is a smart person also, he will do this task well.