Opera, travel, food, law: The unlikely friendship of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia
(WorldNews Politics)

WASHINGTON – Long before they became federal appeals court judges, Supreme Court justices, travel companions and New Year`s Eve celebrants together, Ruth Bader Ginsburg watched Antonin Scalia speak to the American Bar Association. As she would for decades to come, Ginsburg disagreed with Scalia`s thesis. But, she recalled in 2014, `he said it in an absolutely captivating way.` Thus did the two ideological opposites attract for what became from that day on a close friendship – one their families, friends and colleagues recalled affectionately after Scalia`s death at a Texas ranch in 2016 and again following Ginsburg`s death Friday on the eve of Rosh Hashanah. `What`s not to like?`...