In 2015, an opera opened about me and Justice Antonin Scalia. It's called 'Scalia/Ginsburg.' The composer, Derrick Wang, has degrees in music from Harvard and Yale. Enrolled in law school, he was reading dueling opinions by me and Justice Scalia and decided he could compose an appealing comic opera from them.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Related [Conservatives Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas and liberals Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsbur... ANTHONY KENNEDY In confirming recent nominees like [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg, [Stephen G.] Breyer and [Antonin] Scalia, ... DANA PERINO Justice Thomas, my old boss, got 52 votes. Justice (Antonin) Scalia got 98 votes, ... But Justice Th... WENDY LONG We have differing views on law, politics and religion. But I have yet to meet a Scalia clerk who was... JOAN LARSEN Antonin Scalia was witty, warm, funny, and full of life. He was not only one of the most important j... CASS SUNSTEIN It has been hard to get my head around how Justice Antonin Scalia rationalizes his decisions. His bo... HENRY ROLLINS We want a nominee that's set, like Ruth Bader Ginsburg is set, SAM BROWNBACK Roberts did in many respects distance himself from Scalia and Thomas. I think that came through most... ARTHUR HELLMAN I think justice Scalia is really the gold standard of what a justice should be. Somebody, regardless... RON JOHNSON Even anti-choice Justices Antonin Scalia and William Rehnquist respect precedent, but that hasn't st... NANCY KEENAN I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES There are many causes why a people politically ignorant cannot be roused to action. Perfect politica... BENJAMIN ROBBINS CURTIS Religion may become a fashion as well as anything else; and, when it does become so, it has as littl... BENJAMIN ROBBINS CURTIS Whatever may be the merits of a religious system, its effects upon the mass of mankind must depend i... BENJAMIN ROBBINS CURTIS He who is unconscious of the ties which connect him with every individual of his species feels no ob... BENJAMIN ROBBINS CURTIS The mind as well as the body must be not only strong but well disciplined in order to act with promp... BENJAMIN ROBBINS CURTIS No nation can answer for the equity of proceedings in all its inferior courts. It suffices to provid... BENJAMIN ROBBINS CURTIS I own that it is a good deal of a mystery to me how judges, of all persons in the world, should put ... BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO There is in each of us a stream of tendency, whether you choose to call it philosophy or not, which ... BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO The constant assumption runs throughout the law that the natural and spontaneous evolutions of habit... BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO I take judge-made law as one of the existing realities of life. BENJAMIN CARDOZO Law never is, but is always about to be. BENJAMIN CARDOZO Maintaining order in the classrooms has never been easy and it is evident that the school setting re... BYRON WHITE The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend. BYRON WHITE We're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time it makes a decisi... BYRON WHITE I owe a debt of gratitude to two other living Justices. Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsb... ELENA KAGAN As soon as I reach any town, I talk to the shoe-shine boys or the barbers or the people in the resta... THURGOOD MARSHALL It was taken for granted that we had to make something of ourselves. Not much was said about it; it ... THURGOOD MARSHALL When you hear a lot of stories about Africa, and you get to a place like Kenya and other countries l... THURGOOD MARSHALL Deciding not to decide is, of course, among the most important things done by the Supreme Court. It ... THURGOOD MARSHALL And I don't think that government has a role in telling people how to live their lives. Maybe a ... CLARENCE THOMAS My grandfather was a man, when he talked about freedom, his attitude was really interesting. His vie... CLARENCE THOMAS I disagree with the prevailing point of view of some black leaders that special treatment for blacks... CLARENCE THOMAS You didn't think of angels as white or black. They were angels. CLARENCE THOMAS You have a number of choices. You could continue to always fight against people who are really distr... CLARENCE THOMAS And I thank God I believe in God, or I would probably be enormously angry right now. CLARENCE THOMAS People get bent out of shape about the fact that when I was a kid, you could not drink out of certai... CLARENCE THOMAS I still have a 15¢ sticker on the frame of my law degree. It's tainted, so I just leave it in t... CLARENCE THOMAS And what my constitutional values are are wholly irrelevant to the job, and so neither you nor anyon... ELENA KAGAN It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think t... ELENA KAGAN It is a mistake to suppose that the Supreme Court is either honoured or helped by being spoken of as... DAVID JOSIAH BREWER Neighbor is no longer confined to the vocabulary of the individual. It is a national word. Modern in... DAVID JOSIAH BREWER I believe it is conceded that, notwithstanding the fabled blue laws of New England, a man may, witho... DAVID JOSIAH BREWER Christianity is entitled to the tribute of respect. I do not of course mean that all individuals, no... DAVID JOSIAH BREWER Religion of any form is a sacred matter. It involves the relation of the individual to some Being be... DAVID JOSIAH BREWER The Court's objection to cameras may be much more a product of history and process than an unwil... DAVID STRAS Empirical evidence collected and analyzed by political scientists demonstrates that judicial pension... DAVID STRAS As anyone familiar with my scholarship knows, I am not a huge fan of inherent powers in most context... DAVID STRAS I am not a pessimist, but I am not an optimist about the future of American democracy. DAVID SOUTER Over the course of 19 years on the Supreme Court, I learned some lessons about the Constitution of t... DAVID SOUTER It may be that the seemingly intrinsic attraction that past time has for me is merely a desire for e... DAVID SOUTER What I worry about is that when problems are not addressed, people will not know who is responsible. DAVID SOUTER The day you see a camera come into our courtroom, it's going to roll over my dead body. DAVID SOUTER History provides an antidote to cynicism about the past. DAVID SOUTER If speech always wins, even if it's an atomic secret that's going to be broadcast to our ene... DAVID SOUTER Meaning comes from the capacity to see what is not in some simple, objective sense there on the prin... DAVID SOUTER You can make more friends in a month by being interested in them than in ten years by trying to get ... CHARLES MENGEL ALLEN The automobile is technologically more sophisticated than the bundling board, but the human motives ... CHARLES MENGEL ALLEN The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies... CHARLES W. PICKERING Our legislation addresses broadcasts over the public airwaves, but I hope the cable and satellite in... CHARLES W. PICKERING The president, it seems to me, stands out as the one person in our system who is in a unique positio... CHARLES T. CANADY I really can't imagine how anyone could, in good conscience, oppose the proposition that the sta... CHARLES T. CANADY I have had to make a decision I may not agree with, but I am required to follow the letter of the la... CHARLES T. CANADY My job is to follow the law, not to make up the law that has been promulgated by the people or the p... CHARLES T. CANADY The construction of a courthouse is a long-term investment in a building where important public busi... CHARLES T. CANADY I love being a judge, and I anticipate being a judge for the rest of my life. CHARLES T. CANADY For those of you who pray, I ask that you pray that I will always judge with wisdom and integrity as... CHARLES T. CANADY My approach to deciding cases is I look at the law, I look at the facts, and I do my best to apply t... CHARLES T. CANADY The law seemed to be always what I came back to. I have never, one day in my life as a lawyer, regre... CHARLES T. CANADY Some of my colleagues I have the most differences with in decisions are ones with whom I have a very... CHARLES T. CANADY I certainly would not vote against a particular judge already in office because of a decision in a c... CHARLES T. CANADY The Supreme Court has in place a legal structure which protects abortion rights in this country, and... CHARLES T. CANADY I will never forget that it is the people who speak directly through the constitution they have adop... CHARLES T. CANADY In a number of cases dissenting opinions have in time become the law. CHARLES EVANS HUGHES The old Court you and I served so long will not be worthy of its traditions if Nixon can twist, turn... EARL WARREN When I first took the bench, I was assigned to handle a calendar of criminal cases. It was an enormo... JACQUELINE NGUYEN I've always been very interested in the struggle for human rights, not just here but abroad, and... LEAH WARD SEARS Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court c... LEARNED HAND It really comes down to can you count to five, and frankly, I can only count to two?[Antonin] Scalia... CLARKE FORSYTHE Many progressives understand Scalia, and other conservative judges, in crassly political terms - as ... CASS SUNSTEIN Liberal justices like Thurgood Marshall and Ruth Bader Ginsburg think as highly of him as someone li... RICHARD GARNETT Though the critics are loud and the temptations to join them may be many, mark me down too as a beli... NEIL GORSUCH The president has made an excellent choice today which reflects his commitment to appoint judges in ... KAY DALY Justice Scalia, Congress did not pick on the parties. The party and the candidates are one in the sa... TED OLSON I would predict he will keep his promise and appoint a justice in the mold of Scalia and Thomas, a s... BRADFORD BERENSON I don't know off hand. Let me ask Thomas and Scalia what they think. HARRIET MIERS Among the four liberals [the others are John Paul Stevens, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Souter], Breyer ... DAVID J. GARROW At that point, Roberts either has to join them, saying that Roe is good law, ... or he has to join t... MICHAEL DORF The vote shows that a strong, unapologetic, judicial conservative in the mold of Justices Antonin Sc... WENDY LONG I was fortunate that Yale has a very open and creative law school. I took many courses outside the l... MATTHEW PEARL Judges in the mould of Scalia and Thomas were the 'no new taxes' pledge of this presidency. DAVID FRUM I was reading an article about Kings of Leon's bass player, who said that he was directly influe... PETER HOOK My mother was devoted to helping people - with my father's money! - who had great voices but did... SALMA HAYEK It could well be that she is in the tradition of Clarence Thomas or Antonin Scalia, as the president... JAN LARUE I began by listening to my mother's collection of Amelita Galli-Curci and Lily Pons records, and... BEVERLY SILLS My family was very supportive of whatever I wanted because my grandfather was an opera singer. My da... TONY HALE I went to see 'Phantom of the Opera' with my grandma and my mom when I was very little. The ... LADY GAGA Now that the Court has declared money to be speech, I say we replace the current Court with some Ben... ELAYNE BOOSLER I still the love classic period, but also the baroque period, and even 17th-Century music such as th... CECILIA BARTOLI When I was in school, my mother stressed education. I am so glad she did. I graduated from Yale Coll... ANGELA BASSETT
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RUTH OZEKI There is that romanticized idea of what a bookstore can be, what a library can be, what a shop can b... RUTH REICHL When you label someone 'up and coming' or 'the new breakout,' there's this kind ... RUTH NEGGA You have not lived a perfect day... unless you have done something for someone who will never be abl... RUTH SMELTZER All prosperity begins in the mind and is dependent only upon the full use of our creative imaginatio... RUTH ROSS I simply want to take a break and catch my breath. But I also think that, sometimes, the bravest thi... RUTH WILSON I love to make pies - pot pies, quiches, savory tarts, fruit pies. I use an old-fashioned pastry ble... RUTH REICHL We always know when we are awake that we cannot be dreaming even though when actually dreaming we fe... RUTH RENDELL It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up. BABE RUTH We won't even attempt to achieve what we do not believe at a deep level we can have or deserve. RUTH ROSS Just pray for a tough hide and a tender heart. RUTH GRAHAM A teacher who loves learning earns the right and the ability to help others learn. RUTH BEECHICK It's hard to beat a person who never gives up. BABE RUTH You just can't beat the person who never gives up. BABE RUTH To be somebody you must last. RUTH GORDON The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individua... BABE RUTH There are only 3 colors, 10 digits, and 7 notes; its what we do with them that's important. RUTH ROSS Every theory is a self-fulfilling prophecy that orders experience into the framework it provides. RUTH HUBBARD Pregnant women! They had that weird frisson, an aura of magic that combined awkwardly with an earthy... RUTH MORGAN Watch my dust. BABE RUTH In this game, by trying to win; you automatically lose. RUTH ROSS In a world that holds books and babies and canyon trails, why should one condemn oneself to live day... RUTH BENEDICT To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. Get the knack of getting people t... RUTH GORDON Farmers are philosophical. They have learned that it is less wearing to shrug than to beat their bre... RUTH STOUT Racism is an ism to which everyone in the world today is exposed; for or against, we must tak... RUTH BENEDICT No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs an... RUTH BENEDICT If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves... RUTH BENEDICT A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself active... RUTH BENEDICT We grow in time to trust the future for our answers. RUTH BENEDICT Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future. RUTH BENEDICT The kiss. There are all sorts of kisses, lad, from the sticky confection to the kiss of death. Of th... RUTH GORDON To overturn orthodoxy is no easier in science than in philosophy, religion, economics, or any of the... RUTH HUBBARD