“Why don’t you call us the odd couple?” Scalia began, in a wide ranging conversation that included what really happened before Ginsburg attended the State of the Union, their thoughts on the Constitution as well as their habit of vacationing with each other. Scalia told a story about how they spent time together in the South of France once and Ginsburg decided to go parasailing.
“Ruth — honest to goodness — went up behind a motor boat,” he said, “I mean she’s so light you would think she would never come down. I would not do that.”
Ginsburg was a bit more revealing. She spoke about a trip to India where they rode atop an elephant.
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“I vowed this year — just sparkling water—stay away from the wine — but the dinner was so delicious it needed wine.”
She said when she got home she got a call from one of her granddaughters. “She said, BUBIE, you were sleeping!”
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