On a tangential note to Asa's post on judicial activism, here's an awesome New Yorker article on Justice Scalia(aaaaaaaaaa).

I probably disagree with half of everything Scalia says (he's social conservative and religous; I'm not), but Scalia's hands down my favorite justice because he possesses a brilliant, classically educated mind and he is the court's best writer. I also enjoy the fact that he can put up a strong, logical defense of "Originalism," a Constitutional position most on the Left and Libertarian Right lampoon and dismiss out-of-hand. I like when people defend strange, unpopular things.

Anyway, did you know that Scalia and Ginsburg(!) are cool with each other?

Ginsburg is a closer personal friend, however. The Scalia and Ginsburg families spend every New Year's Eve together. Ginsburg has said that Scalia is the only one of her brethren who can reliably make her laugh-and the only one who can carry a tune. Scalia has said that Ginsburg is the liberal with whom he'd most like to be stuck on a desert island.

That's hilarious. And so is Scalia. Read the piece!