Scalia-Ginsburg friendship bridged opposing ideologies

Polar opposites on the bench, Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg had a long, deep, an unexpected friendship.

"Why don't you call us the odd couple?" Scalia said last winter during a joint appearance with the woman he has called his "best buddy" on the bench.

"What's not to like?" Scalia joked at the event hosted by the Smithsonian Associates. "Except her views on the law, of course."

The two justices and their families vacationed together. There was a trip to Europe where Ginsburg went parasailing, leaving Scalia on...