U.S. Supreme Court
Oct. 2, 2023
A Ruthless Court
After Ruth died, Christopher Scalia shared the story of an encounter between his father and a fellow judge years earlier in Justice Scalia’s chambers. Justice Scalia pointed to two dozen roses he was planning to deliver to Ruth for her birthday. The judge asked Justice Scalia what giving roses had ever done for him: “Name one 5-4 case of any significance where you got Justice Ginsburg’s vote.” Justice Scalia replied: “Some things are more important than votes.”
Floyd J. Siegal
Mediator
Judicate West
11601 Wilshire Blvd Ste 2040
Los Angeles , CA 90025-1756
Phone: (310) 442-2100
Fax: (310) 442-2125
Email: fjs@fjsmediation.com
Loyola Law School
Siegal has been a mediator since 2008 and just celebrated his 10th Anniversary with Judicate West. In 2016, he served as president of the Southern California Mediation Association (SCMA). He is also a distinguished fellow in the International Academy of Mediators (IAM), and in 2017 served on its Board of Governors/Executive Committee as membership chair.
Today is “the first Monday in October” – the day designated by Congress for the Supreme Court of the United States to begin its new term. Last year, for the first time in the Court’s history, the Justices who took the bench included an African-American woman, Ketanji Brown Jackson. Equally significant, four women took the bench that morning – another first for the Supreme Court!
But this year, for the fourth year in a row, following 27 yea...
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