Indeed, not three weeks after the Dec. 12 decision, Justice Scalia and his wife, Maureen, joined Justice Ginsburg and her husband, Martin, for a New Year's Eve dinner, a tradition the two ideologically opposite justices have maintained for years.
"The general practice in Canada is precisely the opposite," Chief Justice McLachlin said.
But what European experience actually demonstrates is the opposite: social justice and progress can go hand in hand.
The opposite fear that justice is being meted out too hastily and harshly is held only by a minority.
Under Mr. Hussein, Iraq's utterly subservient court system dispensed the opposite of justice, and it is wishful thinking to believe that independent jurists who understand impartial trials could have emerged.
"The opposite of justice is not injustice, it's indifference, it's inaction," he said.
(Given the rarity of the situation precedents aren't perfect, but it's worth mentioning that during the election year of 1988, Democrats actually did the opposite, confirming Justice Anthony Kennedy unanimously).
Sadiq Khan: shadow Secretary of State for Justice Opposite Number: Ken Clarke.
Davies has seen the opposite at Equal Justice Solicitors, where enquiries have gone up.
Addressing a rally of hundreds of lawyers, court staff and supporters on Tuesday, the Labour MP accused his opposite number, the justice secretary Chris Grayling, of being the most "legally illiterate chancellor" in the history of the country.
