Scalia

House rules: everyone gets safe passage across the river. There will be plenty of time tomorrow. But for today, I would note that in 1986, Scalia was put on the court by a 98-0 vote after hearings that went like shit through a goose, largely because of the lengthy and rancorous elevation of Rehnquist to Chief Justice immediately before. I would argue that putting Scalia on the court was a substantially more consequential move, which as Chuck Berry would say goes to show you never can tell.