Nino and Me: An Intimate Portrait of Scalia's Last Years: Garner, Bryan A.

For almost thirty years, Antonin Scalia was arguably the most influential and controversial Justice on the United States Supreme Court.

His dynamic and witty writing devoted to the Constitution has influenced an entire generation of judges.

Based on his reputation for using scathing language to criticize liberal court decisions, many people presumed Scalia to be gruff and irascible.

But to those who knew him as “Nino,” he was characterized by his warmth, charm, devotion, fierce intelligence, and loyalty.