Quote of the Day: Honoring ‘Acute Disagreement’ at the Supreme Court

We are in an era when one of the most positive and powerful traditions of American democracy – the tradition of friendship between ideological rivals – is imperiled. And one of the most ominous threats for democracy – the systematic demonization of adversaries – is on the rise.

— Allegheny College President James H. Mullen, Jr., on why the school is giving its annual Civility in Public Life to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and posthumously to Justice Antonin Scalia.

“Their disagreements on a number of key issues of our time were acute, representing opposing interpretations of the Constitution,” said ...