at harvard law school, he was the editor of dialogue review and graduated magna cum laude. he served on the circuit court of appeals before he was unanimously appointed to the supreme court. news of his death complicates the docket this term and adds fire to a heated election. republican presidential candidates say the next president should choose his successor. president obama has vowed to nominate his replacement. join me from washington, adam liptak, correspondent for the new york times. york, david boies, who has argued several cases before the supreme court. i am pleased to have both of them on the program this evening. we will later season conversations i did with justice scalia. -- i begin with adam in washington. inracterize justice scalia what he meant and what he was. guest: he was a transformational figure in american law. he changed the culture of supreme court, the way arguments are conducted. he changed the nature of legal writing. he was influential in getting people to think about the constitution differently. he pressed a theory called originalism and looke