As a fourth-­generation Coloradan, in my family
most everything else came to a stop when the
Broncos played.

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 My grandmother
Freda’s family built
the Hotel Wolf
in Saratoga,
Wyoming. It remains
a regular stop on
summer family trips
through the
mountains.

My father, David,
and his father, John,
on their way to
go fishing in
the Colorado
mountains, the
favorite family
pastime
then and now.

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 My grandfather John as a young man in his law office during the
Great Depression, just down the street from where I later served
as a Tenth Circuit judge.
John (third from left) worked his way through school as a streetcar
operator. Here he is years later at a reunion. Even when he was
eighty-­nine years old, he could still name all the streets east to west
across old Denver.

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 My grandfather and grandmother Joe and Dorothy McGill raised
seven children, six of them girls. Mom is third from the left.

My mother, Anne, was the first woman in the Denver District
Attorney’s office. Can you spot her?

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 Life in Niwot,
Colorado.
From top to
bottom: Morris
and Nibbles;
Ponio; baby chicks
brought from the
barn by the girls
to “visit” my
home office.

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Some of my happiest memories:
fishing on the Colorado River with
my daughters, Emma and Belinda.

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 With Justice White,
October Term 1993.
It was an honor to
serve as a law clerk
to the only other
Supreme Court
justice from
Colorado. He was
hardworking, even
in retirement, and
humble despite his
achievements.

November 20, 2006, at the Byron R. White Courthouse in
Denver. Emma and Belinda help me put on my robe for the
first time, as Justice Kennedy (left) and my new colleagues
look on.

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 In the Lincoln
Bedroom preparing
my remarks for the
announcement of
my nomination on
the evening of
January 31, 2017.

The East Room
announcement
begins. The next day,
on what would’ve
been my father’s
eightieth birthday,
my nomination was
formally filed with
the U.S. Senate.

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 Immediately after the announcement of my nomination, Father Paul
Scalia, on the far right, next to his mother, Maureen Scalia, offers a
prayer in the Green Room.

On my arrival in Washington, my team had me walking miles
through the Senate tunnels, meeting with every senator who asked,
over eighty in all. I was fortunate to have the counsel and support of
some remarkable people, including (left to right) Mary Elizabeth Taylor,
Senator Kelly Ayotte, and Mike McGinley.

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 The confirmation process sometimes seemed lonely and overwhelming,
but Louise and I were so grateful for the support of our family, our
friends, and my former law clerks. Many came to Washington from
across the country to help in any way they could. They made all the
difference.

Justice Kennedy administers the Judicial Oath in the Rose Garden
with Louise holding the family bible on April 10, 2017. It marked the
first time a justice and his former clerk came to serve as colleagues.

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 On a date in
England with
Louise and
Barnaby. Louise
and I met at
Oxford. Later,
she moved to
the United
States with me
and became an
American
citizen.

Investiture at the
Supreme Court,
June 15, 2017. I’ve
learned that you
may lose your
balance from time
to time, but the
people who love
you will set
you right.

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 Leroy the Elk, as
displayed in my
chambers, courtesy
of Maureen Scalia.
His story is told
on page 23.

A fishing adventure in Colorado with Justice Scalia, 2014.

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 Life at the Court, 2018 clerk skit. After working hard all term,
the clerks let off some steam and take a few good-­natured shots
at their bosses.

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The Court, at the time of my arrival.

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The Old Granary Burying
Ground, Boston, Massachusetts,
where Increase Sumner lies. This
is from the epitaph on his tomb;
I keep a copy on my desk and
turn to it often:
Here Repose the Remains of
INCREASE SUMNER.
He was born at Roxbury
November 27th, 1746
and died at the same place,
June 7th, 1799 in
the 53d year of his age. . . .
As a lawyer, he was faithful and able; as a judge, patient, impartial, and
decisive; as a chief magistrate, accessible, frank, and independent. In
private life, he was affectionate and mild; in public life, he was dignified
and firm. Party feuds were allayed by the correctness of his conduct;
calumny was silenced by the weight of his virtues; and rancor softened
by the amenity of his manners.

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 PHOTO CREDITS

  I n sert pag es 1 –8 :   Courtesy of the author
  I n sert pag e 9:   
(top) Courtesy of the author;
(bottom) Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
  I n sert pag e 10 :   
(top) White House Flickr;
(bottom) Hunter Hawkins
  I n sert pag e 11 :   
(top) Reuters/Pool;
(bottom) Shutterstock/Jim Lo Scalzo
  I n sert pag e 12 :   
(top) Courtesy of the author;
(bottom) Shutterstock
  I n sert pag e 13 :   
(top) Collection of the Supreme
Court of the United States;
(bottom) Courtesy of the author
  I n sert pag e 14 :   Collection of the Supreme Court
of the United States
  I n sert pag e 15 :   Jaclyn Nash, Smithsonian
Institution, courtesy of the
Supreme Court of the
United States
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Paul Nitze

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