In today’s Uncommon Knowledge, Antonin Scalia leaves behind Amherst College to take on bigger targets, including certain of the justices with whom Mr. Justice Scalia sits. He may have moved on — but my correspondents haven’t. The latest? An Amherst alum has dug up the letter that Meg Scalia, Amherst ‘02, wrote to the college newspaper after the professoriate boycotted her father. Stinging dissents seem to run in the family:

My father, who is one of the most conservative figures in government, chose to send me to Amherst to be taught by some of the greatest minds in the country. I took classes with four of the protesting professors. Would a man who is opposed [to quote a statement by the boycotting professors] to the “liberal ideals of constructive disagreement and debate” send his daughter to a school well known for its liberal leanings? Absolutely not. My parents encouraged me to go to Amherst, where I would be challenged academically, and where my conservative views would also be challenged. It is a shame that when my father came to our campus he was unable to enjoy an intellectual debate with the very people he respected enough to teach his own daughter.

Might it be possible, do you suppose, to make just one seat on the Supreme Court hereditary?