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Following the inauguration, Time looked at the two current Justices who have been mentioned as a replacement for Chief Justice Rehnquist. Particularly, Justice Scalia. However, according to Time, Scalia doesn't have a "lock on the job" because he's not viewed as a people person, or a consensus maker. Thus, what has the "reclusive" Justice been doing as of late?

[T]he famously dyspeptic Scalia has become a merry mainstay on the A-list Washington social circuit of late. At parties ranging from a charity dinner at the Kuwaiti embassy two weeks ago to an Inaugural lunch at D.C.'s chic Cafe Milano, guests have been surprised to find the once reclusive Scalia mixing with the city's power brokers, making small talk and telling jokes. "Lately, I've been running into Nino everywhere," says a friend and fellow lawyer. "He's showing that he actually can be charming and gregarious. It's a sign that he's really interested in the job."

Hey, whatever it takes.