(On the matter of the tall, blue-eyed “Call Me By Your Name” star, we should note that the justice’s opinion would be in the majority for a change.)

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Jones said that it seemed that Hammer reminded Ginsburg of her beloved husband. Their marriage “was such a key relationship to her that allowed her to achieve all that she achieved in the world,” Jones added.

A few moments later, we caught up with Hammer, who laughed, too, at the idea that Ginsburg had scoped him out. “I was probably too nervous to notice anything,” he said of their meeting.

“On the Basis of Sex,” which hits theaters Christmas Day, was penned by Daniel Stiepleman, Ginsburg’s nephew. Stiepleman also walked the red carpet, and confessed that waiting for his “bubbe’s” verdict on the movie was “the most terrifying moment of my life.” But it seems Thanksgiving dinners won’t be awkward from now on: “Luckily, she loved it — at least that’s what she told me.”

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Ginsburg herself was in the house for the screening, among a very Washington audience that included a good chunk of the D.C. bar and a gaggle of female lawmakers, including Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.) and Pennsylvania Democratic Reps. Mary Scanlon and Susan Wild.

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