My Mother Testified That I Couldn’t Keep a Job—Then the Chief Justice Asked One Question That Changed Everything

required of her position. She was a colleague I’d known for over a decade, someone who understood the demands of our profession, but she gave no sign of recognition.

She couldn’t. The law required impartiality, even when you were watching someone you respected being dismantled by lies. My mother took the judge’s neutrality as permission and delivered continue reading …