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

her profession?”

Marcus finally found his voice, though it came out weak and stammering. “She… she said she worked at the courthouse. I thought she was… I assumed she was a clerk or something administrative.”

The absurdity hung in the air like smoke.

A clerk. As if I hadn’t spent nights drafting appellate opinions. As if I hadn’t been appointed by the continue reading …