U.S. Supreme Court - A Novel

I buy books with content I know nothing about, like the U.S. Supreme Court and its law clerks.

“The Supreme Court is indeed like a small town. The high court employs not only The Nine, but more than four hundred others whose office is a marble palace located just behind the Capitol dome on One First Street, Northeast, Washington, D.C. As I note in the novel, beyond the courtroom and justices’ chambers, the building houses a full police force, a marshal’s office, a clerk’s office, a curator, a press office, a public cafeteria, a gift shop, and a breathtaking library. I should note, however, that there is no marshal’s “cube farm” filled with messengers like Grayson Fernandez, though there are marshal’s aides who perform various tasks, including sitting behind the bench to fetch things for the justices during oral arguments.

It is true that every summer thirty-six law clerks (give or take) embark on what most will consider a highlight of their legal careers. And the one-year clerkship is truly an entry ticket to the nation’s most prestigious legal jobs. Three of the current justices were law clerks themselves,” P. 305, The Outsider by Anthony Franze.

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