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Gw. We are honored to convene this Extraordinary Group of former Supreme Court clerks to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the federal statute creating the clerkships we just heard a wonderful panel about experiences during the process now we will hear about life afterwards. This is a very distinguished constitutional lawyer. Coming to the National Constitution center to discuss. And clerking for justice kenned kennedy. Thank you very much for coming. I am joined today the former chairman of the sec and now managing director, also clerking for Justice Kennedy , private practice work now a judge us court of appeals third circuit. Gretchen rubin clerked for Justice Oconnor the author of many bestselling books. Also the host of the happier podcast and an app called better and finally clerking for Justice Breyer his career includes time working at ausa and Investigations Unit in baltimore and Deputy Attorney general and now a partner in a candidate for mayor of the city of baltimore. Than
In this illuminating day long discussion celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Supreme Court clerkships if you are just tuning in im head of the National Constitution center in philadelphia law professor here at George Washington university the Constitution Center is so honored to convene some former Supreme Court clerks to discuss how they are clerkships filled their lives im great to sit here with two appellate judges and two distinguished intellectuals and jurists both were Supreme Court clerks and acclaimed across america with their opinions and their rigor and i just cant wait to ask them how those clerkships influence their approach to the judging in the constitution will briefly incident show them by the judge sunsets on the us court of appeals on the sixth circuit and he is the author of such an important book i want you all to read it because it will transform your view with the making of constitutional law with other important works and he clerks both for Justice Powell an
something i have known for decades. that i talked working alongside her. who is thoughtful, who is careful, if you read her opinions they are meticulous, and they show both a comfort level getting in the weeds of the thorniest, most complicated legal problems, but also inability to step back and contextualize the issue that is before the court, and see the forest for the trees. this is something that explains the broad support, for example, among our clerk family. i should note that a letter was not signed by every single clerk, some clerks actually could not have signed it, summer sitting judges, but there were representatives from all nine chambers, and that i think is very significant. you have support for her from clerks who justice thomas, justice rehnquist, not just myself and my co-clerks.