Get off the Court

In 2010, while studying a master’s degree in law at the University of Louisiana, I was fortunate enough to have Paul Baier, a passionate professor of constitutional law in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition to being a scholar of his jurisprudence, Professor Baier had devoted his academic life to the traditions of the court and to the personal history of its members. In one of his classes, he told us that years ago, while working …