Our friend, Tyler Green, is clerking for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and generously offered to take our family on a personal tour of the Supreme Court. We met him and his family on a Saturday morning, when we would have the whole place to ourselves. It was an impressive tour that included the courtroom itself, the library, the rarely seen basketball court and gym and, of course, Justice Thomas' chamber. It was fascinating to see the items selected for the walls of his office and get a sense for who Justice Thomas is as a person. As we looked around, we noticed that the children had found the open file drawer of Justice Thomas' desk, which was filled to the top with candy. I instinctively moved to pull them away, but Tyler assured us it was intended for giving. So, I watched as my daughters each picked out a small handful of candies from a Supreme Court Justice's desk and thought about how fun it would be to tell them the story years from now, when they really appreciate it.
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