Lawyers at the Supreme Court have some occasionally eccentric rituals. The Biden administration’s top Supreme Court lawyer eats a bunch of bananas.
Before each of his 50 Supreme Court arguments, Neal Katyal talked to his three children, reviewed his most recent practice session and made a playlist of songs that he listens to in the car on the way to the court.The children were 5 and younger when Katyal argued for the first time, representing foreigners who were detained without charges at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. His most recent appearance was in late April.
Before he became an appellate judge, Sri Srinivasan carried the same two items to each of his 25 Supreme Court arguments — a baby sock belonging to each of his twin children, Maya and Vikram. “He had a sock from each of them in his suit pocket as his source of strength and luck, and for every argument since, he has kept a baby sock of Maya and Vikram’s in his pocket in case he ever wavered from who he really is,” Srija Srinivasan said.
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