Supreme Courtship by Buckley Christopher

Author:Buckley, Christopher [BUCKLEY, CHRISTOPHER]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: FIC000000
ISBN: 9780446542227
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2008-09-02T16:00:00+00:00

PAIGE PLYMPTON came to Pepper’s chambers, where the newest justice had been having a good sob.

“My first oral argument,” Paige said, “I became so befuddled that I kept referring to Gideon v. Wheelwright.”

Pepper dabbed at her eyes and stared blearily.

Paige added, “And of course it’s Gideon v. Wainwright. Well, my dear, let me tell you, ‘mortified’ is no mere expression.”

“Thanks, Paige,” Pepper said, honking into her tissue, “that makes me feel a whole lot better.”

The next day’s Washington Post brought a predictable harvest of shame: a story in the Style section about the TV Justice’s first day of oral argument. It was illustrated with a still photograph from the movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame, with Pepper’s face superimposed over Maureen O’Hara’s offering a sip of water to Quasimodo.

There was a second serving of crow, this one in the form of a headline:

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