Federal Judges Are 'Guardedly Apolitical'

One of the privileges of my former position with the federal judicial branch was attending periodic meetings of a small, distinguished group of federal judges, chaired by the chief justice of the United States, who governed our agency. On our way to the meetings, the judges and staff participants were escorted through the back corridors of the court, away from the public areas, to rooms that the public usually doesn’t see.

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