One of the Noblest Americans
There is a tradition that Supreme Court police must stand up whenever a justice walks by. After Justice Samuel Alito was confirmed to the Supreme Court in 2006, he would himself make copies at the printer in the hallway, rather than having his aides do it. Thus, akin to a character in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince, Court police were ceaselessly standing up and sitting down outside…