It’s the first Monday in October, the day that traditionally the United States Supreme Court returns to work after its summer recess.
Behind the scenes at the high court are a few dozen law clerks, the young lawyers who do much of the work that ultimately is reflected in Supreme Court rulings.
It was his fascination with the largely unrecognized power of those clerks that inspired thriller writer Brad Meltzer’s first novel, published 27 years ago, a book he called The Tenth Justice.
Building on that simple premise of “what if?” Meltzer imagined what could happen if a Supreme Court clerk inadvertently leaked a decision before its official release.
This was the first of many interviews I’ve had with Brad as his popularity has exploded,
So h3ere now, from 1997, Brad Meltzer.
Brad Meltzer is 54 now. He lives in Florida.
