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the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.” Really? Maybe it’s just me, but it’s hard to imagine Jefferson or Madison saying goofy stuff like that.’
    Mr. Stanton, from the back row: ‘I said goofy stuff like that back in college, but I was stoned at the time. I made a video and posted it on YouTube, got a hundred thousand hits.’
    ‘And you still got into this law school?’
    ‘Rich daddy,’ Ms. Garza said.
    Mr. Stanton shared a fist-bump with his buddies.
    ‘Was Kennedy like that when you clerked for him?’ Mr. Brennan asked.
    Book’s clerkship for Justice Kennedy had made him a hot commodity among constitutional lawyers because Kennedy was often the swing vote in crucial five–four decisions.
    ‘Icame on board ten years after
Casey
. Kennedy was just trying to broker a peace in the abortion war. He respects the Court, and he wants the people to respect it as well.’
    ‘Too late for that,’ Ms. Garza said. ‘We’re not stupid. We know the Court’s just another political branch.’
    ‘The Constitution is just politics?’
    ‘Professor, everything is just politics.’
    Book felt as if he had just been told that the love of his life had cheated on him. The Constitution is just politics? The Court no less partisan than the Congress? Ms. Garza read his mind.
    ‘The only difference between Congress and the Court is that we can vote those Republican bastards out of Congress.’
    ‘Mr. Stanton—’
    He looked up from his texting.
    ‘Ms. Garza is mistaken, isn’t she?’
    ‘In so many ways, Professor.’
    ‘Make your case.’
    ‘First, her T-shirts are getting old. Second, she—’
    ‘About the Court being a political branch.’
    ‘Oh. The Court is perceived as being political because the justices subverted democracy in
Roe
. In America, we don’t stage violent protests and burn down cities when our side loses an election. We organize for the next election. But we want to vote. The people didn’t get to vote on abortion.’
    Ms. Roberts again: ‘As Scalia said in his
Casey
dissent, quote, “value judgments should be voted on, not dictated.” And quote, “the people know that their value judgments are quite as good as those taught in any law school—maybe better.” I like that.’
    Ms. Garza again glared at her classmate.
    ‘Now you’re quoting Scalia? Jesus, Liz, you wouldn’t talk for eight months, now you won’t shut up. Quote this.’
    Ms. Garza jabbed her middle finger at Ms. Roberts.
    ‘Unacceptable, Ms. Garza. An apology, please.’
    ‘Oh,I’m really fucking sorry, Ms. Roberts.’
    That constituted sincere for Ms. Garza.
    ‘Civility, people. This is a classroom, not the Supreme Court conference room on decision day. Ms. Garza, your rebuttal to Mr. Stanton’s case—the rebuttal that does not include your middle finger.’
    ‘Two generations of women have grown up with total control over their reproductive decisions, both contraceptives and abortion. If men get to vote on our right to abortion, they’ll take that right away from us. Then they’ll take the right to use contraceptives. Because men want desperately to control women—our lives, our liberties, our work, our pay, our sexual activity, our bodies, and most of all, our wombs.’
    Mr. Stanton: ‘Trust me, I don’t want anywhere near your womb.’
    The class laughed. Ms. Garza did not.
    ‘Stanton, you’re just mad because women won a right to an abortion.’
    ‘I’m mad because the liberal justices hijacked the Constitution—they made it up!’
    ‘You don’t know that.’
    Mr. Stanton pointed down at Book. ‘He said so in his last book.’
    Another round of laughter.
    ‘How do you know I’m right?’ Book said.
    ‘Because you’re down there lecturing, and we’re up here taking notes.’
    More laughter.
    ‘How do you know I’m not just another tenured professor pushing my personal political beliefs on his captive audience of