Behind the robe
I have a robe that I wear in the morning. It keeps me warm on cold winter days when getting the coffee for my wife. My robe is not symbolic of a foundational element of our society (although I still have a West Point bathrobe I won in a bet on the Army-Navy game more than 40 years ago!). And even when “zooming” into a meeting, I would never think of wearing my robe to work! But we have over 40 colleagues who do wear robes to work every day - and these robes represent their impartiality, objectivity, wisdom, and fairness. Many of us will never see the inside of a courtroom unless we are serving on a jury (and please answer that summons!). However, what happens there is a…