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"Were you and Justice Califano having any personal probleh her teeth, but Margaret ent Savich, no problereed sometimes like every married couple does, but in the nine years we’ve beenhi to do with this Terrorists, or some sort of extremists, must have killed Stewart"
Sherlock said, "Did he express any concerns about terrorists?"
"No, he didn’t Steas quite e he didn’t overly offend either side That’s why it would be so strange if soe madman did kill him Why, for heaven’s sake? Why not Chief Justice Abrams? Why not Justice Alto-Thorpe, who’s far to the left, or Justice Alden Spiros, who’s far to the right? Both held very strong opinions on all the hot-button issues, like abortion, the death penalty, affir That makes more sense, doesn’t it?"
"Perhaps it does," Savich said
Ben Raven said, "Did he ever speak to you about so a conflict with? Someone he didn’t approve of? Someone who hated him?"
"Detective Raven, Steas a very private man His best friend was Justice Su troubling Stewart or if he was having a major problem with someone, particularly someone out of his past" She fanned her hands in front of her "Everyone pictures the Justices sitting around a bigtheir robes, sober and stately, spouting big words and discussing esoteric legal precedents The truth is they spend very little ti with their law clerks
"Their weekly s are Wednesday and Friday, and it always sounded to me like it was all business That doesn’t ue and yell and be furious with each other when they’re in conference No one but the Justices are allowed in that conference room on Fridays, so they can be rancorous without fear of anyone gossiping or leaking inforer role than Stewart liked Every Justice has an agenda very strongly colored by his or her political beliefs, ate
"Steould laugh about some of the really nasty comments everyone kneould not be written down There’s still a tinge of sexis about nine people who are all froh the s, for exaly with them Also, both Democrat and Republican Justices have historically selected men as law clerks Even today, out of the thirty-six law clerks, only ten are women Stewart had two female law clerks
"Now, if you want the raw truth about the Justices, you go to the law clerks They’re the ones who really keep the Court running They write opinions, lobby the Justices about cases they care about, and soon in that faux Greek temple--that’s what I call it" She paused, looked blindly at Savich "I still can’t believe anyone would want to kill my husband, actually take the life of a Supreot to be a ot to be"
Savich said, "Perhaps Mrs Califano, everyone who is as successful as your husband an appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1987, Justice Califano was the Deputy Attorney General, the Attorney General, and an Associate Justice of the Superior Court, all of New York He was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit He was sixty-four years old, and that h to make ene professional life, Agent Savich Do you think an enee? I can’t think that’s very likely"
Ben said, "When I was a rookie, ma’am, my trainer was shot by a man he’d put aenty years before There’s no statute of liht But it’s rather frightening to think that decisions you o could come back and kill you No, I really can’t think of anyone, at least he never mentioned anyone he orried about"
"What was your husband’s relationship with his senior law clerk?"