At my dad’s retirement dinner, he raised his glass…

phones. Reporters who’d been covering the event as fluff suddenly had a real story.

The chief justice, Patricia Moreno, stood and walked to the head table. Her face was rigid with anger.

“Lawrence, is any of this true?”

My father was stammering. “Patricia, it’s out of context. Those emails—”

“Not out of context.” Her voice cut through the chaos. “You told continue reading …