Supreme Court Case During the Pandemic? Landline Essential, Business Suit Optional

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“I do stake the claim of being the first person to have argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court from Queens in a hoodie.” When lawyers argue their cases from home, what should they wear?

Neal Katyal has argued 43 cases before the Supreme Court. Until the coronavirus pandemic hit, he hadn’t once enlisted his son as an assistant.

Now, Mr. Katyal and other lawyers appearing in the nation’s highest court have to argue their cases remotely, which often means from home. In November, as Mr. Katyal prepared in his home office to represent the city of Philadelphia inSo he gave his 19-year-old son $100 and instructed him to go outside and dole out cash to quiet down any noisemakers. Sure enough, minutes before the hearing began, a truck rolled up, idling loudly.

“Oh my God, the justices are going to be so mad at me,” Mr. Katyal, who served as acting solicitor general in the Obama administration, recalled thinking. Fortunately, the truck drove away without his son having to intercede.of appearing in person before the high court has brought a new set of questions.

 

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