clare cushman who are the "courtwatchers"? >> the "courtwatchers" are the justices themselves, their wives, children, oral advocates who argue, court staff, reporters that cover the cords and even some just random bystanders who happened to be in the courtroom and witnessed something exciting and then went back and reported it. so most of what this book is, is me digging up all that stuff over the last 220 years that the court has been in existence and finding all the insider stories written by people that were affiliated with the courts. >> what is one of your favorite insider stories? >> i have so many. there are some that are funny and some that are poignant and some better educational. but i guess the ones that i like the most are the ones written by the supreme court spouses because you really get a sense of what it was like at home so my favorite is written by elizabeth black who was the wife of hugo black and he had a hard time sleeping at night when he was cogitating on a difficult case and the like to wake up at about

clare cushman is the author and john roberts, chief justice of the u.s. supreme court, rutka foreword. who are the court watchers? >> court watchers are the justices themselves. their wives, children, or a lot of kids who argue, court staff, reporters who cover the court, and even some just random bystanders who happen to be in the courtroom and witnessed something exciting and then went back and reported it. so most of what this book is his knees to get all that stuff over the last 220 years the court has been in existence and finding all the insider stories written by people that were affiliated with the court. >> what is one of your favorite inside stories? >> i have so many because there are some that are funny and some of her poignant and some better educational. but i guess the ones i like the most of the ones written by the supreme court espouses because you really get a sense of what it was like at home. my favorit