Supreme Court, Women's Issues

Back In The Day, This Judge Was Considered 'Too Pregnant' To Argue Before SCOTUS

The solicitor general's office has apparently 'evolved' since that time.

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[A] male attorney could go out and get hit by a bus the day of an argument. Things just happen in life.

— Judge Patricia Millett of the D.C. Circuit, sharing a story about what she told her colleagues in the solicitor general’s office who were worried that she’d give birth before oral arguments, during a recent panel discussion on women in the Supreme Court. Millett was eight months pregnant at the time, and a security officer wouldn’t allow her into the courtroom before she proved she was arguing the case. “He couldn’t imagine an eight-month pregnant woman sitting at the counsel table,” she said.

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky has been an editor at Above the Law since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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