Welcome to Bold Justice

Need to stay on top of the whirlwind world of the federal judiciary of the United States? Welcome to the newsletter that does just that: Bold Justice. 

Bold Justice.

Catchy, right?

Well, there’s a story behind it, and we’re happy to credit Justice Samuel Alito for the inspiration.

Back in October of 2014, Justice Alito joined his fellow Supreme Court Yale Law alumni, Justices Clarence Thomas and Sonia Sotomayor, for a panel as part of the law school’s alumni weekend. During the discussion, the moderator asked the audience if they could guess which of the three justices on the panel served as the inspiration for a coffee house to name one of their blends of coffee, Bold Justice. Justice Alito responded, “Obviously, it’s me.” He went on to tell the story of how, during his days as a Third Circuit judge, his law clerks participated in a Newark, New Jersey, coffee shop’s year-long promotion wherein if customers sampled every blend for one year, the customers could then create and name a blend of coffee. Justice Alito described Bold Justice as a blend that was “designed for about three o’clock in the afternoon if you’re working and you’re starting to fall asleep, if you have this, it will jolt you awake.”

A blend of courts and coffee: sounds perfect to us!

If you jump to the 18-minute mark of this video, you can hear Justice Alito tell the tale of Bold Justice!