Hello, everyone, and welcome to a little bonus episode of getting hammered. It's actually a pretty generous bonus episode in length. And we have the pleasure of welcoming Sarah Isker, who is the author of Last Branch Standing, which is a great read on the Supreme Court. And I gave her a generous intro, my friend, in the body of this podcast. But I forgot to give you her full name. So her name is

Sarah Isker, and you can follow her at Wig Newton's, W-H-I-G-Nutens on X, and you should get the book,

Last Brain Standing. Here we go. Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of Getting

Hammer. Today, I have a special guest with me for a little

bonus content that you are going to enjoy. She is the author of Last Branch Standing, of which I'm

going to pretend I know the subtitle, a potentially surprising occasionally, witty journey inside today's

Supreme Court. Welcome, Sarah. Thanks for having me. I'm going to give you a little more of

your plotts real quick. Give you your flowers, as they say. She's a legal analyst at ABC. She's a podcast

host of advisory opinions. She's a veteran of many political campaigns. And she's a graduate of

Harvard law. What? Like it's hard? You know, that's literally why I went to Harvard Law School.

A legally blonde had come out.

I'd just been fired from my first job out of college.

And I watched that movie and thought, you know, if I'd gone to Harvard Law School,

they wouldn't have fired me.

And so I went to law school because of Elwood's example.

What better inspiration is there, really?

And in fact, I took it so seriously, I found a nail salon like next to campus and went there once a week for several weeks until I realized I did not have the time to do my nails and that that was not a good use of money or resources.

But I really tried to do the Lwoods thing as best I could. And here you are. And here I am. That

girl power movie really worked for you. Can we discuss briefly? Can we why you got fired from that first gig?

We absolutely can. And in fact, we maybe should spend just the rest of our time on it.

Because if we're going to do a real deep dive into this because it's you, and I will tell you the whole thing.

So I'm in college. I'm going to graduate early so that I can beat everyone else to market to get a job on the Hill.

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