Mr. Chief Justice, may it please the court.

I'm John Carlo Conoparo.

I'm Zach Smith.

And welcome to SCOTUS 101, where we break down what's happening at the Supreme Court, what the justices are up to, and other things related to our favorite branch of government.

Welcome back to SCOTUS 101.

The court is quiet this week, and so in lieu of a full episode will air one of our rehearing's episodes.

This time, my interview with Judge Allison Jones Rushing.

We are joined today by Fourth Circuit Judge Allison Jones rushing.

Judge Rushing, welcome to the show.

Thank you.

It's a pleasure to be here.

So, Judge, I had heard that setting law aside for a moment, you are actually a very talented musician.

What's the story there?

Well, I, in undergrad, I was a voice major in addition to political science major,

two very useful majors for a student. But I went in as a pianist, so I play the piano and I sing

and kind of struggled through the decision about whether to go to

conservatory for opera studies or to law school, but decided at some point in undergrad that I had to make

that choice. And after some reflection, decided to go to law school,

which has turned out. It's been okay. But I did, I very much enjoyed playing the piano and being

a singer. We had an opportunity in my, I went to Wake Forest for undergrad and the very first opera that Wake

Forest staged was when I was a student there and it gave me a taste of what that's, what that's

like. And it's, it's a, it's a quite a thrill to be on the stage performing. Do you still sing?

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