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.

It was quiet at the court this week, so we will be playing a rehearing episode where we replay one of our past interviews.

This week, we are joined once again by Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod, judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Judge, welcome to the show.

Thank you so much. It's delight to be here with you today.

So my first question for you, of course, is your Hamilton song.

You and a number of other judges, notably Judge Eskridge, made a music video singing an

adaptation of You'll Be Back from Hamilton. What is the story behind how that happened?

Well, Judge Eskrich is always getting me into these kinds of things. I had no idea that it would

go viral, though. Seriously, this was just an appreciation

for the bench and bar in the Southern District of Texas. Judge Eskrich and I had done

another version of this for our in-of-court group welcoming people for the year. He and I do a number of programs along with a couple

of other of our friends and colleagues. For our inner court group, we put on musical productions

every year, including one on Magna Carta and one on the amenders, which featured the slaughterhouse cases and had legal

superheroes. So he's a great parody songwriter, and we have a lot of fun with law and

music. We need some levity in this world. So rumor has it. This is not your first experience

with parody. Can you speak to the rumors that while at Harvard Law you participated in that school's famous parody show?

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