This is Sarah Stewart Holland and this is Beth Silverce.

Thank you for joining us for Pantsuit Politics.

Hello everyone.

Thank you for joining us for a new episode of Pantsuit Politics.

I'm really excited, Sarah.

Several months ago, I had the incredible honor of sitting down

with then Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice

Bridget Mary McCormick.

Chief Justice McCormick actually notified

Governor Gretchen Whitmer of her plans to retire from the bench

in the fall last year and retired as of December 31, 2022.

But she was the 108th Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court

and the 9th woman to serve on the court

and served on the court for a decade before her retirement.

And we're going to talk today about a big part of her legacy,

which is increasing access to the judicial system.

And then outside of politics, we're going to share a conversation

with you about birthday cards, but really about communicating

with one another through the mail in general.

I think mail is life.

And I'm really excited for you to hear this discussion, too.

I heard mail is life in the accent of the character,

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