God save the court
Only once have I had the honor of attending a session of the United States Supreme Court. Once the justices filed in, I was stunned by the booming voice of the marshal of the court.
"The Honorable Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States," he proclaims at every court hearing. "Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! All persons before the Honorable Supreme Court of the United States are admonished to draw near and give their attention, for the
