SPS 2019: Supreme Court and Capitol Building Visit

What a day at the St. Albans School of Public Service yesterday!  On Friday of Week 1 of SPS, we were able to visit with those working in not one, but two, branches of our government.  We began the morning with a visit to the U.S. Supreme Court and a tour of the Courtroom where the Supreme Court Justices hear arguments and read out their opinions.  We then got the extraordinary opportunity to meet one-on-one with Associate Justice Kagan for a Q&A session.  SPS 2019 appears to contain many future lawyers, so the group was particularly appreciative of the opportunity.  We next went to the Capitol Building where, after a break for lunch, we toured the historic premises before getting an opportunity to visit the House Floor itself and speak with the Floor Manager for Speaker Pelosi.  It does not get much better than that on a hot Friday in June in Washington!