Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett shared a poignant family moment at a legal conference, recalling when her 13-year-old son found a bulletproof vest she had brought home, The Washington Post reported.
During a candid conversation at the 10th Circuit Bench & Bar Conference, Barrett said the moment occurred after she was sent home with the vest as part of her heightened security detail. Her son, surprised, asked if it was a bulletproof jacket. Barrett, unsure of how to respond, hesitated. She wondered if she should have hidden it from him. But her son’s next reaction surprised her.
“He said, ‘That’s so cool! Can I try it on?'” she recounted to laughter from the audience. The lightheartedness, however, gave way to a more serious question from her son: “Why do you have a bulletproof vest?”
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