Thomas Sipp

So you're basically the judge's assistant.

I'm, to be honest, I'm not going to talk about, you know, active cases that may or may not be before my judge.

It's because there's pretty serious ethics concerns about, you know, clerks typically don't talk to the media.

Right.

And I want to make it clear that the judge's job isn't to be a partisan actor.

It's to be the adjudicator of what the law says.

And as, you know, my judge's clerk, that's also my job and responsibility, and I take that really seriously.

Right.

And...

I think the true interpretation is that I made this decision on ethics grounds.

It was about what I thought the law was, what the Constitution demands.

And I was just hoping to explain my own decision in a time when I think a lot of people were facing a similar decision, and they weren't sure what it would look like on the other side.

And I guess right now, I'm speaking to you from the other side of that decision to say,

I was fine.

I was actually more than fine.

Yes.

And in the year 2025, you'll end up all right.

And specifically speaking to the lawyers, not everyone in America can safely speak their mind right now.

But lawyers...

Can obviously you may be targeted and, but the law firms that fought back and are winning in courts are doing fine financially.