A Playwright and a Songwriter, Finding the Right Words

In November 2007, Emily Kaczmarek and dozens of other high-school students from throughout the country met with several Supreme Court justices in Washington. Among them was Justice Anthony Kennedy. “Why is discrimination wrong?” Justice Kennedy asked the students. The students, all seasoned overachievers, struggled to devise impressive, long-winded responses. No, no, he said. Not complicated.…

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