Peter Farness’s Reviews > The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme Court in the Age of Trump > Status Update

“But [Barack] Obama professed little interest [in being appointed to the Court after his presidency]. Life as a Justice would be ‘too monastic,’ ‘too removed,’ he told friends.”

Okay, what’s he been doing instead that’s so great? I think aloof, monastic, and removed are all perfect words to characterize Barack Obama’s post-presidential career.