“He said, ‘That’s so cool! Can I try it on?’” Barrett said, drawing laughter from the crowd. But her son then asked more seriously, “Why do you have a bulletproof vest?”
The comments came during a 45-minute discussion at the 10th Circuit Bench & Bar Conference that largely stuck to personal topics, rather than cases and controversies surrounding the high court after a contentious term. Barrett spoke in conversation with Chief Judge Jerome A. Holmes and Judge Allison H. Eid.