It was the fourth time Microsoft had argued a case before the Supreme Court. I’ve always found it a striking experience. We bring the issues created by the world’s most modern technology into a courtroom that looks the way it did almost a century ago. No phones and no laptops are permitted. Each time, after I leave my devices behind, I take my seat in the massive red chamber that resembles a curtained stage. I then gaze up at the courtroom’s lone piece of technology: a clock.
