Trivia: Before every judicial conference, what do the Supreme Court justices do?
Shake hands
Perform a chant
Pray
Bang gavels
The correct answer is Shake hands
So why is this answer correct? : In the late 19th century, Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller instituted the practice of a “judicial handshake” before the justices assemble to go on the bench each day and at the beginning of their private conferences. At each meeting, every justice shakes hands with each of the other eight in order to remind themselves that differences of opinion on the court do not preclude overall harmony of purpose.