Running of the Interns: The Most Fashionable Part of Supreme Court Decisions

Winner: This girl combined pink and red, all while maintaining professionalism and sporting sneakers. Photos: Getty Images

It’s been a banner week for the Supreme Court, with the judges ruling on the Affordable Care Act and same sex marriage. President Obama’s historical legislation survived, and gay marriage was made constitutional nationwide—both extremely important decisions. So important, in fact, that getting the message out to the public requires media interns running— no, sprinting — with the print outs of the majority and dissents from the court room to their bosses standing behind barricades ready to shoot out the information to the masses.

At a time when emails, tweets, pings, zooms, and grams, relay news instantaneously, the old guard justice system sill insists on paper (the justices are, after all, not technology obsessed millennials). Sure, the decisions are uploaded to the Internet within minutes, but in a media obsessed world where being first is best, every second is precious. So, as tradition has it, interns stand outside of the public information office, ready to race their fellow 20-somethings across the pillared building’s plaza, and down marble steps.

Yet before the proverbial starting gun goes bang and they dash off into Washington D.C.’s summer heat, the eager workers have to stand inside a government building, making dressing for the occasion particularly difficult. Sneakers are necessary for running, but they clash with business professional attire. Yet the savviest interns made it work.

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Like this girl, who color blocked like a pro in a red tank top and turquoise sweater. She wore neon pink Nikes for added speed and to intimidate her fellow Running of the Intern contestants. (The girl trailing behind her in the black and white floral dress with a blazer looked pretty cute too.)

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Wearing khaki-colored pants is a smart way to trick the fashion police. The pants are most likely jeggings, which are basically workout gear. There’s a reason she’s beating her opponents, despite how hard they’re trying (see: guy in actual khakis). The girl behind her in the black swing dress with white dots circling the hem with red sneakers on was the real sartorial star, despite her deterred speediness. 

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Pairing summer dresses with sneakers is actually trendy. Unfortunately, the fashion world endorses Stan Smiths, Converse, or even Adidas Yeezy Boosts, not actual running shoes.

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This guy seems like a seasoned professional. He doesn’t need running shoes to get the job done. Maybe he’s a subscriber to the Barney Stinson sartorial code: “To score a ten would be just fine, but I’d rather be dressed to the nines!”

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She already lost and she knows it. She chose to wear an unforgiving skirt and sandals, automatically putting herself at a disadvantage from the start. She’s definitely not getting hired after graduation.

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