In the film, Groundhog Day, the TV weatherman played by Bill Murray wakes up to the same day again and again.

In a Washington version of the film, the White House keeps nominating Steven G. Bradbury to run the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel.

While Supreme Court law clerks can now count on big signing bonuses after their year with the court, they can also count on good and powerful jobs in the government.

And as they rise to power in these jobs, they most likely find themselves working along side other former court law courts, fellow members of an elite club.

Connections count, and the Supreme Court connection counts a lot.