When I took the Constitutional Litigation seminar at Columbia Law School, the professor was Telford Taylor.

Taylor was a chief prosecutor during the Nuremberg war crimes trial after World War II.

Nathan Lewin, a noted Supreme Court litigator, taught the seminar after Prof. Taylor retired.

Prof. Lewin and I testified together today, along with Delegate Dalya Attar, on legislation that would address the fate of Jewish women who are chained to their marriages because their husbands will not grant them a get – a religious divorce.

Del. Attar’s legislation, which I have co-sponsored, would require a husband to state, under penalty of perjury, that he has taken all steps within his control to remove all barriers to his wife’s remarriage.

A committee member asked Lewin about the consequences for the woman if she does not receive a get.

“Her children are considered bastards,” I whispered. Lewin repeated what I had said.

I never whispered in Telford Taylor’s ear.