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Coming to Washington to stand in front of the building, the group was full of excitement, and for them, entering the Supreme Court to present their views and understanding of the Constitution in front of the nine justices was already a new peak in their lives.

As for whether the lawsuit can be won?

Actually, it's not particularly important.

Ruthberg can explain to both the ACLU and Paramount.

The people of the United States believe that there are all kinds of shady things in their respective courts, but they still maintain enough respect for the Supreme Court, which they believe is the ultimate place to solve problems.

The nine old men, although they looked trembling, made decisions that no one dared to refute, or on the surface they had to bow their heads and follow.

Not only do they enjoy the privilege of a lifelong position, but they can sit in their place even at the end of the president's State of the Union address, without having to stand up and applaud with the others.

Of course, this is a privilege, and the justices may or may not use it.

This has to do with the character of the justices and their political stance.

Suppose a justice and the president happen to be partisan and share similar political views, the justice will also give a standing ovation at the end of the president's State of the Union address.

Contrarily......

Assuming that Master Thurmond succeeds in being elected president, it is absolutely impossible for Thurgood Marshall, the first-ever black justice of the Supreme Court, to give a standing ovation, and he may even choose to be absent in protest.

In addition, when the president delivers his State of the Union address, there is a special military seat, which is the territory of the chiefs of staff of the three services and the senior generals of the various services, and they never give a standing ovation, which symbolizes their allegiance to the country, not to the president alone.

This kind of thing, which seems to be full of ritual, is actually very deceptive, at least many people really believe in it, but obviously it does not include a certain traverser.

"It's also a new achievement, I don't know if there is a corresponding badge......" he pouted.

In fact, he is the one who cares most about winning or losing the lawsuit, after all, Lustberg had promised before that if he won the lawsuit, he would pay him a "reward", and when he thought that he would kick open the door of Rustberg's bedroom, he grinned and shouted, "Little lady, this account should be eliminated......

Ah, how perfect!

Edward felt his fighting spirit burn brightly!

The prostate is hot, and a stream of heat rushes straight to the door of the head!

It really made him ......

"Ed, what's wrong with you? Does it hurt in my stomach? Ruthberg asked.

Edward endured the discomfort and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm a little nervous, I'll just take a few deep breaths." ”

……

While taking a deep breath, my brain began to run the train again, "Superme Court (Supreme Court) sounds really majestic, if I intercept Supreme and register it as a trademark, is it equivalent to obtaining the wealth password?" ”

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The interior of the courtroom is quaint, an early 19th-century building, so tall and wide that one can easily think of it as a sense of insignificance as one walks through it, and this feeling can easily be perceived as a reverence for the law and respect for the justices.

As for the layout of the courtroom, it is similar to other courtrooms.

Just such a few people, the prosecution and defense, and the audience, can't play anything in the layout, and it's not a concert that can have a four-sided stage or something.

The only difference is that there are nine seats on the bench.

Generally, a single judge can decide a case, even in a circuit appellate court, and only in more complicated cases will a three-member collegial panel be formed.

But the justices either do not move, or they do, unless one of them takes leave, applies for recusal, or dies......

Today, the auditorium at the back of the courtroom was packed, and everyone was interested in the case, especially the media.

Opposite the judge's seat, that is, in front of the audience, are the seats of the prosecution and defense that have been separated.

The appellant is on the left and the respondent is on the right.

In the middle of each side, there is a small podium with a microphone and a small red light bulb, and when the light bulb is on, it means that the 15-minute presentation time has elapsed and the speaker must stop.

And there are two rows of seats behind them, which are for the support team, they can be the boss, partner, assistant of the trial lawyer, when the case enters the trial defense stage, the support team can quietly come up with ideas, or provide evidence or something.

“oyez oyez oyez ”

The beautiful female clerk shouted three times in silence.

Suddenly, everyone in the courtroom stood up respectfully.

Immediately, nine justices, led by Chief Justice Earl Warren, streamed out of the mahogany door directly behind the bench.

Edward took a deep breath and stared at the legendary Justice Earl Warren, apparently in his twilight years, at the head of the line.

From California Attorney General to Governor of California, he participated in the "San Francisco Conference" to witness the birth of the United Nations, and later ran for vice president as Dewey's partner.

After losing the election, Eisenhower was appointed chief justice, and for 16 years, from 1953 to today, he has led the Supreme Court in the direction of liberalism.

Together with William Brennan Jr., William Douglas, and Hugo Black, who were also liberal legal standard-bearers, he wrote a large number of classic judgments.

As a Republican, he joined the Democratic JFK and Lyndon Johnson to abolish apartheid and implement the Civil Rights Act.

So that the United States will not be morally overwhelmed by the Red Empire across the sea, and the Soviet Union believed in equality when it won World War II in 1945, while the United States is at least the South of the United States is still babbling about the question of whether blacks are human or not - making the whole world see the joke.

Edward was in awe and restrained his hippie smile.

This is the first time he has faced a heavyweight historical figure since he crossed over, and the person who can go down in history is certainly worthy of respect and must be respected, because the next moment, maybe he will be aggressive towards himself and repeatedly attacked.

Yes, the influence of the chief justice on the people is mostly mild-mannered, but the one who said that "it is naked hatred among peers"

The justices may not have a grudge against their juniors, but in line with the principle of love and deep responsibility, it has happened from time to time that people have been cut down in court, or even directly cut people down.

At this moment, the clerk's sweet but emotionless female voice sounded again, as if the priests in the temple were reading the sadhana.

"Whoever does his business in this majestic Supreme Court of the United States, do not lean on and stand in solemnity and wait for the judge to take his seat."

Earl Warren naturally occupies the chair in the middle.

"God bless America's most majestic court," the female voice concluded.

Immediately, everyone sat down and waited for the court to begin.

Edward glanced quietly at Ruthberg, who was sitting beside her, her face crimson and her chest heaving, obviously infected by the solemn scene.

He rubbed the back of his hand and grinned at her.

Rustberg smiled back with a sweet smile......

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As the party to the appeal, Edward spoke first.

When he stood in front of the podium, his hands held the guards on both sides of the podium, which can make people look more burly and confident, and when people are nervous, they will habitually grasp some things to release pressure......

If this podium could speak, it would probably be able to tell a lot of stories.

"If you get this thing back to the car beads, it should be worth a lot of money......"

Cranky thinking is one of his ways to resist tension, not to mention quite effective.

"Ahem" cleared his throat and prepared to read from the script.

This thing is the result of their painstaking efforts, meticulous and comprehensive, covering almost everything that can be included, and it has to be condensed into this short 3,000 words.

Presentation actually became a strenuous task, and of course it was up to Edward to do the work.

According to the procedure, each party has 15 minutes to make a presentation, during which the justices will ask questions to both sides according to their respective interests, and even refute them on the spot, and this is also the best opportunity for the prosecution and defense to show their legal literacy.

Convincing the justices in court is the highest achievement of every lawyer, and of course it is very difficult to brush up......

For Edward, it's a leapfrog fight.

……

Today there are some exceptions.

While Edward was just observing Earl Warren, the legendary justice was also keeping an eye on the young unspoken junior.

For some reason, Earl Warren spoke, "Mr. Yang, I would like to ask, can I interrupt your statement?" ”

Edward struggled to control his desire to roll his eyes, and replied with a smile on his face, "It is my pleasure to answer your question, Your Excellency. ”

Earl Warren: "Good. So do you have the right to ban a 'race to lure a bear into the bait'?"

What the fuck is the fxxk of!

Edward's head "buzzed"!

"A race to lure a bear into the bait"?

What kind of underworld activity is this Tmd, Lao Tzu has never heard of it in his two lives.

Why should you go to New York and ask Dobrynin about that bald talent? You Mi people have not been less inclined to lure Russian bears to take the bait, this Nima asked me what I was doing?

There are only rats and raccoons in Brooklyn, no bears!

Neither in New Haven!

He tried his best to restrain himself from making an expression of "eat, you", while his mind was spinning rapidly, and it was urgent to understand what this hellish question was trying to express?

So it can only be taken literally.

Edward estimates that most of this kind of ghostly folk activities in the United States involve cruelty such as animal cruelty.

This is the way that the Angsa people habitually show off their martial virtues, just like the soldiers of the same rice country cut off the bag of Japanese devils on the battlefield of World War II, boiled it in a cauldron of alkaline water until the flesh and bones were separated and all the fat in the bones was removed, and then brought back to China as a trophy, which was simply the extreme of the underworld.

ps The US military is categorically opposed to this move...... The main reasons are...... If it is not cooked thoroughly, it may lead to a pandemic......

Edward decided to take it safe and deal with a few words on the surface, and then see the justice's reaction.

At this point, he could only count on himself, because Ruthberg's expression told him that she didn't understand the hell either.

Edward: "I don't think the act of luring a bear to take the bait is constitutionally protected because the state has the power to protect the interests of animals. ”

Edward: "But I think it would be more appropriate if the example given by Your Excellency the Lord Chancellor was about a movie about luring a bear to the bait." ”

He strives to bring the debate back to its original trajectory, with the core being the act of cinema rather than the act itself.

To put it mildly, killing people and killing people in movies are of course two different things.

Earl Warren seems to have fallen on deaf ears to his thoughts.

He interrupted, "Let's continue with the question we just had - that's a question of life......

"Fuck your uncle...... I'll talk to you about government power, and you talk to me about life, do you want Uncle to send you a bracelet of 'Source of Life' so that you have nothing to do? Edward was not convinced.

Here, the justices have supreme power, and even if Earl Warren wants to talk to Edward about whether bedwetting will affect his life's journey, the latter can only honestly follow the conversation.

Edward: "But, Your Excellency Chief Justice, allow me to make it my point that I feel a distinction should be made between the act of one life harming another life and a film about consensual acts and the feelings of those who voluntarily watch the film are not hurt. ”

Edward, a little annoyed, decided to pull the conversation back.

Earl Warren: "You're saying that it's okay to kill one bear and three dogs for the sake of the plot when you're making a movie, and it's not allowed, to kill more dogs and bears in real life. That's what you call the difference? ”

Edward "......"

Ruthberg "......"

Chris "......"

Silari "......"

Becky Taylor "......"

South Carolina Attorney General Snow Parker was beaming.

Edward: "No, I think the state has always had the right to prohibit the killing of bears, whether in the course of filming or otherwise. ”

Earl Warren "said that there are 14 states that don't have any laws prohibiting the bait of bears. 4.5 million people watched the bait or filmed the composition of the bait. Does this have anything to do with your assessment of whether you can watch the bait of a bear in Charleston, South Carolina? ”

It seems a bit of a mess, but it finally comes back to the problem.

Edward replied cautiously, "No." The First Amendment protects the right of individuals to obtain information for emotional and intellectual needs. But the fact that some people in the country have already seen such things has nothing to do with it. Our position will take the prosecutor out of the cinema, because people in the cinema come to see it voluntarily, and putting the prosecutor out of the cinema will save you and me from emotional turmoil if there is an advertisement or image on the movie that someone doesn't want to see. ”

Earl Warren seems to have had a with a bear today, and I don't know why, he can't get around this stupid beast in his words.

So much so that it is not without malice to speculate that the chief justice himself likes fat bears?

Earl Warren: "You're saying that everybody thinks it's hurtful to lure bears into the bait, and that's a universal rule, right?" ”

"Old bastard, is it a bear or a bear on the low day, why are you always entangled? Is this still the Earl Warren of the judicial rush? How can I see that he clearly has a precursor stroke or mild Alzheimer's disease? Edward felt that today's justices were simply unreasonable, "Could it be that the old man often goes up to the mountains to hunt, and then always encounters the same talking and strange bear?" ”