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THAT CRISIS OFTEN REVEALS THEIR GREATEST STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES. TODAY IN 2010 WHEN OUR NATION HAS FACED A STRING OF CRITICAL MOMENTS OF LAWYERS CAN...
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| 00:02:41 |
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TUSCALOOSA AND TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE HONORABLE JOHN
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| 00:02:45 |
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ROBERTS JR.. IF ANYBODY WAS EVER DESTINED TO BE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES IS HE. HE STARTED OUT SHOPPING HIS FUTURE WHEN HE WAS IN
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| 00:02:59 |
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HIGH SCHOOL IN INDIANA AND HE GRADUATED AT THE TOP OF HIS CLASS BUT ALSO WAS A RUSTLER AND KEPT THEM OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM. HE THEN WENT TO HARVARD...
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| 00:05:38 |
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GENEROUS INTRODUCTION. I DO HAVE TO QUALIFY A COUPLE OF THE POINTS THOUGH AS FAR AS MY HIGH SCHOOL CAREER YOU DO NEED TO KNOW THERE WAS A VERY SMALL...
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| 00:34:03 |
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QUESTIONS. >> WE HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO USE THESE. SPEW WHATEVER IT IS, MAKE SURE IT IS NOT A QUESTION ON ARCHITECTURE. EVERYTHING I KNOW, YOU KNOW. >>...
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| 00:34:34 |
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SCHOOL. [LAUGHTER] IN COLLEGE, I WAS A HISTORY MAJOR, AND I WANTED TO TEACH HISTORY. THERE WERE NO JOBS FOR PEOPLE TO TEACH HISTORY
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| 00:34:44 |
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WHEN I CAME OUT OF COLLEGE, SO I THOUGHT
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| 00:34:47 |
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MAYBE I WOULD GO TO LAW SCHOOL AND PERHAPS TEACH LEGAL HISTORY WHILE ALSO BEING A LAWYER BUT WHEN I FOUND MYSELF IN THE FIRST YEAR OF LAW SCHOOL I FOUND...
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| 00:35:30 |
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GOOD FOR ME BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL THAT IS WHAT WE DO. THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET A CASE AS WE LOOK AT THE PRECEDENCE, THE HISTORY. WHAT...
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| 00:35:42 |
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FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO DROP OUR ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS, THE FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION, WHAT THEY...
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| 00:36:42 |
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WORK. >> WHEN JUSTICE THOMAS WAS HERE HE HAD HIM PRETTY STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS WHICH I TEND TO AGREE WITH, CONTENTIOUS CONFIRMATION...
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| 00:37:04 |
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THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS WHO I TALKED TO THIS MORNING HEARD ME EXPOUND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT. I AGREE WITH JUSTICE THOMAS' VIEWS. I THINK THE PROCESS IS...
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| 00:37:24 |
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MAKE STATEMENTS ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM AND PERHAPS IMPORTANT TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS, BUT NOT ABOUT MATTERS THAT WE CAN OPINE. THEY WANT TO...
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| 00:40:40 |
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THE CIRCUITS OF FEDERAL LAW DEVELOPS UNIFORMLY. THAT IS ONE REASON BY THE WAY OUR DOCKET IS ACTUALLY NOT THAT VERY INTERESTING ONCE YOU GET PAST THE HANDFUL...
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| 00:42:34 |
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ITSELF. >> I WAS WONDERING IF HE YOU COULD SPEAK A LITTLE ABOUT HOW YOUR PRIVATE PRACTICE EXPERIENCE HELPED YOUR-- HELPED YOU PERFORM BETTER AS A JUSTICE?...
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| 00:42:51 |
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SENSE THAT I KNOW WHAT MANY OF MY FRIENDS-- I WAS ABOUT TO SAY FORMER FRIENDS, BUT FRIENDS. I DON'T ALWAYS GET TO SEE
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| 00:43:00 |
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THEM WHEN WE ARE ARGUING. I GET A SENSE OF WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO AND HOW THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE THEIR POINTS, WHAT THEY ARE HOLDING BACK THAT MIGHT...
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| 00:43:10 |
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THEM. I LIKE TO THINK I HAVE LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS IN GENERAL, ABOUT HOW I COULD BE HELPFUL TO THE COURT THAT IN TURN ALLOWS ME TO...
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| 00:45:06 |
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THINK ANYBODY CAN CRITICIZE THE SUPREME COURT WITHOUT ANY QUALMS. WE DO IT ENOUGH IN OUR 2 CENTS, RIGHT? [LAUGHTER] I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD FEEL PERFECTLY...
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| 00:45:26 |
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NO PROBLEMS WITH THAT. ON THE OTHER HAND AS YOU SAID THERE IS THE ISSUE OF SETTING THE CIRCUMSTANCES AND THE DECORUM. THE IMAGE OF HAVING THE MEMBERS...
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| 00:46:31 |
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THINK A SENATOR COULD ASK, AND MY ANSWER-- [LAUGHTER] MY ANSWER WOULD BE FIRST OF ALL I THINK IT SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO INTELLIGENT LAYPEOPLE. WHO DON'T...
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| 00:46:49 |
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WHAT DO THE SUPREME COURT SAY THEY SHOULD BE UP TO PICK IT UP AND UNDERSTAND IT. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO CARE FOR IT IS THE CASE THAT TALKED ABOUT EARLIER...
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| 00:48:33 |
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YOU HAVE TO READ A LOT AND WRITE A LOT BUT YOU HAVE TO THINK A LOT. ACTUALLY THAT WOULD BE MIGHT BUY TO LAW STUDENTS AS WELL.
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| 00:48:40 |
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I THINK YOU ARE TOO QUICK TO SAY HERE IS A PROBLEM AND NOW I HAVE TO FIND OUT THE CASES. NOW I HAVE TO READ ALL THE LEGISLATIVE HISTORY. I HAVE GOT...
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| 00:50:00 |
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INDECISION AND IF THAT IS A DIMINISHED ROLE, WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ORAL ARGUMENTS? >> MY TAKE ON IT I GUESS WOULD BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN JUSTICE...
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| 00:50:30 |
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GET A CASE AND HERE'S THE QUESTION. RUSSIAN PERSON THAT. YOU HAVE TO PUT THAT RIGHT AWAY ON THE FIRST PAGE, QUESTION PRESENTED AND YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN...
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| 00:53:31 |
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DISCUSS THINGS. SOME PEOPLE ARE A LOT BETTER WRITING STUFF THAN THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT IT. I WANT
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| 00:53:37 |
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SOMEBODY WHO IS GOING TO BE GOOD AT TALKING ABOUT IT AND THAT IS HOW I LIKE TO PREPARE, BOUNCE IDEAS OFF OF SOMEONE. AND THEY HAVE GOT TO SEEM LIKE NICE...
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| 00:55:44 |
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MARSHALL, THE FINDER FINER FINDER OF FINISH IN. I REALLY RECOMMEND IT. I READ IT AFTER IT BECAME CHIEF JUSTICE. VERY WELL WRITTEN, SORT OF GIVES YOU...
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| 00:55:59 |
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YOU A LOT ABOUT TOM MARSHALL THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW. A REMARKABLE FIGURE THAT IS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR SHAPING THE SUPREME COURT IN ITS CURRENT ROLE...
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| 00:57:13 |
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THINGS, THE DAY BEGAN WITH JUSTICE STEVENS READING THE COURT MESSAGE ON THE DEATH OF MY OLD BOSS,
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| 00:57:20 |
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CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST, AND THEN I TOOK OVER AND PRESIDED, SO THAT WAS AN EMOTIONAL DAY. BUT, WHEN YOU WHERE ARE THERE ARGUING THE CASE, THAT IS INTIMIDATING...
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| 01:00:45 |
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I FEEL SORRY ABOUT IT BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO. [LAUGHTER] >> WELL, I HAVE A
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| 01:00:53 |
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QUESTION ABOUT ESSENTIALLY THE OTHER BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT ROLE IN INTERPRETING THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'VE PRETTY MUCH JUST GIVEN...
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| 01:01:13 |
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I WANTED YOUR OPINION ON WHAT THE RESULTS OF THAT IS IF YOU THINK THAT'S A BAD THING AND IF SO WHEN YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN. >> I THINK IT'S A BAD...
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| 01:01:42 |
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OUT. CONGRESS THAT PASSES THE LAW IF THEY THINK IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL THEY SHOULDN'T SIGN IT. IF THE PRESIDENT THINKS IT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL HE SHOULDN'T...
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| 01:02:19 |
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NOBODY DOUBTS FOR A MINUTE WE CAN GAIN A GREAT DEAL FROM LOOKING AT INTERNATIONAL LAW, THE DECISIONS OF OTHER
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| 01:02:26 |
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COURTS. IF ANOTHER COURT HAS DEALT WITH AN ISSUE OF A RELATIONSHIP OF A PARTICULAR TYPE OF NATIONAL SECURITY QUESTION WITH INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES OF COURSE...
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| 01:04:30 |
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WHAT TACTICS YOU MIGHT USE TO RESPECT YOUR COLLEAGUES TIME ON THE BENCH BUT AT THE SAME TIME ALSO MOVE ALONG THE DISCUSSION. [LAUGHTER] >> AS A CLERK...
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| 01:05:03 |
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AS HE WAS HE MAY BE MADE A JUDGMENT HE KNOWS WHAT SO AND SO IS GOING TO MAKE AND LET'S MOVE ALONG. I'M NOT AT THAT POINT YET. IT IS A DIFFICULT PART...
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| 01:05:57 |
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YEAR YOU HAD 9,000 PETITIONS AND I KNOW EARLIER WE TALKED ABOUT
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| 01:06:00 |
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THE PROBLEMS THAT THE DISCOVERY IS CAUSING WITH THE MASSIVE NUMBER OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS AND POSSIBLY
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| 01:06:06 |
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ARBITRATION. DO YOU THINK
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| 01:06:07 |
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THAT OUR METHODS OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE OR HOW COULD WE ADJUST TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS YEAR INCREASING LITIGATION
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| 01:06:15 |
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AND THE PROBLEMS THEY ARE IN? >> I THINK THE WAY THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY IS DEVELOPING THEY ARE VERY SERIOUS PROBLEMS. IT IS AN EXTRAORDINARILY EXPENSIVE...
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| 01:06:38 |
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WAY THAT TAKES THAT INTO ACCOUNT. IF YOU ARE A MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS WITH AN IMPORTANT DISPUTE, THE LAST PLACE YOU WANT TO LOOK IS THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY...
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| 01:08:16 |
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OCCUPY IT. I WILL TELL YOU IT WAS QUITE A WEEK. I WAS PREPARING I REMEMBER IT WAS SATURDAY NIGHT AND THE HEARINGS WERE SUPPOSED TO START THE NEXT TUESDAY...
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| 01:08:28 |
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I DON'T GET A LOT OF SLEEP SO I WAS GOING TO BED EARLY AND MY WIFE CAME UP AND TOLD ME CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST HAD DIED AND AT THAT POINT I WAS NOMINATED...
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| 01:12:35 |
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THE SCOPE OF SCHOOLS FOR WHICH SHE TOOK CLERKS. I'VE TRIED TO DO THE SAME. I THINK WOULD BE BETTER. AS FAR AS THE JUSTICES GO I DON'T KNOW. I THINK...
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| 01:12:47 |
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SHOULD PICK PEOPLE THEY THINK ARE THE MOST TALENTED AND ACCOMPLISHED AND BEST SUITED MEN OR WOMEN AND I DON'T KNOW THE SHOULD BE TERRIBLY CONCERNED ABOUT...
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| 01:13:23 |
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CAN'T ANSWER. YOU WILL ENJOY LIFE IN THE SENATE. 64. I DON'T QUALIFY NOR DO I LOOK LIKE A STUDENT. BUT I DO ALL OF THE STUDENTS HERE I WAS A STUDENT...
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| 01:13:41 |
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THIS VERY ROOM IN THIS WONDERFUL SCHOOLS OF THINK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ME TO GET MR. CHIEF JUSTICE, AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT I WANT TO THANK...
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| 01:15:42 |
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TOO MUCH ABOUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT IN THE JUDICIAL FORUM SINCE IT DOES IMPLICATE BROADER ISSUES OF FUNDING IN THE ELECTIONS IN GENERAL. BUT ALSO ISSUES...
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| 01:16:39 |
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THERE'S A FAMOUS STORY. IT WASN'T MY YEAR BUT BACK THEN HE HAD THREE CLERKS ONLY. HE COULD HAVE HAD FOR BUT HE HAD THREE BECAUSE HE LIKED TO PLAY TENNIS...
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| 01:16:57 |
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THE TENNIS COURTS, A VERY SHORT RIDE LESS THAN HALF A MILE OR SOMETHING. ONE TIME THE CHIEF LEANED OVER AND TOOK A DOLLAR OUT OF HIS WALLET AND SAID...
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THINKING
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ABOUT CASES AND YOU HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY IF YOU'RE
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| 01:17:56 |
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SITTING THERE READING RESEARCHING AND ARE NOW GETTING A LOT OF THE READING YOU CAN PUT IT ASIDE AND SAY NO, I'M GOING TO WRITE ONE OF THE OPINIONS AND...
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| 01:18:58 |
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NOW,
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.