:12:02
Even the C.J. Is scared
to hear Omnitech.
:12:04
He says, "It's like telling God
you wanna examine the books."
:12:09
Peace, up to a point.
:12:11
Mason, the most dangerous
thing in the world is to be cautious.
:12:14
People who fall down are the
ones who are afraid they'll trip.
:12:18
- Take a chance.
- Yes, sir.
:12:20
And don't always agree.
If you think I'm wrong and don't say so,
:12:23
then what the hell good are you?
I like law clerks who argue with me.
:12:28
Yes, sir. No, sir.
:12:31
I mean, I'll try to do that, sir.
Not to do that, sir.
:12:34
- What's this?
- Collins v. California, the kinky one
:12:37
from the 9th Circuit, the Berkeley
student who wore a T-shirt that said
:12:41
"Fuck the White House".
:12:45
- Did he have his pants off?
- It doesn't say.
:12:48
I don't see any clear and
present danger that he intended
:12:51
to implement the opinion
of his T-shirt.
:12:53
The 9th Circuit held it was
offensive to public sensibility.
:12:57
Just being offensive
is not an offense.
:12:59
One man's pornography
may be another man's poetry.
:13:02
Yes, sir.
:13:04
Yes, yes, yes. Lady Purity, speaking
from the cloisters of California.
:13:11
"Free speech is not, ipso facto,
filthy speech.
:13:15
"Dirt is a splendid
environment for earthworms,
:13:18
"but it is a grave for
the human mind."
:13:21
I wish to hell she didn't
write so goddamn well.
:13:25
You see, Mason, that's what
this court is for,
:13:28
to restrain the Ruth Loomises
of the world.
:13:32
Sir, I found this opinion
on surveillance,
:13:35
but you won't have to read it.
:13:37
- Why not?
- You wrote it.
:13:39
Well, read it to me. I might have
forgotten it or changed my mind.
:13:45
"When God created the world,
:13:47
"he did it alone, in private,
all by himself.
:13:50
"No monitors,
no hidden microphones.
:13:53
"He made it how he wanted, but what
if someone invaded God's privacy?
:13:56
"Would he have put the world
together the same way? I doubt it.