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- Hello?
- Ready for your coronation?
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- Bill?
- Yes.
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How did you get this number?
I don't even know it.
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I do. If it ever slips your mind,
give me a ring.
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- In the bedroom, please.
- In the bedroom?
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I'm talking to the bellman, you idiot.
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- It's sweet of you to call.
- I wanted to be the first man
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in history to ask
a Supreme Court justice for a date.
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So noted. The clerk will
put it on the docket.
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- That'll take two years.
- Not now that I'm in charge.
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- Mr. Agronsky.
- Yeah?
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Whenever you're ready.
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Tape is rolling.
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This is a historic day for the nation
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and for the Supreme Court
of the United States.
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The court has been in session
since the first Monday in October,
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which, according to the
Judiciary Act of 1789,
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marks the start of a
new term each year.
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No camera has ever photographed
the traditional robing ceremony
:27:00
in the sanctum sanctorum
of the court,
:27:03
and none is there today.
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Since the death of
Justice Stanley Moorehead,
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this has been an eight-man court,
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which, as Justice Daniel Snow
has pointed out,
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resembles a four-man
basketball team.
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- Today, the vacancy is filled.
- How are you?
:27:19
- But this remains an eight-man court.
- Well, where is she?
:27:23
Maybe we ought to sound
the warning buzzer sooner.
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I suppose she has
things to do that we don't.
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After all, I don't have anything
to do with my hair.
:27:30
This is an historic occasion.
:27:33
Like the Jesuits going coed.
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Suppose she'll want to hang chintz
curtains everywhere? I hate chintz.
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Why am I nervous?
She should be nervous.
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Things aren't going to
be different from the way
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they've been every
two minutes to ten in court history.
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We've got to think of her
as one of the brothers.
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Good morning.
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Justice Loomis, welcome.
Welcome to the court.
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- Thank you. Good morning.
- Nice to have you with us.