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so incredibly sensitive
to the deep strains of decency,
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which constitute the lapping
tidewaters of our heritage?
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The state of Nebraska contends
that Herbert G. Maloney
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knowing and willfully
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perpetrated an obscene and foul...
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Your time is up.
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- May I be permitted...?
- No.
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Any questions, gentlemen?
Madame Justice?
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I get the impression that the state
of Nebraska would like to see this film
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confiscated, burned
and the ashes sent into space.
:31:50
Is that the idea?
:31:52
If the court so recommended.
:31:54
Is it your contention
:31:55
that the Constitution gives
this court any such power?
:31:58
This court is the judge
of its own power.
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Until we actually examine
the film in question, I think...
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May it please the court,
:32:05
I respectfully submit that my client's
rights under the First Amendment...
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The First Amendment
doesn't give anybody the right
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to commit acts which are harmful
to the public good.
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But this is an educational film.
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A major documentary,
a work of art.
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How can we judge that
until we've seen it?
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Do any of the justices object,
besides Justice Snow?
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I think it's essential
that we see the film.
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Then the clerk will schedule a showing
of the film at some future date
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which is not in conflict with the
schedule already on the calendar.