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BOXING REFEREE:
This bout, 15 rounds
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for the heavyweight championship
of the world.
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The challenger from
Louisville, Kentucky,
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weighing 210
and one-half pounds,
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the former Olympic
light heavyweight champion,
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Cassius Clay.
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Of those of you
who won't be able
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to see the
Clay-Liston fight,
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here is the eighth
round exactly
as it will happen.
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Clay comes out
to meet Liston
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and Liston
starts to retreat.
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If Liston goes back
an inch farther,
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he'll end up
in a ringside seat.
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Clay swings
with his left, Clay
swings with his right.
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Look at young Cassius
carry the fight.
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Liston keeps backing,
but there's
not enough room--
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It's a matter of time--
our Clay
lowers the boom.
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[Crowd cheering]
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HOWARD COSELL: Sonny Liston's
not coming out.
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Sonny Liston is
not coming out.
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He's out!
The winner and the new
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heavyweight champion
of the world is Cassius Clay!
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I'm the greatest fighter
that ever lived.
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I don't have a mark
on my face
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and I upset
Sonny Liston
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and I just turned
22 years old.
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I must be the greatest.
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I shook up the world.
I shook up the world.
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I shook up the world.
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Cassius is not
my name no more.
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Officially
Muhammad Ali now?
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Muhammad Ali.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
Mr. Muhammad Ali
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has just refused to be inducted
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into the United States
Armed Forces.
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Notification of his refusal
is being made
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to the United States Attorney,
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the State Director of
the Selective Service System,
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and the local
Selective Service Board
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for whatever action
deemed to be appropriate.
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REPORTER: How did
they treat you?
Respectable.
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[Shouting, gunfire]
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Respect for law in a nation
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is the most priceless asset
a free people can have.
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And the Chief Justice
and his associates
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are the ultimate
custodians and guardians
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of that priceless asset.
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And when we consider
what a Chief Justice has
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in the way of influence
on his age
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and the ages after him, I think
it could fairly be said
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that our history tells us,
our Chief Justices
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have probably had a more
profound and lasting influence
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than most Presidents have had.
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Good morning, Petrus.
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Good morning, sir.
How was your summer?
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It was good to get away,
Mr. Chief Justice, sir.
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Nice to see you again.
You, too, sir.
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Thank you.
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Good morning.
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Sorry.
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[Knocking on door]
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Come in.
[Door opens]
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Mr. Connolly.
I'm Mrs. Paige,
P-A-I-G-E.
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You're 27
minutes late.
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You're not off
to a good start.
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I'm sorry.
My car broke down.
Mr. Connolly.
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Back down
the corridor.
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The washroom is
the third door
on the right.
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Thank you.
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Straight ahead,
Mr. Connolly.
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We've got ourselves
a live one there,
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huh, Mrs. P?
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Don't flirt with me,
Mr. Becker.
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It does not
become you.
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BURGER: Morning.
MEN: Morning, Chief.
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Good morning, sir.
Janet.
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Ohh.
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This term,
we really must do
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something about
this office.
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It's ridiculous.
It's not satisfactory.
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It's smaller than my office
at the Court of Appeals.
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I'm the chief, Petrus.
Makes no sense.
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Take those geraniums
to Maintenance.
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Oh, and Petrus,
don't overwater them.
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They won't bloom.
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Yes, sir.
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Mr. Justice,
this is Kevin Connolly.
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Sorry I'm late, sir.
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Please, take a seat,
Mr. Connolly.
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Your grandfather.
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Yes. He was on the court
for 34 years.
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"The great dissenter."
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The only justice to vote
against segregation.
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Plessy v. Ferguson.
1896.
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But even in his dissent
he still
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called the white race
the dominant race
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and vowed it would
continue for all time.
Heh.
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Oh, sir, I--I'm sorry.
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I wasn't thinking.
That's actually
very rude.
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You know your Court
history, Mr. Connolly.
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Or maybe you just did some
research to impress me.
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There is currently
a case in court.
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Cohen v. California.
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Cohen walked
through a courthouse
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wearing a jacket with
the words "Fuck the Draft"
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inscribed on the back.
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He was sentenced
to 30 days.
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"Congress shall
make no law
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abridging the freedom
of speech."
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That's a very
literal interpretation
of the First Amendment.
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Clearly, if the First
Amendment protects
speech of any kind,
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it protects
political speech.
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And if the Court
is saying that
anti-war protests
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are not protected
by free speech,
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then it's not paying
attention to what's
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going on
outside its doors.
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I know your
war record, sir.
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Oh? Then you know
I'm no pacifist.
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You should know I was
a student activist.
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I've worked as a legal
advisor to draftees,
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informing them
of their rights,
I'm a Democrat--
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Mr. Connolly, I'm not
interested in your politics.
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Here we're only
interested in the law.
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Besides, it's
all in here.
Huh.
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Tell me something.
How would your wife
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feel about
relocating to DC?
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Well, clearly,
we've talked about it,
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in principle, that is.
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She...I think she'd
be very happy for me.
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We're expecting
our first child, sir.
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Oh, how marvelous.
Ha!
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Well, thank you
very much, Mr. Connolly.
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Um...are you--are you
gonna hire me, sir?
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Hmm. Well, we may not
agree on certain matters.
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We may take different
positions on many things.
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I'm only interested
in your I.Q.,
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which I see
is substantial.
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And your academic skills,
which I note are impressive.
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I want brilliant people
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and I'll take care
of the rest.
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Wow. That's great, sir.
Thank you, sir.
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That's all.
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Uh--on the other hand,
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you could make
the argument that
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wearing a jacket
in the courthouse
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is not speech
but conduct.
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"An absurd
and immature antic,"
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and is therefore
not protected by
the First Amendment.
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Now you're just
showing off.
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Yes, sir.
Mr. Justice.
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[Knocking on door]
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Kevin Connolly. Hi.
How you doing?
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Covert Becker
the third.
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What's your school,
Connolly?
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Missouri.
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Sam Edelstein.
The first.
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I have been here
6 months.
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Covert here is
a second termer.
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Guess that makes you
the boss.
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Oh, I guess it does.
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What's with--
with all the lights
in there?
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That's the justice's
eyesight, and it's
getting worse.
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That's you.
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Yale, Harvard,
Columbia, Chicago.
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That's the norm.
It's tradition.
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I don't believe
we've ever
had a clerk
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from the University
of Missouri before.
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Yeah, no black clerks,
no women clerks.
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I guess that's
tradition, too.
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Great.
Another bleeding
heart liberal
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Well, you've landed
with the wrong
justice, my friend.
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Plus, the Chief
is Nixon's man,
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and another
conservative
has just been
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appointed
to the Court.
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Thank you, God,
a change
is gonna come.
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Ow.
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Why do you insist
on being called
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Muhammad Ali now?
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That's the name
given to me
by my leading teacher--
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the Honorable
Elijah Muhammad.
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That's my original name.
That's a black man name.
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Cassius Clay
was my slave name.
I'm no longer a slave.
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What does it mean?
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"Muhammad" means
"worthy of all praises"
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and "Ali" means
"most high."
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This will be an organization
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that will give the black man
in this country
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the right to defend himself.
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It will encourage him
to defend himself,
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and it will teach him
how to defend himself.
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[Cheers and applause]
By any means necessary.
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ALI: This is the regular
dance that I use
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just before the shuffle.
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I'm moving and I'm moving
and I'm jumping around
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and just before you know it...
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a split second right after that
shuffle is the big punch.
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[Crowd cheering]
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[Bell rings]
We are 22 million people
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who don't have our names.
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We were named after
our slave masters.
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So teaches the Honorable
Elijah Muhammad.
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Once you become free,
find out who you are,
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then you will start saying.
"I am the greatest."
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[Cheering and applause]
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WOMAN: Over there.
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[Chatter]
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Please be certain
to escort all the justices
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to their
designated seats.
[Intercom buzzes]
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SECRETARY:
Justice Harlan, sir.
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I don't want
Justice Brennan
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sliding in beside
Justice Marshall,
for example.
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Liberals scheme.
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Let's keep them
apart, shall we?
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Hello, John.
Chief.
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Petrus, I hear
your daughter
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graduated
cum laude.
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Indeed she did,
Mr. Justice.
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That's wonderful.
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Please congratulate
her on my behalf.
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I will.
Thank you, sir.
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Let's walk over together,
shall we, John?
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Oh. Thank you.
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I have big plans
for the Court
this year.
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Oh?
During my
first year,
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it became quite
clear to me
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there was
something wrong
with the design
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of the courtroom
bench.
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We're all
seated straight
in a line.
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We can't hear
each other.
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We can't
see each other.
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It's terrible
acoustics.
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Here's
my solution.
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I'm going to
curve the bench.
Ah.
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You see, that
way, we can
see each other.
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We can hear
each other.
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And it's going
to prevent Hugo
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from shouting
out,
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"Pardon me?
Pardon me?"
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every 10
minutes, eh?
[Chuckles]
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That's a very good
idea, Warren.
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Yes, as it was mine,
I thought it was
very good.
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[Chatter]
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Sir, sir,
if you please.
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you're seated
there, sir.
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[Chatter]
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One black man,
8 white men,
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average age 71.
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[Tapping on glass]
253
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Gentlemen, please join me in
welcoming Harry to the Court.
254
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Aw.
Welcome, Harry.
255
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Cheers, Harry.
Welcome.
256
00:12:24,878 --> 00:12:26,179
Harry Blackmun
and Warren Burger.
257
00:12:26,279 --> 00:12:27,380
The Minnesota twins.
258
00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:28,849
They grew up
together.
259
00:12:28,949 --> 00:12:30,918
When Burger got
married, Blackmun
was his best man.
260
00:12:31,018 --> 00:12:32,119
That's why Nixon
appointed him.
261
00:12:32,219 --> 00:12:33,553
He's gonna vote with
Burger every time.
262
00:12:33,653 --> 00:12:35,122
Hip-pocket Harry.
263
00:12:36,857 --> 00:12:39,592
When President Nixon
nominated my friend Warren
264
00:12:39,692 --> 00:12:41,028
Chief Justice,
265
00:12:41,128 --> 00:12:43,396
a staunch defender
of our Constitution,
266
00:12:43,496 --> 00:12:45,799
I thought he
couldn't have made
a better choice,
267
00:12:45,899 --> 00:12:47,767
and his first year
on the Court
268
00:12:47,868 --> 00:12:50,737
has proven the
President correct.
269
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to Warren.
To Warren.
Hear, hear, Warren.
270
00:12:53,673 --> 00:12:57,044
I don't know.
What Presidents
expect of their Justices
271
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and what those
Justices deliver
272
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can be two very
different things.
273
00:13:09,089 --> 00:13:11,591
MESSENGER: Better get
started, boys.
274
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There's more on the way.
275
00:13:13,994 --> 00:13:16,396
I got a threesome
here, guys.
276
00:13:16,496 --> 00:13:18,365
3 chicks.
277
00:13:18,465 --> 00:13:20,067
Wait, what's
that about?
278
00:13:20,167 --> 00:13:21,734
Porno cases.
279
00:13:21,835 --> 00:13:23,303
Every Friday afternoon,
the Justices
280
00:13:23,403 --> 00:13:26,173
sneak down to the basement
to watch dirty movies.
281
00:13:26,273 --> 00:13:27,574
They're looking
for a case to hear
282
00:13:27,674 --> 00:13:29,076
so they can test
the obscenity laws.
283
00:13:29,176 --> 00:13:31,644
But it's more
an excuse to have
a good time.
284
00:13:31,744 --> 00:13:36,649
Hey. Clay, a.k.a. Ali,
versus the United States
of America.
285
00:13:36,749 --> 00:13:38,585
Oh, the draft
dodger.
286
00:13:38,685 --> 00:13:39,786
Isn't he
in jail yet?
287
00:13:39,887 --> 00:13:42,355
Hey. Ali's
back up
the ladder!
288
00:13:42,455 --> 00:13:43,556
Float like
a butterfly,
289
00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:45,225
sting like
a bee!
290
00:13:46,426 --> 00:13:47,895
Justice Brennan, sir.
291
00:13:51,164 --> 00:13:54,201
Ooh. I was not
expecting this.
Not at all.
292
00:13:54,301 --> 00:13:57,070
But sir, this case has
already been before
the Court, hasn't it?
293
00:13:57,170 --> 00:13:58,906
It was turned down flat.
294
00:13:59,006 --> 00:14:02,042
I was the only one
who voted to hear
this case.
295
00:14:02,142 --> 00:14:05,078
They told me I was
off on a cloud.
296
00:14:05,178 --> 00:14:07,380
It was sent back down
to a lower court.
297
00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,149
So, why is it back up?
298
00:14:09,249 --> 00:14:11,184
Ali's lawyers challenged
the lower court hearing.
299
00:14:11,284 --> 00:14:14,387
He's free to appeal again.
[Chuckles]
300
00:14:15,889 --> 00:14:17,824
Operation Stealth Attack.
301
00:14:17,925 --> 00:14:19,759
Go find out what
the others are thinking
302
00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:22,062
and report back
to me.
303
00:14:22,162 --> 00:14:25,899
I'm guessing Hugo Black
and Bill Douglas
will be on our side.
304
00:14:25,999 --> 00:14:28,668
Don't bother
with the Chief
and Harry Blackmun.
305
00:14:28,768 --> 00:14:30,703
We know what
position they'll take.
306
00:14:30,803 --> 00:14:34,174
These days, Ali's
a hero for taking a stand.
307
00:14:34,274 --> 00:14:36,109
People are not
going to like it
308
00:14:36,209 --> 00:14:38,278
if we send him
to jail.
309
00:14:39,246 --> 00:14:41,648
This time around,
let's see who's
310
00:14:41,748 --> 00:14:44,251
off on a cloud.
311
00:14:44,351 --> 00:14:45,652
Ha ha ha.
312
00:14:45,752 --> 00:14:51,424
*
313
00:14:51,524 --> 00:14:55,295
How can a man, any man,
regardless of color,
314
00:14:55,395 --> 00:14:58,198
turn around when he is called
to serve for his country
315
00:14:58,298 --> 00:15:00,233
and say, "Hell, no, I won't go"?
316
00:15:00,333 --> 00:15:03,603
[Intercom buzzes]
SECRETARY: It's
the White House, sir.
317
00:15:03,703 --> 00:15:05,005
Thank you, Janet.
318
00:15:05,105 --> 00:15:08,108
*
319
00:15:08,208 --> 00:15:09,943
Chief Justice Burger here.
320
00:15:11,444 --> 00:15:13,313
Mr. President.
321
00:15:13,413 --> 00:15:15,782
I just don't think
I should go 10,000 miles
322
00:15:15,882 --> 00:15:17,017
and shoot some
black people that
323
00:15:17,117 --> 00:15:19,252
never called me nigger,
never lynched me,
324
00:15:19,352 --> 00:15:22,155
never put dogs on me,
never raped my mama,
325
00:15:22,255 --> 00:15:24,257
enslave me and deprive
me of freedom.
326
00:15:24,357 --> 00:15:26,093
MAN: You refused go
and fight in Vietnam.
327
00:15:26,193 --> 00:15:28,428
Was it because
you disagree with
the war in Vietnam?
328
00:15:28,528 --> 00:15:30,597
Or because you disagree
with fighting generally?
329
00:15:30,697 --> 00:15:32,565
I believe in
the Holy Quran.
330
00:15:32,665 --> 00:15:35,102
It says we who
declare ourselves to
be righteous Muslims
331
00:15:35,202 --> 00:15:36,769
will not take parts
in no wars.
332
00:15:36,869 --> 00:15:37,971
No way,
fashion, or form
333
00:15:38,071 --> 00:15:39,372
which take the lives
of other humans
334
00:15:39,472 --> 00:15:41,841
unless it's
a Holy war declared
by God himself.
335
00:15:41,941 --> 00:15:43,110
MAN: Do you think
there's anything wrong
336
00:15:43,210 --> 00:15:45,578
in someone like Cassius
Clay, Muhammad Ali,
337
00:15:45,678 --> 00:15:46,813
in refusing induction?
338
00:15:46,913 --> 00:15:48,781
Yes, sir.
I certainly do.
Why?
339
00:15:48,881 --> 00:15:51,084
Because he's no better
than the rest of us.
340
00:15:54,654 --> 00:15:55,888
You look very pale.
341
00:15:55,989 --> 00:15:57,590
Do I?
342
00:15:57,690 --> 00:15:58,992
How's the pain?
343
00:15:59,092 --> 00:16:01,394
I'm all right.
Better, I think.
344
00:16:01,494 --> 00:16:02,595
Have you
called Abe?
345
00:16:02,695 --> 00:16:04,797
[Chuckles] Not yet.
346
00:16:04,897 --> 00:16:06,733
If you don't,
I will.
347
00:16:06,833 --> 00:16:08,568
I think
I'm quite capable
348
00:16:08,668 --> 00:16:10,170
of calling
my own doctor.
349
00:16:10,270 --> 00:16:12,072
Then what's
stopping you?
350
00:16:13,806 --> 00:16:16,376
JK-5 0-1-8-9.
351
00:16:18,345 --> 00:16:19,679
[Drops lighter on desk]
352
00:16:24,584 --> 00:16:29,722
*
353
00:16:35,728 --> 00:16:36,996
I'm so, so,
so sorry.
354
00:16:37,097 --> 00:16:40,067
I just couldn't
get away.
I'm sorry.
355
00:16:40,167 --> 00:16:43,336
I'm sorry.
Hey, buddy.
356
00:16:43,436 --> 00:16:44,704
Welcome to DC.
357
00:16:44,804 --> 00:16:45,905
It's a new suit.
358
00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:47,774
Yeah. You don't
like it?
359
00:16:47,874 --> 00:16:49,909
It's very snazzy.
Why, thank you.
360
00:16:50,009 --> 00:16:51,778
Not sure about
the color, though.
361
00:16:51,878 --> 00:16:54,281
Come on!
362
00:16:54,381 --> 00:16:56,983
I'm sorry.
Is he kicking?
363
00:16:57,084 --> 00:16:59,186
Kevin, she's only
12 weeks.
364
00:16:59,286 --> 00:17:02,289
It's a little
too early. Yeah.
365
00:17:02,389 --> 00:17:04,657
I missed you.
[Chuckles]
366
00:17:04,757 --> 00:17:10,097
*
367
00:17:22,242 --> 00:17:24,444
Even my critics don't
agree with them.
368
00:17:24,544 --> 00:17:27,347
Because you just can't take
a man's title out of the ring.
369
00:17:27,447 --> 00:17:28,415
You gotta...
370
00:17:28,515 --> 00:17:31,284
it's never been done
in history, and, uh...
371
00:17:31,384 --> 00:17:33,653
all type moves have
been made against me
372
00:17:33,753 --> 00:17:36,756
that's never been made before
in the history of boxing.
373
00:17:36,856 --> 00:17:41,228
And the only way they can take
my title will be in the ring.
374
00:17:41,328 --> 00:17:42,662
And I've been
telling the world
375
00:17:42,762 --> 00:17:45,798
for the past 4 years that I'm...
376
00:17:47,234 --> 00:17:48,701
Thank you,
Mr. Justice, sir.
377
00:17:48,801 --> 00:17:50,337
Morning.
Morning.
378
00:17:55,775 --> 00:17:57,610
Second floor,
my man.
379
00:17:57,710 --> 00:18:00,213
Yowsa, yowsa, yowsa.
380
00:18:03,216 --> 00:18:07,086
Ahh. Larry.
Do you mind?
381
00:18:08,288 --> 00:18:12,125
Ahh. Shouldn't
smoke, Larry.
382
00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:15,762
Uh, sir,
I'm Stephen.
383
00:18:15,862 --> 00:18:17,063
Stephen Blacher.
384
00:18:17,164 --> 00:18:19,299
Larry left at the end
of last term.
385
00:18:20,867 --> 00:18:25,805
Oh. So he did. Hmm.
386
00:18:26,906 --> 00:18:28,375
I stand corrected.
387
00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:35,815
John, you haven't
said anything.
388
00:18:35,915 --> 00:18:37,083
How is your back?
389
00:18:37,184 --> 00:18:41,120
Potter, I have
a sacroiliac
390
00:18:41,221 --> 00:18:43,356
joint dysfunction.
391
00:18:43,456 --> 00:18:46,293
[Chuckles]
One leg longer
than the other.
392
00:18:46,393 --> 00:18:49,929
[Laughs]
Apparently.
393
00:18:50,029 --> 00:18:51,130
Surgery then?
394
00:18:51,231 --> 00:18:53,400
Not yet.
395
00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:55,335
Back support,
shoe lifts,
396
00:18:55,435 --> 00:18:58,338
pain medication,
for the time being.
397
00:19:00,207 --> 00:19:02,041
You know,
the other day,
398
00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:04,677
I decided to compute
how many boiled eggs
399
00:19:04,777 --> 00:19:05,912
I've eaten
in my life.
400
00:19:08,047 --> 00:19:10,650
Two a day
for about 60 years.
401
00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:13,753
You know how many
that is?
402
00:19:13,853 --> 00:19:15,188
No.
403
00:19:15,288 --> 00:19:17,524
44,000,
give or take.
404
00:19:19,526 --> 00:19:21,361
That's a staggering
amount.
405
00:19:22,395 --> 00:19:26,433
It's disgusting.
Yes, it is. Ha!
406
00:19:29,001 --> 00:19:30,102
COVERT: Justice White.
407
00:19:30,203 --> 00:19:33,039
Covert, marshal
the troops.
408
00:19:33,139 --> 00:19:34,674
See you on
the court in 10.
409
00:19:35,742 --> 00:19:37,244
Yes, sir, Mr. Justice.
410
00:19:37,344 --> 00:19:39,979
[Basketball bouncing]
411
00:19:40,079 --> 00:19:42,882
[All shouting]
412
00:19:50,623 --> 00:19:52,592
6-1!
Mr. Justice,
that's not legal.
413
00:19:52,692 --> 00:19:54,827
You took 4 steps
and that was a foul.
414
00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:56,263
Says who?
415
00:19:57,163 --> 00:19:59,232
Your boss
is a cheat.
416
00:19:59,332 --> 00:20:00,733
A Supreme
Court Justice!
417
00:20:00,833 --> 00:20:01,934
You tell him, Becker.
418
00:20:02,034 --> 00:20:04,304
[All shouting]
419
00:20:06,939 --> 00:20:08,875
My boy teaching you
the ropes?
420
00:20:08,975 --> 00:20:10,076
Of course I am, sir.
421
00:20:10,176 --> 00:20:11,811
It's pretty
overwhelming, sir.
422
00:20:11,911 --> 00:20:14,046
There's a lot
to take in.
423
00:20:14,146 --> 00:20:16,283
Go for the joog-ular.
424
00:20:16,383 --> 00:20:17,817
The what, sir?
425
00:20:17,917 --> 00:20:21,354
J.U.G.U.L.A.R.
Joog-ular.
426
00:20:21,454 --> 00:20:23,055
In these 4 walls,
427
00:20:23,155 --> 00:20:25,492
it's the only way
to be heard.
428
00:20:25,592 --> 00:20:30,463
They call us justices
9 scorpions in a bottle.
429
00:20:32,465 --> 00:20:34,367
Who's the heavyweight
champion of the world?
430
00:20:34,467 --> 00:20:37,537
[Crowd cheering]
431
00:20:37,637 --> 00:20:40,340
One more time.
We don't want no excuses.
432
00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:43,209
They may say the film was bad
or the camera was broke.
433
00:20:43,310 --> 00:20:45,378
One more time, who's
the champ of the world?
434
00:20:45,478 --> 00:20:47,880
[Crowd cheering]
435
00:20:47,980 --> 00:20:50,983
A very controversial musical
play with a controversial star
436
00:20:51,083 --> 00:20:52,619
recently stirred up,
as you remember,
437
00:20:52,719 --> 00:20:55,254
the Broadway
audience and critics.
438
00:20:55,355 --> 00:20:57,524
Here's the World Famous
Heavyweight Champion
439
00:20:57,624 --> 00:21:01,461
Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay
in a scene from that play,
440
00:21:01,561 --> 00:21:04,331
"Buck White," so let's have
a fine reception for him.
441
00:21:04,431 --> 00:21:06,766
*
[Applause]
442
00:21:12,572 --> 00:21:18,478
* We came in chains,
we came in misery *
443
00:21:18,578 --> 00:21:20,279
MAN: Do you think you'd
have an easier time
444
00:21:20,380 --> 00:21:22,415
if you weren't
a black Muslim?
445
00:21:22,515 --> 00:21:26,185
No, sir.
Not black Muslim,
it's Muslim.
446
00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:27,954
I think I would
have a harder time
447
00:21:28,054 --> 00:21:29,155
if I wasn't a Muslim.
448
00:21:29,255 --> 00:21:30,690
I might be dead now
449
00:21:30,790 --> 00:21:34,761
from forcing integrating
and marrying out of
my own race,
450
00:21:34,861 --> 00:21:37,897
and drinking and smoking
and laying around bars,
451
00:21:37,997 --> 00:21:39,098
catch a flying bullet.
452
00:21:39,198 --> 00:21:40,367
If it wasn't for
the Muslim teaching,
453
00:21:40,467 --> 00:21:41,801
I'd be in bad shape.
454
00:21:41,901 --> 00:21:46,105
I'd be just another, what we
call "bum negro fighter."
455
00:21:46,205 --> 00:21:51,544
*
456
00:21:57,350 --> 00:21:59,318
Uh, it's in
alphabetical order, sir,
457
00:21:59,419 --> 00:22:02,722
descending,
Clay, a.k.a. Ali,
458
00:22:02,822 --> 00:22:07,259
Cohen v. California,
Phillips v. Marietta--
459
00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:08,461
Which one's that?
460
00:22:08,561 --> 00:22:09,662
Mother,
young children,
461
00:22:09,762 --> 00:22:11,063
the company refused
to hire her.
462
00:22:11,163 --> 00:22:12,264
Oh, yes-yes-yes.
463
00:22:12,365 --> 00:22:13,466
I know you don't
agree, but I've
464
00:22:13,566 --> 00:22:16,068
included my brief
on Ali.
465
00:22:16,168 --> 00:22:19,071
You're damn right
I don't agree.
466
00:22:19,171 --> 00:22:20,873
You're out of
line, Henry.
467
00:22:20,973 --> 00:22:23,943
Nobody in my office should
tell me how to vote.
468
00:22:26,278 --> 00:22:28,548
I'd fire the lot
of you,
469
00:22:28,648 --> 00:22:29,749
but you're all
so incompetent
470
00:22:29,849 --> 00:22:32,519
you'd have trouble
finding another job.
471
00:22:32,619 --> 00:22:34,320
Do you mean, sir,
you'd be prepared
472
00:22:34,421 --> 00:22:37,123
to read, assess,
comment, advise,
473
00:22:37,223 --> 00:22:39,125
draft majority
opinions, dissents,
474
00:22:39,225 --> 00:22:41,260
draft concurrences,
bench and post-oral
475
00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:42,729
arguments yourself?
476
00:22:42,829 --> 00:22:43,930
Sure.
477
00:22:44,030 --> 00:22:49,135
*
478
00:22:51,303 --> 00:22:52,405
John, can I
help you with those?
479
00:22:52,505 --> 00:22:53,806
No, thanks.
I'm fine.
480
00:22:53,906 --> 00:22:57,376
On Clay,
a.k.a. Ali,
481
00:22:57,477 --> 00:22:58,945
my boys button-holed
your boys.
482
00:22:59,045 --> 00:23:00,179
None of us can
get a handle
483
00:23:00,279 --> 00:23:01,380
on how you're
gonna vote.
484
00:23:01,481 --> 00:23:03,215
Uh-huh. Well, that's
for me to know
485
00:23:03,315 --> 00:23:04,484
and you to find out.
486
00:23:04,584 --> 00:23:06,853
Aw, come on.
I can't stand
the suspense.
487
00:23:06,953 --> 00:23:09,321
[Laughs]
488
00:23:09,422 --> 00:23:11,123
He was the first person to say,
"Don't rush into a decision."
489
00:23:11,223 --> 00:23:13,259
He's been very kind.
He's been
very understanding.
490
00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:14,661
In his own way...
[Knocking on door]
491
00:23:14,761 --> 00:23:18,030
Mr. Justice,
it's time
for conference.
492
00:23:19,265 --> 00:23:21,000
You better
get going, sir.
493
00:23:37,116 --> 00:23:40,119
Well, I suppose we
should start without him.
494
00:23:40,219 --> 00:23:41,721
Yet again.
495
00:23:44,491 --> 00:23:46,158
BURGER: Phillips
v. Marietta.
496
00:23:48,260 --> 00:23:51,363
Now, the woman they wouldn't
hire had preschool children.
497
00:23:51,464 --> 00:23:53,399
How could she
hold down a job?
498
00:23:53,500 --> 00:23:54,801
That's for her
to decide.
499
00:23:54,901 --> 00:23:57,269
Well, as far as
I'm concerned,
500
00:23:57,369 --> 00:23:58,471
an employer
can hire--
501
00:23:58,571 --> 00:23:59,839
What's shakin',
Chiefy baby?
502
00:23:59,939 --> 00:24:02,208
Oh. We started
without you,
Thurgood.
503
00:24:02,308 --> 00:24:04,310
We're on Phillips
v. Marietta.
504
00:24:04,410 --> 00:24:06,178
Hi. Hey.
As I was saying,
505
00:24:06,278 --> 00:24:07,379
as far as
I'm concerned,
506
00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:09,248
an employer can hire
whoever he wants
507
00:24:09,348 --> 00:24:11,283
and for
whatever reasons.
508
00:24:11,383 --> 00:24:13,052
That is the boss's
prerogative.
509
00:24:13,152 --> 00:24:17,624
Now, I'd like to
hear why we should
hear this case.
510
00:24:17,724 --> 00:24:21,027
It's discrimination
on the basis of sex.
511
00:24:22,394 --> 00:24:24,597
Your position
amounts to
a declaration that
512
00:24:24,697 --> 00:24:29,201
part of the
Civil Rights Act
is unconstitutional.
513
00:24:29,301 --> 00:24:31,170
[Chuckles]
514
00:24:31,270 --> 00:24:32,539
With all respect,
Thurgood,
515
00:24:32,639 --> 00:24:34,941
I don't want to argue
legal niceties.
516
00:24:35,041 --> 00:24:36,175
You never do.
517
00:24:36,275 --> 00:24:38,878
[Justices chuckling]
518
00:24:38,978 --> 00:24:41,748
BURGER: My first clerk
back in '56
519
00:24:41,848 --> 00:24:44,083
at the Court of Appeals
was a woman.
520
00:24:44,183 --> 00:24:45,718
She had young children,
521
00:24:45,818 --> 00:24:48,420
and she had to leave
every evening at 6:00.
522
00:24:48,521 --> 00:24:50,557
She had to go home.
She had to cook dinner.
523
00:24:50,657 --> 00:24:52,525
Didn't work out well at all.
524
00:25:00,867 --> 00:25:03,536
Well, I see you all have
different opinions.
525
00:25:03,636 --> 00:25:06,539
All right.
Why don't we take a vote?
526
00:25:06,639 --> 00:25:08,941
[All shouting]
527
00:25:23,422 --> 00:25:25,592
[Shouting continues]
528
00:25:26,826 --> 00:25:30,429
BURGER: Clay, a.k.a. Ali,
v. the United States.
529
00:25:30,529 --> 00:25:31,731
This is a waste of
the Court's time.
530
00:25:31,831 --> 00:25:33,700
No one wants
to hear this case.
531
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,268
Excuse me, Chief,
I want to hear
the case.
532
00:25:36,368 --> 00:25:38,470
And I'll
tell you why.
533
00:25:38,571 --> 00:25:40,807
Ali never backed down
from his beliefs.
534
00:25:40,907 --> 00:25:43,109
He took
the consequences
535
00:25:43,209 --> 00:25:44,310
of refusing induction.
536
00:25:44,410 --> 00:25:46,245
Bill, you can't slow
us down on this.
537
00:25:46,345 --> 00:25:48,881
We have a very
heavy load of cases
to consider today.
538
00:25:48,981 --> 00:25:51,951
He took the consequences.
He lost his title.
539
00:25:52,051 --> 00:25:54,887
He gave up almost
3 years in his prime,
540
00:25:54,987 --> 00:25:56,856
millions of dollars
so that he could stand up
541
00:25:56,956 --> 00:25:59,058
for what his conscience
told him was right.
542
00:25:59,158 --> 00:26:00,960
He's clearly a man
of great principle.
543
00:26:01,060 --> 00:26:02,829
The Court is always
on dangerous ground
544
00:26:02,929 --> 00:26:06,365
When it decides cases according
to the Justices' own views.
545
00:26:06,465 --> 00:26:08,034
Which one of us is free
of those, John?
546
00:26:08,134 --> 00:26:11,771
I think it's terribly important
that we exercise self-restraint.
547
00:26:11,871 --> 00:26:13,405
I think it's
also important
548
00:26:13,505 --> 00:26:14,774
that we express
what we believe.
549
00:26:14,874 --> 00:26:16,743
Ahh. I'm out of here.
550
00:26:16,843 --> 00:26:19,511
There's clearly
going to be a vote.
551
00:26:19,612 --> 00:26:21,914
I'm recusing myself.
552
00:26:22,014 --> 00:26:23,449
I was the
Solicitor General
553
00:26:23,549 --> 00:26:25,718
at the time of
Ali's conviction.
554
00:26:25,818 --> 00:26:28,454
I hate the
Nation of Islam,
Elijah Muhammad,
555
00:26:28,554 --> 00:26:31,658
and his bunch of
thugs and gangsters
556
00:26:31,758 --> 00:26:33,960
organized from
the jail.
557
00:26:34,060 --> 00:26:37,463
They preach
racial segregation.
558
00:26:37,563 --> 00:26:40,733
I am
an integrationist.
559
00:26:42,534 --> 00:26:47,840
*
560
00:26:58,450 --> 00:27:01,587
I was born in 1908,
561
00:27:01,688 --> 00:27:02,789
the year
Jack Johnson
562
00:27:02,889 --> 00:27:04,791
knocked out
Tommy Byrnes.
563
00:27:06,192 --> 00:27:09,128
Oh, yeah, a Negro
564
00:27:09,228 --> 00:27:12,765
was the
heavyweight champion
of the world.
565
00:27:12,865 --> 00:27:14,967
What happened
the very next day?
566
00:27:18,805 --> 00:27:20,639
They went out
looking for
567
00:27:20,740 --> 00:27:22,675
the great
white hope...
568
00:27:24,744 --> 00:27:26,713
to take back
the title.
569
00:27:30,983 --> 00:27:34,253
There were race riots in
Springfield, Illinois,
570
00:27:34,353 --> 00:27:36,155
the home of
Abraham Lincoln.
571
00:27:38,257 --> 00:27:44,130
89 Negroes...
were lynched that year.
572
00:27:44,230 --> 00:27:49,335
*
573
00:28:01,047 --> 00:28:04,116
To qualify for
conscientious objector status,
574
00:28:04,216 --> 00:28:06,652
you have to satisfy
3 basic requirements.
575
00:28:06,753 --> 00:28:09,221
We know what they are.
I shall quote them.
576
00:28:09,321 --> 00:28:13,793
One, you must be conscientiously
opposed to war in any form.
577
00:28:13,893 --> 00:28:16,295
Two, your opposition
must be based on
578
00:28:16,395 --> 00:28:18,030
religious training and belief.
579
00:28:18,130 --> 00:28:21,700
Three, you must show
your objection is sincere.
580
00:28:21,801 --> 00:28:24,403
[Snoring]
581
00:28:24,503 --> 00:28:25,838
Hugo!
582
00:28:26,739 --> 00:28:28,707
Hmm? No need
to shout, Warren.
583
00:28:28,808 --> 00:28:30,242
I'm listening.
584
00:28:30,342 --> 00:28:32,578
Gentlemen, I'm wondering if,
in the future, we might not
585
00:28:32,678 --> 00:28:34,146
end these sessions
a bit earlier.
586
00:28:34,246 --> 00:28:36,015
Well, we can
hardly get through
the case load as it is.
587
00:28:36,115 --> 00:28:37,817
It doesn't
make much sense.
588
00:28:37,917 --> 00:28:40,586
Hugo is 83 years old.
He's not in the best of health.
589
00:28:40,686 --> 00:28:44,656
I may be slowing up,
but I am not dead yet.
590
00:28:44,757 --> 00:28:46,025
[Chuckles]
591
00:28:46,125 --> 00:28:50,096
Shh. Are they
still in there?
592
00:28:50,196 --> 00:28:54,066
My God.
These sessions
take forever.
593
00:28:54,166 --> 00:28:55,467
Yeah, Brennan won't
let them out
594
00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:56,769
until they hear
the Ali case.
595
00:28:56,869 --> 00:28:58,905
You'll see--
5 votes to 3,
they'll hear it.
596
00:28:59,005 --> 00:29:02,942
Really?
5 votes to 3,
they won't.
597
00:29:03,810 --> 00:29:06,612
Anybody?
Come on.
598
00:29:06,712 --> 00:29:08,580
It's 5 to 3,
they won't.
Here you go.
599
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:10,883
6 votes to two,
they won't.
600
00:29:10,983 --> 00:29:12,484
You're an idiot, Scott.
601
00:29:12,584 --> 00:29:13,685
Brennan, Black,
and Douglas
602
00:29:13,786 --> 00:29:15,021
are gonna vote
to hear the case.
603
00:29:15,121 --> 00:29:17,756
You're right.
OK, 5 votes to 3
for Ali.
604
00:29:17,857 --> 00:29:19,158
You can't flip
your bet, man.
605
00:29:19,258 --> 00:29:21,260
Come on.
You already gave
me your money.
606
00:29:22,895 --> 00:29:23,996
All right,
it's a squeaker.
607
00:29:24,096 --> 00:29:25,397
But 4 votes
to hear the case,
608
00:29:25,497 --> 00:29:26,833
Brennan, Black,
and Douglas,
609
00:29:26,933 --> 00:29:29,401
and I got a hunch
Stewart's gonna vote
with them.
610
00:29:29,501 --> 00:29:31,203
I got a hunch
he won't.
611
00:29:31,303 --> 00:29:33,039
To file for
conscientious
objector status,
612
00:29:33,139 --> 00:29:34,473
you have to be
a member of
613
00:29:34,573 --> 00:29:36,508
an organized religion
or sect.
614
00:29:36,608 --> 00:29:41,047
The Nation of Islam?
What is that?
615
00:29:41,147 --> 00:29:43,549
Let's just take
the vote and move
on, please.
616
00:29:43,649 --> 00:29:45,217
Look, I know where
most of you stand.
617
00:29:45,317 --> 00:29:47,954
I don't expect
the Court to find
for Ali,
618
00:29:48,054 --> 00:29:49,155
but at the very least,
619
00:29:49,255 --> 00:29:51,623
I think we should
grant a hearing.
620
00:29:51,723 --> 00:29:53,059
If we imprison
621
00:29:53,159 --> 00:29:55,761
such a high-profile
war dissenter
622
00:29:55,862 --> 00:29:57,763
without granting him
the full protection
623
00:29:57,864 --> 00:29:59,765
of the legal process,
624
00:29:59,866 --> 00:30:01,067
it could be seen
that the government
625
00:30:01,167 --> 00:30:03,535
prosecuted the case
on a political basis.
626
00:30:03,635 --> 00:30:04,871
Stuff and nonsense.
627
00:30:04,971 --> 00:30:06,672
Say what, Chief?
BURGER: Bill?
628
00:30:06,772 --> 00:30:08,908
You know my position.
629
00:30:09,008 --> 00:30:12,078
If the Court won't rule
on the legality
of the war,
630
00:30:12,178 --> 00:30:15,314
let's at least
rule on this case.
631
00:30:15,414 --> 00:30:16,782
BRENNAN:
At least two.
632
00:30:16,883 --> 00:30:18,084
BURGER: Harry?
633
00:30:18,184 --> 00:30:20,819
This is a very
complex case.
634
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:23,655
Does Ali satisfy
the 3 tenets
635
00:30:23,755 --> 00:30:25,724
of conscientious
objector status?
636
00:30:25,824 --> 00:30:27,493
I need more time
to look at this.
637
00:30:27,593 --> 00:30:28,861
Oh, for God's sake.
638
00:30:28,961 --> 00:30:30,829
Harry, you can't
agonize over
this any longer.
639
00:30:30,930 --> 00:30:32,865
You just
have to vote.
640
00:30:32,965 --> 00:30:34,934
If you insist,
but you're bullying
me into this.
641
00:30:35,034 --> 00:30:37,970
On the face of it,
I don't think Ali
has a case.
642
00:30:38,837 --> 00:30:40,106
BURGER: Byron?
643
00:30:40,206 --> 00:30:42,241
I agree
with the Chief.
644
00:30:42,341 --> 00:30:44,643
This case is
a waste of our time.
645
00:30:44,743 --> 00:30:46,712
I don't even
know why we're
discussing it.
646
00:30:46,812 --> 00:30:48,147
Denied.
647
00:30:49,581 --> 00:30:51,450
Hugo?
648
00:30:51,550 --> 00:30:53,485
I was against
World War II
649
00:30:53,585 --> 00:30:54,786
until Pearl Harbor,
650
00:30:54,887 --> 00:30:57,056
against the Korean
War start to finish,
651
00:30:57,156 --> 00:30:59,892
and against
the Vietnam war
from the start.
652
00:30:59,992 --> 00:31:01,327
A waste.
A mistake.
653
00:31:01,427 --> 00:31:03,862
We're paying a high
price for that.
654
00:31:03,963 --> 00:31:05,864
Hugo, what is your vote?
655
00:31:05,965 --> 00:31:07,900
We should hear the case,
goddamn it.
656
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:09,801
Didn't you hear
what I just said?
657
00:31:09,902 --> 00:31:11,470
BRENNAN: That's 3.
658
00:31:13,472 --> 00:31:14,941
Potter?
659
00:31:15,041 --> 00:31:16,775
I think Ali should
get his day in court.
660
00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:18,244
I vote to grant.
661
00:31:18,344 --> 00:31:23,482
And 4. Ha!
No one wants
to hear the case, huh?
662
00:31:23,582 --> 00:31:25,017
You got that one
wrong, Chief.
663
00:31:25,117 --> 00:31:26,818
HARLAN: Well, all this
wouldn't have happened
664
00:31:26,919 --> 00:31:30,289
if the petitioner
had not been Muhammad Ali.
665
00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:32,324
That's right.
We are hearing
the case
666
00:31:32,424 --> 00:31:35,627
because the
petitioner is
Muhammad Ali.
667
00:31:42,468 --> 00:31:44,303
4-4.
668
00:31:44,403 --> 00:31:46,072
What'd he say?
669
00:31:46,172 --> 00:31:51,277
*
670
00:31:53,279 --> 00:31:55,547
All right, gentlemen,
you've got your 4 votes.
671
00:31:55,647 --> 00:31:57,183
The case
will be heard.
672
00:31:58,084 --> 00:31:59,318
But it takes 5
to overturn.
673
00:31:59,418 --> 00:32:01,187
Yeah, where's that
fifth vote
coming from?
674
00:32:01,287 --> 00:32:03,322
Justice, Sir.
Good afternoon, sir.
675
00:32:09,461 --> 00:32:11,163
CLERK: Sir? What was
the vote on Ali?
676
00:32:11,263 --> 00:32:12,764
We're going to hear
the case,
677
00:32:12,864 --> 00:32:14,466
Lord only knows why.
678
00:32:14,566 --> 00:32:15,867
Bill Brennan's doing.
679
00:32:15,968 --> 00:32:17,569
He politics his way
around everything.
680
00:32:19,138 --> 00:32:20,539
On Phillips vs. Marietta,
681
00:32:20,639 --> 00:32:22,708
I want you
to draft an opinion
682
00:32:22,808 --> 00:32:25,044
that under
the Civil Rights Act,
683
00:32:25,144 --> 00:32:28,347
an employer may not, in the
absence of business necessity,
684
00:32:28,447 --> 00:32:31,617
refuse to hire a woman with
children of pre-school age.
685
00:32:31,717 --> 00:32:34,220
Sir, that's not what you
told us before conference.
686
00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:35,954
You said the employer
was within his rights
687
00:32:36,055 --> 00:32:37,156
not to hire the woman.
688
00:32:37,256 --> 00:32:38,557
You said
you were upholding.
689
00:32:38,657 --> 00:32:40,492
That was
a tentative vote.
690
00:32:40,592 --> 00:32:42,761
Petrus, did you get hold
of the court plans?
691
00:32:42,861 --> 00:32:45,197
They're on
your desk, sir.
Thank you.
692
00:32:47,066 --> 00:32:49,501
He just
changed his vote,
just like that?
693
00:32:49,601 --> 00:32:51,870
There's no mileage
in voting with
the minority.
694
00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:53,239
If he votes with
the majority, he gets
695
00:32:53,339 --> 00:32:56,142
to assign the opinion,
or write it himself.
696
00:32:56,242 --> 00:32:57,543
Complaining about
Bill Brennan.
697
00:32:57,643 --> 00:32:58,810
He's got a nerve.
698
00:32:58,910 --> 00:33:00,712
Chief is always
pulling the strings.
699
00:33:00,812 --> 00:33:02,648
Do not
underestimate him.
700
00:33:05,084 --> 00:33:06,718
Hold all my calls, please.
701
00:33:16,428 --> 00:33:20,566
*
702
00:33:20,666 --> 00:33:22,368
HARLAN:
It's Friday night.
703
00:33:23,602 --> 00:33:25,971
Why aren't you at
home with your wife?
704
00:33:26,072 --> 00:33:28,274
Oh, she's used
to it, sir.
705
00:33:28,374 --> 00:33:29,908
I just need to catch
up a little bit.
706
00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:32,411
No, no.
This is important.
707
00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:34,380
You must take every
moment you can.
708
00:33:35,414 --> 00:33:38,150
Pack up.
I'll give you
a ride home.
709
00:33:40,519 --> 00:33:42,621
[Horns honking]
710
00:33:46,792 --> 00:33:48,294
Sir, would you
like me to drive?
711
00:33:48,394 --> 00:33:52,398
New lenses.
It takes a while
to adjust.
712
00:33:52,498 --> 00:33:55,201
You and Donna free
on Sunday for lunch?
713
00:33:56,602 --> 00:33:57,769
[Tires screech]
714
00:33:57,869 --> 00:33:59,705
Sir, please
let me drive.
715
00:33:59,805 --> 00:34:01,707
12:30 or 1 suit you?
716
00:34:03,909 --> 00:34:05,244
That sounds nice.
717
00:34:05,344 --> 00:34:10,482
*
718
00:34:15,521 --> 00:34:17,656
Thank you. Uhh.
719
00:34:19,091 --> 00:34:20,426
This is nice.
720
00:34:23,028 --> 00:34:25,164
Hello.
HOUSEKEEPER:
Good afternoon.
721
00:34:25,264 --> 00:34:26,898
HARLAN: How are you
settling in?
722
00:34:26,998 --> 00:34:29,067
Fine, sir,
thank you.
723
00:34:29,168 --> 00:34:32,070
I'm enjoying DC.
I have a dog.
724
00:34:32,171 --> 00:34:33,972
He's good company.
Ha ha!
725
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:35,274
DONNA: We're going
on lots of walks.
726
00:34:35,374 --> 00:34:38,377
Oh, I know
the hours are long.
It's hard.
727
00:34:39,311 --> 00:34:41,180
Here you go, ma'am.
728
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,149
Oh, why,
thank you, dear.
729
00:34:47,519 --> 00:34:49,121
How long have you
been married, sir?
730
00:34:49,221 --> 00:34:51,423
Hmm? 43 years.
731
00:34:51,523 --> 00:34:52,791
Wow.
732
00:34:52,891 --> 00:34:55,294
When I first met Ethel,
she was married
to somebody else.
733
00:34:55,394 --> 00:34:57,429
But I stole her
away from him.
734
00:34:57,529 --> 00:34:59,131
[Laughter]
735
00:34:59,231 --> 00:35:00,632
Am I right, dear?
736
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,102
We planned to have
the wedding at
737
00:35:04,203 --> 00:35:06,705
Ethel's aunt's house
in Waterbury.
738
00:35:06,805 --> 00:35:08,307
It was Hartford, John.
739
00:35:08,407 --> 00:35:11,977
Hartford.
You're absolutely right,
my love.
740
00:35:12,077 --> 00:35:13,879
But on the day,
the aunt fell ill,
741
00:35:13,979 --> 00:35:15,247
so we had to switch
the ceremony
742
00:35:15,347 --> 00:35:16,882
to the First
Congregational Church
743
00:35:16,982 --> 00:35:19,218
in...where was it?
744
00:35:20,519 --> 00:35:24,089
Farmington. Right.
That's right.
745
00:35:24,190 --> 00:35:27,125
Well, at the last minute,
I suddenly realized
746
00:35:27,226 --> 00:35:29,928
that the marriage
license was invalid
747
00:35:30,028 --> 00:35:32,598
outside the Hartford
city limits.
748
00:35:32,698 --> 00:35:35,133
So, we met in Hartford
749
00:35:35,234 --> 00:35:36,802
for an early-morning
wedding
750
00:35:36,902 --> 00:35:38,404
and returned to Farmington
751
00:35:38,504 --> 00:35:40,105
for an early
afternoon wedding.
752
00:35:40,206 --> 00:35:41,340
[Laughter]
753
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,442
Well, as ever, sir,
another testament
754
00:35:43,542 --> 00:35:45,244
to your devotion
to both the spirit
755
00:35:45,344 --> 00:35:47,546
and the letter
of the law.
756
00:35:48,847 --> 00:35:50,849
Happiest day
of my life.
757
00:35:50,949 --> 00:35:54,052
I...perhaps
I should get ready.
758
00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:56,054
We have guests for
cocktails, don't we?
759
00:35:56,154 --> 00:35:57,956
No, no, not today.
Not today.
760
00:35:58,056 --> 00:35:59,391
Oh.
761
00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:03,429
Silly me.
762
00:36:03,529 --> 00:36:04,930
Silly you.
763
00:36:06,865 --> 00:36:08,166
Kevin, after lunch,
764
00:36:08,267 --> 00:36:09,368
I'd like to take
a quick look
765
00:36:09,468 --> 00:36:11,169
at Coolidge
v. New Hampshire,
766
00:36:11,270 --> 00:36:12,571
if you wouldn't mind.
767
00:36:12,671 --> 00:36:13,772
Of course.
768
00:36:13,872 --> 00:36:15,907
Won't keep him long. Promise.
769
00:36:16,007 --> 00:36:21,347
*
770
00:36:27,553 --> 00:36:30,289
Sir? Sir, are you
all right?
771
00:36:30,389 --> 00:36:33,925
*
772
00:36:34,025 --> 00:36:36,061
Sir.
Give me
a minute, please.
773
00:36:36,161 --> 00:36:41,467
*
774
00:36:44,102 --> 00:36:48,374
Ah, yeah, that's better.
Ahh.
775
00:36:48,474 --> 00:36:50,742
Um, would you
like me to read
for you, sir?
776
00:36:50,842 --> 00:36:55,514
Yes, yes, that--that
would be helpful, Kevin.
Thank you.
777
00:36:55,614 --> 00:37:01,287
*
778
00:37:01,387 --> 00:37:06,091
Um..."In the wake
of a particularly
brutal murder
779
00:37:06,191 --> 00:37:09,361
of a 14-year--"
780
00:37:09,461 --> 00:37:11,162
Sir, would you like
me to call somebody?
781
00:37:11,263 --> 00:37:12,564
No, no, no, no.
Please continue.
782
00:37:12,664 --> 00:37:17,769
*
783
00:37:18,970 --> 00:37:21,807
"In the wake of
a particularly
brutal murder
784
00:37:21,907 --> 00:37:23,609
"of a 14-year-old
girl,
785
00:37:23,709 --> 00:37:25,677
"the New Hampshire
attorney general
786
00:37:25,777 --> 00:37:27,513
"took charge of
police activities
787
00:37:27,613 --> 00:37:29,515
"relating to
the murder.
788
00:37:29,615 --> 00:37:32,017
"The suspect,
Edward Coolidge,
789
00:37:32,117 --> 00:37:33,519
"is claiming that
the searches
790
00:37:33,619 --> 00:37:34,720
"of his home
and automobile
791
00:37:34,820 --> 00:37:37,689
violated his Fourth
Amendment rights."
792
00:37:38,857 --> 00:37:41,126
ALI: I haven't burned
my own draft record.
793
00:37:41,226 --> 00:37:42,694
But what I'm doing is legal.
794
00:37:42,794 --> 00:37:44,129
This is why I believe
I'll receive
795
00:37:44,229 --> 00:37:45,664
justice in the higher courts.
796
00:37:45,764 --> 00:37:47,666
You can deny the draft
on any grounds
797
00:37:47,766 --> 00:37:49,601
but you'll have to go to court--
it's law.
798
00:37:49,701 --> 00:37:51,370
If you lose, you go to jail,
which I said I'd do.
799
00:37:51,470 --> 00:37:53,271
My fight is legal.
800
00:37:53,372 --> 00:37:55,206
But if you notice, I'm being
the most persecuted.
801
00:37:55,307 --> 00:37:56,542
I'm not allowed
to work in America.
802
00:37:56,642 --> 00:37:58,209
I'm not allowed
to leave America.
803
00:37:58,310 --> 00:37:59,578
Home of the brave,
land of the free.
804
00:37:59,678 --> 00:38:00,979
I'm not allowed to,
not even allowed
805
00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:02,314
to leave where I can work,
806
00:38:02,414 --> 00:38:03,682
countries that will accept me.
807
00:38:03,782 --> 00:38:07,319
And now I'm due
$10,000 fine in 5 years.
808
00:38:07,419 --> 00:38:08,887
All this brings on
racial trouble.
809
00:38:08,987 --> 00:38:11,457
People see this, they see
other athletes and entertainers
810
00:38:11,557 --> 00:38:15,494
getting by on little excuses,
and I know I'm sincere.
811
00:38:15,594 --> 00:38:18,129
But now I get a heavy penalty
to the white preachers
812
00:38:18,229 --> 00:38:21,700
that break in the government
house, burn up the draft card,
813
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,369
hang statutes of the President,
814
00:38:23,469 --> 00:38:27,272
lay on the Pentagon steps,
leave America white citizens.
815
00:38:27,373 --> 00:38:29,274
But I'm the bad one now,
the poor slave.
816
00:38:29,375 --> 00:38:30,709
Now I'm the bad one.
817
00:38:32,243 --> 00:38:33,945
COURT MARSHAL: All rise.
818
00:38:36,615 --> 00:38:38,350
The honorable,
the Chief Justice,
819
00:38:38,450 --> 00:38:41,052
and the Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court
820
00:38:41,152 --> 00:38:43,221
of the United States.
821
00:38:43,321 --> 00:38:46,425
Oyez, oyez, oyez.
822
00:38:46,525 --> 00:38:48,193
All persons having business
823
00:38:48,293 --> 00:38:51,363
before the Honorable,
the Supreme Court
of the United States,
824
00:38:51,463 --> 00:38:54,065
are admonished to draw near
and give their attention
825
00:38:54,165 --> 00:38:56,535
for the Court is now sitting.
826
00:38:56,635 --> 00:39:00,071
God save the United States
and the Honorable Court.
827
00:39:03,575 --> 00:39:07,613
Docket number 2-9-9,
Cohen versus California.
828
00:39:11,249 --> 00:39:14,252
BURGER: Mr. Nimmer,
you may proceed
whenever you are ready.
829
00:39:14,352 --> 00:39:15,954
The Court is
thoroughly aware
830
00:39:16,054 --> 00:39:17,188
of the facts
of this case.
831
00:39:17,288 --> 00:39:19,458
It will not be necessary
to dwell on them.
832
00:39:19,558 --> 00:39:21,793
At Mr. Chief Justice's
suggestion,
833
00:39:21,893 --> 00:39:23,462
I certainly will
keep very brief
834
00:39:23,562 --> 00:39:25,330
the statement of facts.
835
00:39:25,431 --> 00:39:27,332
What this young man did
was to walk through
836
00:39:27,433 --> 00:39:29,468
a courthouse corridor
wearing a jacket
837
00:39:29,568 --> 00:39:31,069
inscribed with
the words--
838
00:39:31,169 --> 00:39:33,905
Mr. Nimmer, we agreed,
it is not necessary
"Fuck the Draft."
839
00:39:34,005 --> 00:39:35,774
to dwell on the facts.
840
00:39:35,874 --> 00:39:38,710
I suggest we avoid
using that word
841
00:39:38,810 --> 00:39:40,746
for the rest of
oral argument,
842
00:39:40,846 --> 00:39:44,583
and we simply refer
to it as..."that word."
843
00:39:44,683 --> 00:39:48,386
Yes, your honor.
MAN: The Court should
rule on the war.
844
00:39:48,487 --> 00:39:50,789
We are arguing that
the State may not,
845
00:39:50,889 --> 00:39:53,124
consistent with
the First and
Fourteenth Amendments,
846
00:39:53,224 --> 00:39:54,926
make the simple
public display...
847
00:39:55,026 --> 00:39:56,361
Every day
in Vietnam,
848
00:39:56,462 --> 00:39:58,797
young American men
are killed
849
00:39:58,897 --> 00:40:00,766
because this country
refuses to admit
850
00:40:00,866 --> 00:40:02,634
that we've
made a mistake.
851
00:40:02,734 --> 00:40:04,169
POLICE OFFICER:
Let's go.
Who wants to be
852
00:40:04,269 --> 00:40:06,605
the last person
to die for a mistake?
853
00:40:06,705 --> 00:40:08,239
POLICE OFFICER:
That's enough.
This Court should rule
854
00:40:08,339 --> 00:40:09,575
on the war!
855
00:40:09,675 --> 00:40:10,942
This Court
should rule...
856
00:40:11,042 --> 00:40:14,179
Well, people bring
passion to politics,
857
00:40:14,279 --> 00:40:16,648
and vulgarity is
simply a side effect
858
00:40:16,748 --> 00:40:19,350
of a free exchange
of ideas.
859
00:40:19,451 --> 00:40:20,786
Calm down.
860
00:40:22,454 --> 00:40:23,789
Get out.
861
00:40:24,990 --> 00:40:27,693
He's right.
The Court should
rule on the war.
862
00:40:27,793 --> 00:40:30,261
Oh, Bill, you've been
singing that song
since '66.
863
00:40:30,361 --> 00:40:32,430
Yes, and I'll go on
singing it, Whizzer.
864
00:40:32,531 --> 00:40:35,300
Bill, please.
My name is Byron.
865
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:36,602
This is not a war
that's making the world
866
00:40:36,702 --> 00:40:38,003
safe for democracy.
867
00:40:38,103 --> 00:40:39,204
It's a war of aggression.
868
00:40:39,304 --> 00:40:40,405
It is
up to Congress
869
00:40:40,506 --> 00:40:42,107
to challenge the
war, not the Court.
870
00:40:42,207 --> 00:40:43,374
It's up to
the Court to decide
871
00:40:43,475 --> 00:40:47,145
the constitutionality
of it, Byron.
872
00:40:47,245 --> 00:40:49,214
If I was still
in the Senate,
873
00:40:49,314 --> 00:40:52,050
I would lead the charge!
874
00:40:52,150 --> 00:40:55,153
*
[Chatter]
875
00:41:05,831 --> 00:41:09,167
NIXON: They're trying
to say that they want peace.
876
00:41:09,267 --> 00:41:13,572
They're trying to say that
they want to stop the killing.
877
00:41:13,672 --> 00:41:16,842
They're trying to say that
they want to end the draft.
878
00:41:16,942 --> 00:41:21,112
They're trying to say that we
ought to get out of Vietnam.
879
00:41:22,681 --> 00:41:25,350
I agree with everything that
they're trying to accomplish.
880
00:41:25,450 --> 00:41:31,089
*
881
00:41:31,189 --> 00:41:33,058
[Intercom buzzes]
882
00:41:33,158 --> 00:41:36,695
Yes?
JANET: It's
the White House, sir.
883
00:41:36,795 --> 00:41:39,765
Thank you, Janet.
You can put the call
through, please.
884
00:41:46,705 --> 00:41:49,407
Who's acting for the vets?
Is it Ramsey Clark?
885
00:41:49,507 --> 00:41:51,276
I believe so, sir.
886
00:41:51,376 --> 00:41:53,011
Get Ramsey Clark
on the phone,
887
00:41:53,111 --> 00:41:55,614
and the Solicitor
General as well.
Yes, sir.
888
00:42:04,623 --> 00:42:07,292
There is a real danger
to security, Chief.
889
00:42:09,027 --> 00:42:11,229
The anti-war protestors
have advertised plans
890
00:42:11,329 --> 00:42:13,098
to shut down the city.
891
00:42:13,198 --> 00:42:15,433
"Advertised plans?"
892
00:42:15,533 --> 00:42:17,135
The government
has no business
893
00:42:17,235 --> 00:42:20,538
anticipating
unlawful conduct.
894
00:42:20,639 --> 00:42:22,340
The Justice Department
is seeking
a re-instatement
895
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:24,643
of the lower court order
896
00:42:24,743 --> 00:42:26,912
to prevent
the Vets from camping
on the Mall at night.
897
00:42:27,012 --> 00:42:29,581
Well, the Appeals Court
rule they can stay--
898
00:42:29,681 --> 00:42:32,250
This is the Supreme Court,
Mr. Clark,
899
00:42:32,350 --> 00:42:34,753
and if the United States
government
900
00:42:34,853 --> 00:42:36,622
believes there's
a danger to security,
901
00:42:36,722 --> 00:42:38,590
I will have no choice
but to reinstate
902
00:42:38,690 --> 00:42:39,958
the lower court order.
903
00:42:40,058 --> 00:42:42,193
The city won't grant
them a permit
904
00:42:42,293 --> 00:42:43,528
to camp anywhere else.
905
00:42:43,629 --> 00:42:46,865
You'll be evicting
a peaceful group
906
00:42:46,965 --> 00:42:49,334
before their
protest is over.
907
00:42:49,434 --> 00:42:51,102
Well, due to
the lateness of the hour,
908
00:42:51,202 --> 00:42:55,506
I believe the order won't
be instated until tomorrow.
909
00:42:55,607 --> 00:42:56,842
Sir, first thing
in the morning,
910
00:42:56,942 --> 00:43:00,545
I will appeal
the decision
to the full Court.
911
00:43:00,646 --> 00:43:03,381
I'm not sure
the other Justices
912
00:43:03,481 --> 00:43:04,783
will support you.
913
00:43:04,883 --> 00:43:08,787
Well, that remains to be seen,
Mr. Clark.
914
00:43:08,887 --> 00:43:14,025
*
915
00:43:42,854 --> 00:43:45,056
BURGER: I drove past
on my way here.
916
00:43:45,156 --> 00:43:48,126
There are thousands of them
camped out there.
917
00:43:48,226 --> 00:43:50,862
Oh, Warren,
they are veterans
against the war.
918
00:43:50,962 --> 00:43:52,698
Men and women
who fought
for their country.
919
00:43:52,798 --> 00:43:56,201
There is chaos, John.
Police barricades.
920
00:43:56,301 --> 00:43:58,870
Traffic is stalled
all the way up
Pennsylvania Avenue.
921
00:43:58,970 --> 00:44:00,806
It's as if the entire
city is under siege.
922
00:44:00,906 --> 00:44:02,007
They were in Court today.
923
00:44:02,107 --> 00:44:04,642
Tomorrow, they could
be in Chambers!
924
00:44:04,743 --> 00:44:05,911
Tonight, I had
to reinstate
925
00:44:06,011 --> 00:44:07,612
the lower court order
to evict them.
926
00:44:07,713 --> 00:44:09,314
You shouldn't
have acted alone.
927
00:44:09,414 --> 00:44:11,049
It was an emergency
petition.
928
00:44:11,149 --> 00:44:13,384
The president is
very concerned.
929
00:44:13,484 --> 00:44:14,820
Excuse me, did I
hear you right?
930
00:44:14,920 --> 00:44:16,187
You spoke
to the president?
931
00:44:16,287 --> 00:44:18,656
I speak to him often.
He's a good friend.
932
00:44:20,125 --> 00:44:21,960
A Justice should be
wholly removed
from politics.
933
00:44:22,060 --> 00:44:24,595
I don't even vote in
Presidential elections.
934
00:44:24,696 --> 00:44:26,197
First thing tomorrow,
Ramsey Clark
935
00:44:26,297 --> 00:44:28,466
will appeal my ruling
to the full Court
936
00:44:28,566 --> 00:44:31,069
and I don't wish
to be overruled, John.
937
00:44:31,169 --> 00:44:33,671
In 20 years, that has
only happened once.
938
00:44:33,772 --> 00:44:36,341
Now, I need you.
I depend upon you
939
00:44:36,441 --> 00:44:37,675
to talk to the others.
940
00:44:37,776 --> 00:44:40,211
Bill Brennan,
Thurgood in particular.
941
00:44:40,311 --> 00:44:41,612
Bill Douglas.
942
00:44:41,713 --> 00:44:44,950
The decision
must be unanimous.
943
00:44:45,050 --> 00:44:48,820
It is essential to both
the Court and the Nation
944
00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:51,957
that we all
come aboard on this.
945
00:44:52,057 --> 00:44:53,925
I would
appreciate it, John.
946
00:44:54,025 --> 00:44:58,563
*
947
00:44:58,663 --> 00:45:00,966
John,
the Chief's order
948
00:45:01,066 --> 00:45:03,034
is a breach of
the First Amendment.
949
00:45:03,134 --> 00:45:06,271
BRENNAN: Government's trying
to govern by court injunctions.
950
00:45:06,371 --> 00:45:09,875
We're being asked to do
Nixon's dirty work.
951
00:45:09,975 --> 00:45:12,878
MARSHALL: The Chief
should've gone
into politics.
952
00:45:12,978 --> 00:45:14,980
That's his
true calling,
not the law.
953
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:17,482
Yeah, just like
Bill Brennan.
954
00:45:17,582 --> 00:45:19,350
Hugo, please.
955
00:45:19,450 --> 00:45:21,920
HARLAN: I think you all
malign the Chief unfairly.
956
00:45:22,020 --> 00:45:24,555
Since his appointment,
debate in conference
957
00:45:24,655 --> 00:45:26,858
has been more open,
much freer
958
00:45:26,958 --> 00:45:29,694
than it ever was
under his predecessor.
959
00:45:29,795 --> 00:45:31,863
You can't argue with that.
960
00:45:31,963 --> 00:45:33,698
I know this is not ideal
961
00:45:33,799 --> 00:45:35,834
and normally we have
the luxury of time
962
00:45:35,934 --> 00:45:40,005
but this was
an emergency petition.
963
00:45:40,105 --> 00:45:42,307
And there's no point
in conflict.
964
00:45:42,407 --> 00:45:44,375
You just get locked.
965
00:45:44,475 --> 00:45:46,411
I'm with you, John.
966
00:45:46,511 --> 00:45:47,913
To overrule
the Chief would be
967
00:45:48,013 --> 00:45:50,849
a personal affront.
968
00:45:50,949 --> 00:45:53,318
Personal affront?
What are you
talking about?
969
00:45:53,418 --> 00:45:57,455
It is not in our interest
to embarrass him,
or the Court.
970
00:45:57,555 --> 00:45:58,656
Oh.
971
00:45:58,756 --> 00:46:00,525
WHITE: We have to vote
with the Chief.
972
00:46:02,160 --> 00:46:04,329
Let me have
one of these, John. Yeah.
Yeah, go ahead.
973
00:46:05,897 --> 00:46:07,933
BURGER: Well, shall we
put it to a vote, then?
974
00:46:15,373 --> 00:46:18,810
Thank you, gentlemen,
for your unanimous support.
975
00:46:24,349 --> 00:46:25,250
Excuse me, Chief.
976
00:46:25,350 --> 00:46:26,684
I'm afraid
the demonstrations outside
977
00:46:26,784 --> 00:46:28,086
are growing stronger.
978
00:46:28,186 --> 00:46:33,291
*
979
00:46:35,193 --> 00:46:37,528
VETERANS: I pledge allegiance
to the Flag
980
00:46:37,628 --> 00:46:39,364
of the United States of America,
981
00:46:39,464 --> 00:46:41,799
and to the Republic
for which it stands,
982
00:46:41,900 --> 00:46:44,836
one Nation under God,
indivisible,
983
00:46:44,936 --> 00:46:47,338
with liberty
and justice for all.
984
00:46:47,438 --> 00:46:51,642
I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
985
00:46:51,742 --> 00:46:53,979
and to the Republic
for which it stands,
986
00:46:54,079 --> 00:46:57,048
one Nation under God,
indivisible,
987
00:46:57,148 --> 00:46:59,384
with liberty
and justice for all.
988
00:46:59,484 --> 00:47:03,955
I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
989
00:47:04,055 --> 00:47:06,224
and to the Republic
for which it stands,
990
00:47:06,324 --> 00:47:09,060
one Nation under God,
indivisible,
991
00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:11,529
with liberty
and justice for all.
992
00:47:11,629 --> 00:47:16,935
*
993
00:47:25,977 --> 00:47:27,078
Do you know
it's the first time
994
00:47:27,178 --> 00:47:28,546
in the history
of the Court
995
00:47:28,646 --> 00:47:31,116
that the doors have
been closed during
working hours?
996
00:47:31,216 --> 00:47:32,550
Is that so?
997
00:47:32,650 --> 00:47:34,852
This is
serious, sir.
998
00:47:34,953 --> 00:47:37,388
The government
can't stop people
from assembling
999
00:47:37,488 --> 00:47:38,924
because of some
vague fear
1000
00:47:39,024 --> 00:47:40,691
that they're gonna
commit a crime.
1001
00:47:40,791 --> 00:47:42,560
These protesters
were exercising
1002
00:47:42,660 --> 00:47:44,262
their constitutional
right.
1003
00:47:44,362 --> 00:47:47,098
On the Mall, in
front of the Court.
1004
00:47:47,198 --> 00:47:48,633
They weren't
causing any trouble.
1005
00:47:48,733 --> 00:47:50,268
I would say
it was necessary
1006
00:47:50,368 --> 00:47:53,271
to protect the city
and the Court.
1007
00:47:53,371 --> 00:47:57,808
And I say
fiddle-sticks
to that, sir.
1008
00:47:57,909 --> 00:47:59,744
It's the First
Amendment.
1009
00:47:59,844 --> 00:48:01,146
It's the law, sir.
1010
00:48:01,246 --> 00:48:02,680
If the Supreme
Court's not
gonna protect
1011
00:48:02,780 --> 00:48:04,282
the constitutional
rights of
the people,
1012
00:48:04,382 --> 00:48:05,483
then who is?
1013
00:48:05,583 --> 00:48:10,888
*
1014
00:48:31,076 --> 00:48:33,411
Sir, please remain
completely still.
1015
00:48:35,947 --> 00:48:37,248
[Buzz]
1016
00:48:37,348 --> 00:48:38,950
A tumor.
1017
00:48:39,050 --> 00:48:41,486
On one of the vertebraes
of my lower spine.
1018
00:48:43,421 --> 00:48:46,424
I'm sorry
to hear that, John.
I really am.
1019
00:48:46,524 --> 00:48:50,028
I'll tender
my resignation at
the end of the term.
1020
00:48:51,362 --> 00:48:53,664
Yeah. Yeah, I think
that's best.
1021
00:49:03,741 --> 00:49:05,076
John, smoking?
1022
00:49:05,176 --> 00:49:07,778
Oh, you know what
the doctor said?
1023
00:49:07,878 --> 00:49:10,581
He said, "If smoking
gives you comfort,
1024
00:49:10,681 --> 00:49:13,484
then carry on smoking."
1025
00:49:13,584 --> 00:49:17,122
Cigarettes are
the least of my
worries, my friend.
1026
00:49:20,925 --> 00:49:23,361
[Crying]
1027
00:49:23,461 --> 00:49:28,599
*
1028
00:49:32,270 --> 00:49:35,040
MAN: When Muhammad Ali lost
his heavyweight boxing title
1029
00:49:35,140 --> 00:49:37,242
for refusing military induction,
1030
00:49:37,342 --> 00:49:39,977
he also lost his
license to fight.
1031
00:49:40,078 --> 00:49:42,213
Now after 3 1/2 years
out of the sport,
1032
00:49:42,313 --> 00:49:44,715
the state of Georgia
is willing to let the ex-champ
1033
00:49:44,815 --> 00:49:45,916
back in the ring.
1034
00:49:46,017 --> 00:49:48,353
[Crowd cheering]
1035
00:49:52,057 --> 00:49:55,160
[Bell rings]
1036
00:49:55,260 --> 00:49:58,096
ANNOUNCER: He said
it was a very severe cut.
1037
00:49:58,196 --> 00:50:00,198
That's the reason he stopped it.
1038
00:50:00,298 --> 00:50:05,136
The winner at the end of the
third round--Muhammad Ali!
1039
00:50:05,236 --> 00:50:07,105
[Crowd cheering]
1040
00:50:07,205 --> 00:50:10,341
MAN: The next step in the boxing
comeback of Muhammad Ali
1041
00:50:10,441 --> 00:50:13,744
will be a bout with
contender Oscar Bonavena.
1042
00:50:13,844 --> 00:50:14,945
ANNOUNCER: And he
goes down again!
1043
00:50:15,046 --> 00:50:17,782
It's over.
Ali is the knockout winner
1044
00:50:17,882 --> 00:50:20,518
at two minutes and 3 seconds.
1045
00:50:22,253 --> 00:50:26,224
If Joe comes out smoking,
I ain't gonna be joking.
1046
00:50:26,324 --> 00:50:30,128
I'll be peckin' an' a-pokin',
pouring water on his smokin'.
1047
00:50:30,228 --> 00:50:34,265
This might shock and amaze ya,
but I will retire Joe Frazier.
1048
00:50:34,365 --> 00:50:37,034
I have a lot of speed
and a lot of endurance.
1049
00:50:37,135 --> 00:50:39,637
When I meet Frazier,
he'll need more insurance.
1050
00:50:39,737 --> 00:50:42,773
*
1051
00:50:42,873 --> 00:50:47,178
ANNOUNCER: ...he's wearing
red trunks.
1052
00:50:47,278 --> 00:50:53,251
He weighs 215,
undefeated in 31 bouts,
1053
00:50:53,351 --> 00:50:58,623
scoring 25 knockouts,
it is Muhammad Ali!
1054
00:50:58,723 --> 00:51:00,825
[Crowd cheering]
1055
00:51:04,295 --> 00:51:05,830
Not gonna go
his way in court.
1056
00:51:05,930 --> 00:51:07,232
Won't go his way
tonight, either.
1057
00:51:07,332 --> 00:51:10,101
Ali's
the better fighter.
Lighter on his feet.
1058
00:51:10,201 --> 00:51:12,170
He's gonna dance
around Frazier
and wear him down.
1059
00:51:12,270 --> 00:51:14,772
ANNOUNCER: The heavyweight
champion of the world,
1060
00:51:14,872 --> 00:51:16,607
Joe Frazier.
1061
00:51:16,707 --> 00:51:18,809
[Crowd cheering]
1062
00:51:18,909 --> 00:51:20,845
[Bell rings]
ANNOUNCER: Round 11.
1063
00:51:23,314 --> 00:51:25,683
MAN ON RADIO: Again, Ali
appearing to be quite weary.
1064
00:51:25,783 --> 00:51:27,385
Frazier looking much stronger.
1065
00:51:27,485 --> 00:51:29,320
Frazier throwing
many more punches.
1066
00:51:29,420 --> 00:51:32,457
...Frazier throwing punches.
1067
00:51:32,557 --> 00:51:34,125
MAN ON TV: That one hurt.
Look at that.
1068
00:51:34,225 --> 00:51:39,029
Muhammad Ali staggers.
Muhammad Ali was rocked.
1069
00:51:39,130 --> 00:51:40,665
He's holding on desperately.
1070
00:51:40,765 --> 00:51:42,867
[Crowd cheering]
1071
00:51:44,902 --> 00:51:47,372
[Bell rings on TV]
1072
00:51:47,472 --> 00:51:50,708
Bill, one more.
You're up, Connolly.
1073
00:51:52,210 --> 00:51:53,311
MAN ON TV: Right, this is
the final round of the fight
1074
00:51:53,411 --> 00:51:54,712
and what a fight it's been!
1075
00:51:54,812 --> 00:51:55,980
[Bell rings]
1076
00:51:56,080 --> 00:51:58,316
ANNOUNCER: This is
the final round!
1077
00:51:58,416 --> 00:52:00,451
MAN ON TV: Referee Arthur
Mercante has them touch gloves.
1078
00:52:00,551 --> 00:52:02,620
Something they've
been doing all night.
1079
00:52:04,289 --> 00:52:06,424
Muhammad Ali
has gotta go box him.
1080
00:52:06,524 --> 00:52:09,660
MAN ON RADIO: Joe Frazier
against Muhammad Ali.
1081
00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:13,798
MAN ON TV: ...he is up.
He got up immediately
on the count of two.
1082
00:52:13,898 --> 00:52:18,068
ANNOUNCER ON RADIO: The referee
Arthur Mercante scores it
1083
00:52:18,169 --> 00:52:23,641
8.6-1 even for Frazier.
1084
00:52:23,741 --> 00:52:25,576
MAN ON RADIO:
One vote for Joe Frazier.
1085
00:52:25,676 --> 00:52:29,847
ANNOUNCER ON RADIO:
Artie Aidala 9-6 for Frazier.
1086
00:52:29,947 --> 00:52:31,182
Frazier is the winner!
1087
00:52:31,282 --> 00:52:33,083
Ali's history.
1088
00:52:33,184 --> 00:52:37,021
ANNOUNCER ON TV:
Heavyweight champion
of the world, Joe Frazier!
1089
00:52:37,121 --> 00:52:38,989
MAN ON TV: Joe Frazier!
1090
00:52:39,089 --> 00:52:40,891
For the first time
in his career.
1091
00:52:40,991 --> 00:52:42,793
Muhammad Ali was beaten!
1092
00:52:44,061 --> 00:52:47,164
[Gavel bangs]
1093
00:52:48,999 --> 00:52:51,702
COURT MARSHAL:
Docket number 7-8-3.
1094
00:52:51,802 --> 00:52:56,574
Clay, a.k.a. Ali,
versus United States.
1095
00:52:56,674 --> 00:53:00,044
BURGER: Mr. Eskridge, you may
proceed whenever you are ready.
1096
00:53:00,144 --> 00:53:01,446
ESKRIDGE:
Mr. Chief Justice
1097
00:53:01,546 --> 00:53:03,614
and may it please
the Court.
1098
00:53:03,714 --> 00:53:07,218
On February 16, 1966,
1099
00:53:07,318 --> 00:53:09,454
my client wrote a letter
to his local draft board
1100
00:53:09,554 --> 00:53:11,456
alleging facts
which he claimed
1101
00:53:11,556 --> 00:53:13,324
entitled him
according to the law
1102
00:53:13,424 --> 00:53:17,127
to conscientious
objector status.
1103
00:53:17,228 --> 00:53:19,797
In his handwriting,
he wrote,
1104
00:53:19,897 --> 00:53:21,566
"Muslim means peace,
1105
00:53:21,666 --> 00:53:25,436
"total submission
to the will of Allah;
1106
00:53:25,536 --> 00:53:29,340
do not take the lives
of anyone."
1107
00:53:29,440 --> 00:53:31,175
His request was denied.
1108
00:53:31,276 --> 00:53:32,810
The Appeal Board
referred the matter
1109
00:53:32,910 --> 00:53:34,845
to the United States
Justice Department.
1110
00:53:34,945 --> 00:53:36,481
The Justice Department
1111
00:53:36,581 --> 00:53:39,750
appointed a hearing
officer--Judge Grauman.
1112
00:53:39,850 --> 00:53:42,487
Judge Grauman heard
several witnesses.
1113
00:53:42,587 --> 00:53:46,924
He also had in front of
him, the record shows,
1114
00:53:47,024 --> 00:53:48,726
Elijah Muhammad's book
1115
00:53:48,826 --> 00:53:52,297
"Message to the
Blackman in America."
1116
00:53:52,397 --> 00:53:55,800
Judge Grauman found
that Ali was sincere
1117
00:53:55,900 --> 00:53:59,537
in his objections to
participation in war
1118
00:53:59,637 --> 00:54:01,572
in any form.
1119
00:54:01,672 --> 00:54:03,374
The government
rejected this finding,
1120
00:54:03,474 --> 00:54:05,676
stating that
Mr. Muhammad Ali
1121
00:54:05,776 --> 00:54:08,646
would fight "tomorrow,"
quote unquote,
1122
00:54:08,746 --> 00:54:11,649
in a defensive war
on behalf of Muslims.
1123
00:54:11,749 --> 00:54:14,752
HARLAN: Mr. Eskridge,
when you say
1124
00:54:14,852 --> 00:54:16,253
"fight in a defensive war
1125
00:54:16,354 --> 00:54:18,323
on behalf of Muslims,"
1126
00:54:18,423 --> 00:54:21,826
that is what is known as
participating in
1127
00:54:21,926 --> 00:54:23,227
a holy war,
is it not?
1128
00:54:23,328 --> 00:54:25,195
It is, Mr. Justice, yes.
1129
00:54:25,296 --> 00:54:26,997
And that is
in the Quran.
1130
00:54:27,097 --> 00:54:28,899
Yes, sir.
It's also referenced
1131
00:54:28,999 --> 00:54:30,335
in Elijah Muhammad's
book.
1132
00:54:30,435 --> 00:54:32,670
So, he would fight?
1133
00:54:32,770 --> 00:54:38,343
Uh, ahem.
Sir, Black Muslims
1134
00:54:38,443 --> 00:54:41,479
have taken some of their
beliefs from the Quran
1135
00:54:41,579 --> 00:54:44,148
and fashioned them
to the black man's
1136
00:54:44,248 --> 00:54:46,884
experience in
the United States.
1137
00:54:46,984 --> 00:54:48,285
BLACK: In this
holy war,
1138
00:54:48,386 --> 00:54:51,155
who would your client
be fighting?
1139
00:54:51,255 --> 00:54:53,491
Sir, nowhere
in the record
1140
00:54:53,591 --> 00:54:55,493
has my client ever said
1141
00:54:55,593 --> 00:54:59,296
that he would
fight with weapons
1142
00:54:59,397 --> 00:55:02,132
against anybody.
1143
00:55:02,232 --> 00:55:03,668
STEWART: Mr. Griswold,
1144
00:55:03,768 --> 00:55:06,604
the Hearing Officer,
Judge Grauman,
1145
00:55:06,704 --> 00:55:08,272
recommended that
Mr. Ali's
1146
00:55:08,373 --> 00:55:11,809
conscientious objector
status be sustained.
1147
00:55:11,909 --> 00:55:15,279
Why did the government choose
to ignore his findings?
1148
00:55:15,380 --> 00:55:17,382
As your honors know,
the government is not
1149
00:55:17,482 --> 00:55:20,017
represented at
such hearings.
1150
00:55:20,117 --> 00:55:22,052
Well, what I'm
interested in learning
1151
00:55:22,152 --> 00:55:23,821
is why
the government determined
1152
00:55:23,921 --> 00:55:26,591
that Ali's beliefs were
not religiously rooted.
1153
00:55:26,691 --> 00:55:27,992
We accept
that his beliefs
1154
00:55:28,092 --> 00:55:29,727
are religiously
rooted.
1155
00:55:29,827 --> 00:55:33,498
You accept that his beliefs
are religiously rooted?
1156
00:55:33,598 --> 00:55:34,699
Yes, Your Honor, we do.
1157
00:55:34,799 --> 00:55:36,734
But you question
his sincerity.
1158
00:55:36,834 --> 00:55:39,370
We do not question
his sincerity.
1159
00:55:39,470 --> 00:55:41,439
BRENNAN: You don't
question his sincerity?
1160
00:55:41,539 --> 00:55:42,840
No, Mr. Justice,
we do not.
1161
00:55:42,940 --> 00:55:45,843
Mr. Griswold, what is
the government's objection?
1162
00:55:45,943 --> 00:55:48,045
Sir, the only question
before the Court now
1163
00:55:48,145 --> 00:55:51,416
is that his objection
was selective.
1164
00:55:51,516 --> 00:55:55,152
It is not enough
for his objection
to be religious;
1165
00:55:55,252 --> 00:55:57,455
it must also
be an objection
1166
00:55:57,555 --> 00:56:00,725
to participation
in wars in any form.
1167
00:56:00,825 --> 00:56:02,159
The Petitioner
just doesn't want
1168
00:56:02,259 --> 00:56:04,328
to fight
the white man's wars,
1169
00:56:04,429 --> 00:56:06,664
and I can
understand that.
1170
00:56:06,764 --> 00:56:07,965
At the same time,
he has no
1171
00:56:08,065 --> 00:56:10,468
religious
or conscientious
scruples against
1172
00:56:10,568 --> 00:56:12,336
participation in wars
which would defend
1173
00:56:12,437 --> 00:56:14,104
the black man's
interests.
1174
00:56:15,339 --> 00:56:19,276
In this summary
of the first hearing,
1175
00:56:19,376 --> 00:56:21,245
"Clay objects to being
in service because
1176
00:56:21,345 --> 00:56:23,147
he has no quarrel
with the Vietcong."
1177
00:56:23,247 --> 00:56:24,915
In his own words, quote,
1178
00:56:25,015 --> 00:56:30,688
"No Vietcong ever called
me nigger," unquote.
1179
00:56:30,788 --> 00:56:35,259
Since Mr. Ali
would participate
in a holy war,
1180
00:56:35,359 --> 00:56:39,930
he is not a true
conscientious objector.
1181
00:56:40,998 --> 00:56:43,400
HARLAN: Mr. Eskridge,
people have always
1182
00:56:43,501 --> 00:56:46,370
fought wars for
religious reasons,
1183
00:56:46,471 --> 00:56:49,540
and then would defend them
as being holy wars,
1184
00:56:49,640 --> 00:56:51,208
"just" as opposed
to "unjust."
1185
00:56:51,308 --> 00:56:52,777
Like the Crusades.
1186
00:56:52,877 --> 00:56:57,715
So, your client would
fight a holy war but--
1187
00:56:57,815 --> 00:56:59,517
and I'm quoting
you here--
1188
00:56:59,617 --> 00:57:04,388
"wouldn't fight with weapons
against anybody."
1189
00:57:04,489 --> 00:57:07,024
I'm sorry.
I'm confused.
1190
00:57:11,462 --> 00:57:13,464
How do you
stand now with
1191
00:57:13,564 --> 00:57:15,399
the possibility of
going to jail?
1192
00:57:15,500 --> 00:57:17,301
Oh, I don't know.
I'm just waiting
any day now.
1193
00:57:17,401 --> 00:57:18,503
Do you think
about that, though?
1194
00:57:18,603 --> 00:57:19,904
Do you ever think
what you'll do
1195
00:57:20,004 --> 00:57:21,338
or if you do go?
1196
00:57:21,438 --> 00:57:22,973
Why, yes, you think about it
at nights when
you're in the bed.
1197
00:57:23,073 --> 00:57:25,009
You think about, you know,
if I went this way,
1198
00:57:25,109 --> 00:57:27,077
what could have happened,
if I went this way,
1199
00:57:27,177 --> 00:57:28,479
and I've figured it
all out.
1200
00:57:28,579 --> 00:57:30,648
But whenever people want
to really make progress,
1201
00:57:30,748 --> 00:57:32,683
some have to sacrifice
a lot,
1202
00:57:32,783 --> 00:57:36,220
and I like to say
white America right now
1203
00:57:36,320 --> 00:57:38,155
spending $30 million
a day in Asia,
1204
00:57:38,255 --> 00:57:41,091
black and white boys are
dying unjustly for nothing
1205
00:57:41,191 --> 00:57:42,827
just to free somebody else.
1206
00:57:42,927 --> 00:57:45,462
So, why should I worry about
going to little old jail
1207
00:57:45,563 --> 00:57:47,164
to free my poor people
who's been
1208
00:57:47,264 --> 00:57:48,766
catching all hell
for 400 years.
1209
00:57:48,866 --> 00:57:50,901
[Applause]
1210
00:57:51,001 --> 00:57:53,203
BURGER: Gentlemen, let's
take the vote. John?
1211
00:57:57,207 --> 00:57:58,943
I uphold his conviction.
1212
00:58:00,978 --> 00:58:02,112
Uphold.
1213
00:58:04,348 --> 00:58:05,683
Free the man.
1214
00:58:06,584 --> 00:58:07,918
Uphold.
1215
00:58:09,153 --> 00:58:11,589
Oh, let's free the man,
for God's sake.
1216
00:58:11,689 --> 00:58:13,290
BURGER: Potter:
1217
00:58:13,390 --> 00:58:15,192
I'm with Bill and Bill.
Go free.
1218
00:58:15,292 --> 00:58:16,393
BURGER: Harry?
1219
00:58:16,493 --> 00:58:17,762
Uphold.
1220
00:58:17,862 --> 00:58:20,330
I vote to uphold.
That's decided.
1221
00:58:20,430 --> 00:58:23,433
As the senior Justice
on the majority side,
1222
00:58:23,534 --> 00:58:26,971
to write the opinion
I assign...
1223
00:58:31,576 --> 00:58:34,344
5 to 3
against Ali.
Yes!
1224
00:58:34,444 --> 00:58:37,748
John Harlan's been
assigned the opinion.
1225
00:58:37,848 --> 00:58:39,383
Come on, boys,
let's go to lunch.
1226
00:58:39,483 --> 00:58:41,619
We can drown
our sorrows.
1227
00:58:41,719 --> 00:58:44,254
You're welcome
to join us. Yeah.
1228
00:58:57,201 --> 00:58:58,603
[Car horn honks]
1229
00:59:14,652 --> 00:59:17,421
I recommended to a fellow
trustee at the Smithsonian
1230
00:59:17,521 --> 00:59:19,189
that unemployed blacks
be trained
1231
00:59:19,289 --> 00:59:21,458
to work as gardeners
at the Mall.
1232
00:59:21,558 --> 00:59:23,060
I think they'd
be wonderful.
1233
00:59:23,160 --> 00:59:25,630
They have such
a lovely sense of color.
1234
00:59:31,902 --> 00:59:33,804
BRENNAN: Teddy,
Cutty Sark, please.
1235
00:59:35,572 --> 00:59:36,674
Sam, James.
1236
00:59:36,774 --> 00:59:38,075
Thank you, sir.
1237
00:59:38,175 --> 00:59:39,910
Kevin.
Sir?
1238
00:59:40,010 --> 00:59:41,779
Didn't he just
get married again?
1239
00:59:43,547 --> 00:59:44,882
BRENNAN: That won't
stop him.
1240
00:59:46,083 --> 00:59:47,217
Never does.
1241
00:59:49,920 --> 00:59:53,423
Well...gloomy Guses all.
1242
00:59:53,523 --> 00:59:55,626
Just bring
the whiskey, please.
1243
00:59:58,663 --> 01:00:00,364
I'm sorry you're
retiring, John.
1244
01:00:00,464 --> 01:00:01,565
I'm going to miss you
on the Court.
1245
01:00:01,666 --> 01:00:03,000
Oh, you'll
get by, Warren.
1246
01:00:03,100 --> 01:00:04,635
Won't be the same.
You've been a good
friend to me.
1247
01:00:04,735 --> 01:00:06,070
I can always
depend on you.
1248
01:00:06,170 --> 01:00:08,706
Yeah, well, you're very good
at looking after yourself.
1249
01:00:08,806 --> 01:00:10,307
You'll find new friends.
1250
01:00:12,943 --> 01:00:16,346
Big fight ahead of us.
Roe v. Wade.
1251
01:00:16,446 --> 01:00:18,015
Sir, your table is
just being prepared.
1252
01:00:18,115 --> 01:00:19,917
Thank you, Jacques.
1253
01:00:20,017 --> 01:00:21,551
With you gone,
I'll probably
1254
01:00:21,652 --> 01:00:23,988
write that opinion myself,
1255
01:00:24,088 --> 01:00:27,357
or maybe I'll give it
to Harry Blackmun.
1256
01:00:27,457 --> 01:00:28,659
JACQUES: Sir,
please follow me.
1257
01:00:28,759 --> 01:00:30,094
Go ahead, John.
1258
01:00:32,429 --> 01:00:34,631
Well, let's not
get despondent.
1259
01:00:35,599 --> 01:00:36,734
We have Roe v. Wade
coming up.
1260
01:00:36,834 --> 01:00:38,535
It's got all
the ingredients.
1261
01:00:38,635 --> 01:00:41,672
Sexism.
Right-wing
fanaticism.
1262
01:00:41,772 --> 01:00:44,875
Misogyny. Race.
1263
01:00:44,975 --> 01:00:48,145
It's a blockbuster,
boys. Ha ha ha!
1264
01:00:48,245 --> 01:00:49,680
Michelle!
1265
01:00:49,780 --> 01:00:52,082
One, Ali is sincere
in his objections.
1266
01:00:52,182 --> 01:00:54,618
Two, his position as
a Minister of Islam
1267
01:00:54,719 --> 01:00:56,620
gives him the
appropriate credentials
1268
01:00:56,721 --> 01:00:58,422
for religious training
and belief.
1269
01:00:58,522 --> 01:01:00,224
But, three,
we are not convinced
1270
01:01:00,324 --> 01:01:02,893
that he is conscientiously
opposed to all wars.
1271
01:01:02,993 --> 01:01:04,762
Therefore, he does not qualify
1272
01:01:04,862 --> 01:01:06,764
for conscientious
objector status.
1273
01:01:06,864 --> 01:01:10,200
Therefore, by a majority
of 5 votes to 3,
1274
01:01:10,300 --> 01:01:12,502
his conviction is upheld.
1275
01:01:12,602 --> 01:01:15,272
Kevin, I want you
to write the opinion.
1276
01:01:16,774 --> 01:01:18,776
Uh, no thank you, sir.
1277
01:01:18,876 --> 01:01:21,045
No thank you. Wait,
are you recusing yourself?
1278
01:01:21,145 --> 01:01:24,114
Uh, no, sir.
I--I don't want
to be difficult,
1279
01:01:24,214 --> 01:01:26,516
but if it
doesn't matter
to you,
1280
01:01:26,616 --> 01:01:27,952
I wonder if
I could switch
with another.
1281
01:01:28,052 --> 01:01:30,187
I'd take any case.
Nelson, McGautha-
1282
01:01:30,287 --> 01:01:31,922
That's fine with me, sir.
I'm happy to take Ali.
1283
01:01:32,022 --> 01:01:33,958
No, I'd like Kevin
to write this,
1284
01:01:34,058 --> 01:01:36,160
and I want the opinion
on my desk
1285
01:01:36,260 --> 01:01:39,196
first thing tomorrow
morning, please.
1286
01:01:39,296 --> 01:01:41,966
We need to close this case.
That's all.
1287
01:01:43,333 --> 01:01:44,434
Sir.
1288
01:01:44,534 --> 01:01:49,874
*
1289
01:01:58,582 --> 01:02:03,087
Why? Why won't they accept him
as a conscientious objector?
1290
01:02:03,187 --> 01:02:05,555
He's a properly ordained
minister of
the Nation of Islam.
1291
01:02:05,655 --> 01:02:08,225
His religion says he's
not supposed to fight.
1292
01:02:08,325 --> 01:02:13,497
What is the problem?
Why are we sending him to jail?
1293
01:02:16,300 --> 01:02:17,868
There's got to be some
precedent, some case--
1294
01:02:17,968 --> 01:02:19,136
Please, shut up.
Kevin,
1295
01:02:19,236 --> 01:02:20,838
I'm trying to finish
something here.
1296
01:02:20,938 --> 01:02:22,406
I'd like to go home.
1297
01:02:26,944 --> 01:02:29,246
[Floor buffer whirring]
1298
01:02:52,369 --> 01:02:53,503
Whew.
1299
01:02:57,808 --> 01:03:00,110
[Panting]
1300
01:03:06,917 --> 01:03:09,286
[Telephone ringing]
1301
01:03:09,386 --> 01:03:11,321
What time is it?
1302
01:03:11,421 --> 01:03:13,523
[Ringing]
1303
01:03:16,160 --> 01:03:18,262
[Ringing]
1304
01:03:20,197 --> 01:03:21,698
Hello?
1305
01:03:21,798 --> 01:03:22,900
I found it.
1306
01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:25,335
Kevin, will you
go home?
1307
01:03:25,435 --> 01:03:27,371
Get some sleep.
Harlan's not
gonna flip.
1308
01:03:27,471 --> 01:03:28,638
It's Sicurella.
1309
01:03:28,738 --> 01:03:30,140
Hang on, wait, wait.
1310
01:03:32,642 --> 01:03:34,078
The Jehovah's Witness case?
1311
01:03:34,178 --> 01:03:36,746
Yeah. 1955.
The Jehovah's Witnesses
1312
01:03:36,847 --> 01:03:39,183
were granted conscientious
objector status.
1313
01:03:39,283 --> 01:03:42,152
They don't have
to go to Vietnam.
1314
01:03:42,252 --> 01:03:44,754
Yeah? So?
1315
01:03:44,855 --> 01:03:47,057
Well, this is what
the Jehovah's Witnesses say.
1316
01:03:47,157 --> 01:03:50,427
If God commanded it,
they would fight.
1317
01:03:50,527 --> 01:03:53,864
And these are the words
from Ali's own statement:
1318
01:03:53,964 --> 01:03:55,132
"But the Quran do teach us
1319
01:03:55,232 --> 01:03:57,034
"we do not take part
in any war...
1320
01:03:57,134 --> 01:04:01,205
unless declared
by Allah himself."
1321
01:04:01,305 --> 01:04:04,741
I mean, it's clear as day.
Ali, a Black Muslim,
1322
01:04:04,841 --> 01:04:06,310
a follower of
Elijah Muhammad,
1323
01:04:06,410 --> 01:04:07,677
is saying exactly
1324
01:04:07,777 --> 01:04:09,479
what the Jehovah's
Witnesses are saying.
1325
01:04:09,579 --> 01:04:13,183
He would only go to war
if his god commanded it.
1326
01:04:13,283 --> 01:04:15,485
His god. Allah.
1327
01:04:15,585 --> 01:04:17,654
Now, that's
not gonna happen.
1328
01:04:17,754 --> 01:04:19,924
That's the same as
the Jehovah's Witnesses.
1329
01:04:20,024 --> 01:04:22,559
How can Harlan
not buy that?
1330
01:04:22,659 --> 01:04:24,995
That's actually not bad.
1331
01:04:25,095 --> 01:04:27,097
Harlan is always
hammering us about
1332
01:04:27,197 --> 01:04:29,733
law, reason, precedent.
1333
01:04:29,833 --> 01:04:33,070
Well, Sicurella
is the precedent.
1334
01:04:33,170 --> 01:04:35,906
And how can he make a reasoned
distinction between
1335
01:04:36,006 --> 01:04:38,075
The Black Muslims
and the Jehovah's Witnesses?
1336
01:04:38,175 --> 01:04:40,744
He can't.
Ali is just the same
1337
01:04:40,844 --> 01:04:42,046
as the Jehovah's Witnesses,
1338
01:04:42,146 --> 01:04:44,481
effectively opposed
to all wars.
1339
01:04:46,316 --> 01:04:48,385
Yeah. But you're still
gonna have to find a way
1340
01:04:48,485 --> 01:04:51,956
to convince him to take
the Black Muslims
1341
01:04:52,056 --> 01:04:53,223
and their religious views
1342
01:04:53,323 --> 01:04:56,260
and how those views
relate to war seriously.
1343
01:04:57,294 --> 01:05:02,266
One more thing.
However you write it up,
1344
01:05:02,366 --> 01:05:05,169
don't give him any reason
to find a political agenda.
1345
01:05:06,170 --> 01:05:07,504
Otherwise, you're sunk.
1346
01:05:14,511 --> 01:05:15,645
Whoo!
1347
01:05:17,247 --> 01:05:19,349
[Coughing]
1348
01:05:22,719 --> 01:05:24,154
You all right?
1349
01:05:25,522 --> 01:05:26,756
[Coughing stops]
1350
01:05:26,856 --> 01:05:28,825
You all right, mate?
1351
01:05:28,925 --> 01:05:30,494
Primo Maui Wowee.
1352
01:05:30,594 --> 01:05:33,797
Oh, thank you.
I got a lot of work
to do tonight.
1353
01:05:33,897 --> 01:05:35,499
Me, too.
1354
01:05:37,634 --> 01:05:38,902
Good night.
1355
01:05:39,003 --> 01:05:40,971
Good night is right.
1356
01:05:41,071 --> 01:05:43,373
[Keys clacking]
1357
01:06:15,105 --> 01:06:16,440
Mrs. Paige?
1358
01:06:21,245 --> 01:06:24,314
Mr. Connolly,
the Justice
would like to see you.
1359
01:06:27,417 --> 01:06:28,552
Good luck.
1360
01:06:29,653 --> 01:06:31,121
When he's finished
with you,
1361
01:06:31,221 --> 01:06:32,689
don't come crying
to us.
1362
01:06:32,789 --> 01:06:37,061
*
1363
01:06:37,161 --> 01:06:39,129
I gave clear direction
didn't I?
1364
01:06:39,229 --> 01:06:40,564
Yes, sir, you did.
1365
01:06:40,664 --> 01:06:41,898
I gave you detailed notes
1366
01:06:41,998 --> 01:06:44,068
on what was said by
the Justices in conference.
1367
01:06:44,168 --> 01:06:45,702
I referred you
to the precedents.
1368
01:06:45,802 --> 01:06:46,903
You're familiar
with the argument.
1369
01:06:47,003 --> 01:06:48,205
You know the outcome
of the vote.
1370
01:06:48,305 --> 01:06:50,040
But sir, the case
will not write.
1371
01:06:50,140 --> 01:06:51,441
The vote was
5 to 3.
1372
01:06:51,541 --> 01:06:53,143
But I can't
get that result in
the writing, sir.
1373
01:06:53,243 --> 01:06:54,878
I can't get that result
because there's something else
1374
01:06:54,978 --> 01:06:56,480
that needs
to be addressed.
1375
01:06:56,580 --> 01:06:58,082
Mr. Connolly!
1376
01:06:59,015 --> 01:07:01,118
Citizens cannot
pick and choose
1377
01:07:01,218 --> 01:07:02,452
which war
they wish to fight
1378
01:07:02,552 --> 01:07:04,221
any more than they
can pick and choose
1379
01:07:04,321 --> 01:07:06,256
which laws
they wish to obey.
1380
01:07:06,356 --> 01:07:08,258
But sir, Ali for all
intense and purposes
1381
01:07:08,358 --> 01:07:09,959
is opposed to all wars.
1382
01:07:10,060 --> 01:07:11,961
It's right there in the
book in black and white.
1383
01:07:12,062 --> 01:07:14,631
No ambiguity.
I've marked it up
for you, sir.
1384
01:07:19,703 --> 01:07:21,138
I tell you what I do.
1385
01:07:22,506 --> 01:07:24,674
When a case is over,
I pull the plug,
1386
01:07:24,774 --> 01:07:26,210
clear my head...
1387
01:07:28,245 --> 01:07:29,746
and make room
for the next one.
1388
01:07:29,846 --> 01:07:33,450
*
1389
01:07:33,550 --> 01:07:34,684
All right.
1390
01:07:36,253 --> 01:07:39,189
I give up.
I give up.
1391
01:07:39,289 --> 01:07:40,857
And I'll write it
your way, sir.
1392
01:07:40,957 --> 01:07:46,263
*
1393
01:07:48,665 --> 01:07:49,766
[Door closes]
1394
01:07:49,866 --> 01:07:54,037
*
1395
01:07:54,138 --> 01:07:56,406
[Keys clacking]
1396
01:07:58,142 --> 01:08:00,009
Is the Justice
in his office?
1397
01:08:00,110 --> 01:08:02,146
He's in
the basement, sir.
1398
01:08:02,246 --> 01:08:03,613
It's movie day.
1399
01:08:03,713 --> 01:08:04,848
Movie day?
1400
01:08:04,948 --> 01:08:06,116
Can I help you,
Mr. Justice?
1401
01:08:06,216 --> 01:08:07,317
Oh, I'm
just wondering
1402
01:08:07,417 --> 01:08:09,953
why 9 men, mostly
in their seventies,
1403
01:08:10,053 --> 01:08:12,289
should make
judgments
about sexuality.
1404
01:08:12,389 --> 01:08:14,891
I'm with you there, sir.
I couldn't agree more.
1405
01:08:14,991 --> 01:08:17,127
If I want to go to
a pornographic movie,
1406
01:08:17,227 --> 01:08:19,296
then I should
pay my money.
1407
01:08:19,396 --> 01:08:22,266
In my view, nothing
should be banned.
1408
01:08:22,366 --> 01:08:24,668
Hear, hear!
[Laughter]
1409
01:08:24,768 --> 01:08:26,069
I've redone
my brief on Ali.
1410
01:08:26,170 --> 01:08:27,837
The Justice
is expecting it.
1411
01:08:30,840 --> 01:08:32,242
Good boy.
1412
01:08:35,912 --> 01:08:40,150
WOMAN IN FILM: Oh, baby!
I want to make you
feel better.
1413
01:08:40,250 --> 01:08:41,485
STEWART: That's it.
1414
01:08:41,585 --> 01:08:43,019
I don't know what it is,
but I know it
1415
01:08:43,119 --> 01:08:44,421
when I see it.
1416
01:08:44,521 --> 01:08:46,590
[Laughter]
1417
01:08:48,658 --> 01:08:51,761
Is that two males
and one female?
1418
01:08:51,861 --> 01:08:53,663
I can't quite
make it out.
1419
01:08:53,763 --> 01:08:56,566
It's 3 girls, John.
1420
01:08:56,666 --> 01:08:57,834
Oh, by Jove.
1421
01:08:59,736 --> 01:09:00,870
Are they...
1422
01:09:03,440 --> 01:09:06,876
Are they...is that
what I think it is?
1423
01:09:06,976 --> 01:09:10,480
[Whispering]
1424
01:09:10,580 --> 01:09:15,051
Well, that's remarkable.
[Mumbles]
1425
01:09:15,151 --> 01:09:17,787
Of course, I know
a lot of people are
wondering about this.
1426
01:09:17,887 --> 01:09:19,589
How about
the draft situation?
1427
01:09:19,689 --> 01:09:21,558
Oh, you mean the army.
Yeah, I mean...
1428
01:09:21,658 --> 01:09:24,228
They're cleaning out my
cell to take me to jail
1429
01:09:24,328 --> 01:09:25,729
'cause it's
better there fed
1430
01:09:25,829 --> 01:09:27,397
than in Vietnam dead.
1431
01:09:27,497 --> 01:09:29,766
[Cheering and applause]
1432
01:09:47,284 --> 01:09:48,585
Night, chaps.
1433
01:09:48,685 --> 01:09:49,786
CLERKS: Night, sir.
1434
01:09:49,886 --> 01:09:51,655
Sam, I realize that
1435
01:09:51,755 --> 01:09:53,890
Passover is approaching
during the holidays.
1436
01:09:53,990 --> 01:09:55,892
Please feel free
to leave the office
1437
01:09:55,992 --> 01:09:57,994
before sundown
if you wish.
1438
01:09:58,094 --> 01:09:59,429
Thank you, sir.
1439
01:10:08,405 --> 01:10:13,743
*
[Keys clacking]
1440
01:10:38,968 --> 01:10:41,004
Oh, thank you, Paul.
1441
01:10:41,104 --> 01:10:42,672
Usual time
tomorrow, please.
1442
01:10:42,772 --> 01:10:43,907
Yes, sir.
1443
01:11:20,344 --> 01:11:22,612
[Footsteps]
1444
01:11:24,648 --> 01:11:25,749
[Door opens]
1445
01:11:25,849 --> 01:11:26,950
Ethel?
1446
01:11:27,050 --> 01:11:32,055
*
1447
01:11:44,634 --> 01:11:45,735
Oh, my!
1448
01:11:45,835 --> 01:11:50,940
*
1449
01:11:57,113 --> 01:11:59,383
Where do you think
you're going, huh?
1450
01:12:04,253 --> 01:12:06,322
It's very late,
you know.
1451
01:12:06,423 --> 01:12:07,757
And very chilly.
1452
01:12:07,857 --> 01:12:12,962
*
1453
01:12:15,999 --> 01:12:19,469
Come on.
Let's go home.
1454
01:12:19,569 --> 01:12:24,674
*
1455
01:13:02,679 --> 01:13:03,580
Ahh.
1456
01:13:03,680 --> 01:13:05,582
Hiya, Johnny boy.
How you doing?
1457
01:13:05,682 --> 01:13:08,151
I have a little love note
for you this afternoon.
1458
01:13:08,251 --> 01:13:09,352
Ah. Ha.
1459
01:13:09,453 --> 01:13:11,154
Morning.
Morning, sir.
1460
01:13:11,254 --> 01:13:12,589
Morning, gentlemen.
1461
01:13:30,640 --> 01:13:33,409
Could you ask Kevin Connolly
to come in, please?
1462
01:13:51,294 --> 01:13:52,529
Uh, sit down.
1463
01:13:52,629 --> 01:13:55,364
Sir, I wanted
to try and explain.
1464
01:13:55,465 --> 01:13:56,833
Sit down.
1465
01:14:02,105 --> 01:14:04,140
Sir, when you hired me,
1466
01:14:04,240 --> 01:14:06,309
boy, I was just
over the moon.
1467
01:14:06,409 --> 01:14:09,613
And it's...it's an honor
and a privilege
1468
01:14:09,713 --> 01:14:11,581
to work
in your chambers,
1469
01:14:11,681 --> 01:14:14,183
but I'm starting
to feel like,
1470
01:14:14,283 --> 01:14:16,285
like I don't belong
here and...
1471
01:14:16,385 --> 01:14:17,954
Take this down, please.
1472
01:14:19,956 --> 01:14:21,057
You ready?
1473
01:14:21,157 --> 01:14:22,559
Uh...yes, sir.
1474
01:14:22,659 --> 01:14:29,098
Case 7-8-3,
Clay, a.k.a. Ali,
1475
01:14:29,198 --> 01:14:31,134
versus United States.
1476
01:14:31,234 --> 01:14:33,002
Dear Chief.
1477
01:14:33,102 --> 01:14:39,108
My original conference vote
was to affirm.
1478
01:14:39,208 --> 01:14:42,211
It is on that basis,
of course,
1479
01:14:42,311 --> 01:14:46,182
that you assigned
the opinion to me.
1480
01:14:46,282 --> 01:14:49,318
Subsequent work
on such an opinion
1481
01:14:49,418 --> 01:14:52,488
has brought me
serious misgivings.
1482
01:14:52,589 --> 01:14:56,593
I now understand
that Black Muslims
1483
01:14:56,693 --> 01:15:00,897
oppose all wars
on religious grounds.
1484
01:15:03,166 --> 01:15:04,668
You flipped.
1485
01:15:07,503 --> 01:15:11,007
Sir, are you--
are you changing
your vote?
1486
01:15:11,107 --> 01:15:13,476
Ahem. Last night,
I took another look
1487
01:15:13,577 --> 01:15:14,911
at your
original briefing.
1488
01:15:15,011 --> 01:15:18,648
I read through
the Elijah Muhammad book
1489
01:15:18,748 --> 01:15:21,651
and yes, I'm changing
my vote.
1490
01:15:23,887 --> 01:15:26,022
Sir, there's
really no need
1491
01:15:26,122 --> 01:15:28,257
for you to read this.
1492
01:15:28,357 --> 01:15:32,662
I've--I've changed
my mind.
1493
01:15:33,529 --> 01:15:34,864
No.
1494
01:15:36,465 --> 01:15:37,801
No.
1495
01:15:39,168 --> 01:15:40,637
You've changed mine.
1496
01:15:44,774 --> 01:15:46,209
And I salute you.
1497
01:15:51,948 --> 01:15:53,683
All right.
Let's press on.
1498
01:15:55,118 --> 01:16:00,690
The religious doctrine
of Islam states,
1499
01:16:00,790 --> 01:16:03,893
"Our refusal
to go armed
1500
01:16:03,993 --> 01:16:07,130
is our proof
that we want peace."
1501
01:16:07,230 --> 01:16:09,565
Sir! Sir.
1502
01:16:13,569 --> 01:16:16,539
Uh, "Elijah Muhammad
goes on.
1503
01:16:16,640 --> 01:16:18,908
"We felt that
we had no right
1504
01:16:19,008 --> 01:16:22,178
"to take part
in a war alongside
1505
01:16:22,278 --> 01:16:23,647
"non-believers
of Islam
1506
01:16:23,747 --> 01:16:28,051
"who have always denied us
justice and equal rights.
1507
01:16:28,151 --> 01:16:30,519
"We believe that we who
have declared ourselves
1508
01:16:30,620 --> 01:16:32,521
"to be
righteous Muslims
1509
01:16:32,622 --> 01:16:35,591
"should not participate
in any wars
1510
01:16:35,692 --> 01:16:38,427
which take the lives
of others."
1511
01:16:38,527 --> 01:16:41,130
"In my opinion,
this passage proves
1512
01:16:41,230 --> 01:16:43,833
"that Black Muslims
are legitimately opposed
1513
01:16:43,933 --> 01:16:46,836
"to all wars
on religious grounds.
1514
01:16:46,936 --> 01:16:49,338
"And I am now convinced
1515
01:16:49,438 --> 01:16:52,942
the conviction
should be reversed."
1516
01:16:54,577 --> 01:16:56,212
My God!
1517
01:16:59,115 --> 01:17:00,950
The vote's a tie.
1518
01:17:08,958 --> 01:17:11,227
John Harlan has
become an apologist
1519
01:17:11,327 --> 01:17:13,129
for the Black Muslims.
1520
01:17:19,703 --> 01:17:21,871
John Harlan is
one of the few people
1521
01:17:21,971 --> 01:17:24,573
who could convince me
that there is such a thing
1522
01:17:24,674 --> 01:17:26,509
as a good Republican.
1523
01:17:26,609 --> 01:17:28,077
[Bang]
1524
01:17:37,787 --> 01:17:39,188
BURGER: John?
4-4.
1525
01:17:39,288 --> 01:17:40,389
HARLAN: Ah, Chief.
1526
01:17:40,489 --> 01:17:42,058
BURGER: John,
you have betrayed me.
1527
01:17:42,158 --> 01:17:44,360
These are your last
days on the court.
1528
01:17:44,460 --> 01:17:46,495
What on Earth
has taken hold of you?
1529
01:17:46,595 --> 01:17:47,764
It's Bill Brennan,
isn't it?
1530
01:17:47,864 --> 01:17:49,766
He's the one who's
been twisting your arm.
1531
01:17:49,866 --> 01:17:51,968
Twisting my arm?
Really?
1532
01:17:52,068 --> 01:17:53,602
Don't you
patronize me, John.
1533
01:17:53,703 --> 01:17:59,308
Oh, come on in, Warren,
and sit down, for God's sake.
Come on.
1534
01:18:04,413 --> 01:18:05,749
Sit, sit.
1535
01:18:08,852 --> 01:18:10,653
Don't think
I'm not sensitive
1536
01:18:10,754 --> 01:18:12,388
to how you judge me
sometimes, John.
1537
01:18:12,488 --> 01:18:13,622
Now, come on, Warren.
1538
01:18:13,723 --> 01:18:15,558
Now you're making it
a little too personal.
1539
01:18:15,658 --> 01:18:17,026
No, I'm not.
1540
01:18:17,126 --> 01:18:18,862
I count on you,
I depend on you.
1541
01:18:18,962 --> 01:18:20,730
As my colleague,
as my friend.
1542
01:18:20,830 --> 01:18:22,098
We have
the same values.
1543
01:18:22,198 --> 01:18:24,801
We're both
working hard toward
a united Court.
1544
01:18:24,901 --> 01:18:26,402
Yes, well,
it occurs to me that
1545
01:18:26,502 --> 01:18:28,337
sometimes we,
we're inclined
1546
01:18:28,437 --> 01:18:31,207
to slide around
the issues
1547
01:18:31,307 --> 01:18:33,009
when we wish to achieve
certain results.
1548
01:18:33,109 --> 01:18:34,811
That's the way
it's done, John.
1549
01:18:34,911 --> 01:18:36,512
I am the Chief Justice
1550
01:18:36,612 --> 01:18:38,247
of the Supreme Court
of the United States.
1551
01:18:38,347 --> 01:18:39,448
It's my role.
1552
01:18:39,548 --> 01:18:40,649
I think it's time
we left
1553
01:18:40,750 --> 01:18:42,085
politics to Congress,
don't you?
1554
01:18:42,185 --> 01:18:44,287
Please.
You're being so naive.
1555
01:18:44,387 --> 01:18:46,790
Apart from this place,
do you have any sense
1556
01:18:46,890 --> 01:18:48,357
of what goes on
in the real world?
1557
01:18:48,457 --> 01:18:50,693
I know exactly what
goes on in the real world.
1558
01:18:50,794 --> 01:18:52,095
All the more reason
to protect
1559
01:18:52,195 --> 01:18:55,264
the independence
of the court.
1560
01:18:55,364 --> 01:18:57,000
So naive.
1561
01:18:57,100 --> 01:19:00,069
John, I don't understand
why you're doing this.
1562
01:19:00,169 --> 01:19:02,205
Why? You're
just about to retire.
1563
01:19:02,305 --> 01:19:06,009
Because this Court
is a continuing body.
1564
01:19:06,109 --> 01:19:08,444
It acknowledges
the Constitution,
1565
01:19:08,544 --> 01:19:09,979
the problems
of the day,
1566
01:19:10,079 --> 01:19:11,514
and tries to reconcile
the two,
1567
01:19:11,614 --> 01:19:13,549
and by God
I respect that!
1568
01:19:13,649 --> 01:19:15,718
Oh, please.
1569
01:19:15,819 --> 01:19:19,789
The vote is tied,
4 to 4,
1570
01:19:19,889 --> 01:19:20,990
and it's not as if it's
1571
01:19:21,090 --> 01:19:22,591
going to
change anything.
1572
01:19:22,691 --> 01:19:24,360
And I can assure you
that I am not
1573
01:19:24,460 --> 01:19:25,962
going to shift
my position,
1574
01:19:26,062 --> 01:19:27,831
and no one on the Court
will either.
1575
01:19:27,931 --> 01:19:29,298
How the hell
can you be so sure?
1576
01:19:29,398 --> 01:19:30,800
It's wilful, John.
1577
01:19:30,900 --> 01:19:33,569
Do you hear me?
It's wilful.
1578
01:19:33,669 --> 01:19:34,871
And what's the result?
1579
01:19:34,971 --> 01:19:36,472
You're not going
to get another vote.
1580
01:19:36,572 --> 01:19:38,474
Ali will still
go to jail.
1581
01:19:38,574 --> 01:19:40,176
You've accomplished
nothing.
1582
01:19:41,377 --> 01:19:42,812
[Door closes]
1583
01:19:45,214 --> 01:19:47,383
Ooh! Ooh.
1584
01:19:50,619 --> 01:19:51,955
Ahh.
1585
01:19:53,389 --> 01:19:54,523
Uhh.
1586
01:19:57,726 --> 01:19:59,162
Ahh.
1587
01:20:04,067 --> 01:20:06,102
Everything
all right, sir?
1588
01:20:06,202 --> 01:20:07,370
Mm. Yes.
1589
01:20:09,005 --> 01:20:11,841
Uh, get me
Potter Stewart, will you?
1590
01:20:11,941 --> 01:20:13,276
Right away, sir.
1591
01:20:13,376 --> 01:20:18,514
*
1592
01:20:19,883 --> 01:20:22,351
Petrus, the position
I've taken on the Ali case
1593
01:20:22,451 --> 01:20:24,988
has absolutely nothing to do
with his being a Negro.
1594
01:20:25,088 --> 01:20:26,555
I hope you understand that.
1595
01:20:26,655 --> 01:20:29,425
Yes, sir.
It's about the law.
1596
01:20:29,525 --> 01:20:34,864
*
1597
01:20:39,702 --> 01:20:41,004
Mrs. Paige.
1598
01:20:41,104 --> 01:20:42,005
Yes?
1599
01:20:42,105 --> 01:20:44,440
Um, it's about
the Justice.
1600
01:20:44,540 --> 01:20:46,109
What about
the Justice?
1601
01:20:47,676 --> 01:20:49,078
Is he sick?
1602
01:20:49,178 --> 01:20:50,914
I mean, I know he has
back problems, but
1603
01:20:51,014 --> 01:20:53,116
is it something
more serious than that?
1604
01:20:55,718 --> 01:20:58,621
He has cancer,
Mr. Connolly.
1605
01:21:01,090 --> 01:21:04,193
He's a very
private man.
1606
01:21:04,293 --> 01:21:06,462
I would ask you
to respect that.
1607
01:21:07,763 --> 01:21:09,098
Yes, ma'am.
1608
01:21:12,969 --> 01:21:15,071
Well, we are 4.
1609
01:21:15,171 --> 01:21:17,974
Thurgood has
recused himself.
1610
01:21:18,074 --> 01:21:19,442
Where is our fifth
coming from?
1611
01:21:19,542 --> 01:21:22,845
Chaps, it's not enough
to get the fifth vote.
1612
01:21:22,946 --> 01:21:24,247
In this case, the Court
1613
01:21:24,347 --> 01:21:27,516
will have to be perceived
as having one voice.
1614
01:21:27,616 --> 01:21:29,953
The vote
must be unanimous.
1615
01:21:30,053 --> 01:21:33,322
8-0?
HARLAN: 8-0.
1616
01:21:33,422 --> 01:21:34,323
[Chuckles]
1617
01:21:34,423 --> 01:21:35,891
DOUGLAS: Against
the government?
1618
01:21:35,992 --> 01:21:38,527
Jesus, John.
The last
time around,
1619
01:21:38,627 --> 01:21:41,097
you were trying
to get us to
back the Chief.
1620
01:21:41,965 --> 01:21:43,432
Potter?
1621
01:21:43,532 --> 01:21:46,902
In this situation, I think
we have to really dig deep.
1622
01:21:47,003 --> 01:21:49,238
Find a reason to overturn.
1623
01:21:49,338 --> 01:21:51,674
A reason that the others
would come aboard.
1624
01:21:54,110 --> 01:21:57,513
You know what this Chief
is going to say.
1625
01:21:57,613 --> 01:21:59,015
If the court
frees Ali,
1626
01:21:59,115 --> 01:22:00,283
every black American
1627
01:22:00,383 --> 01:22:01,884
will join
the Nation of Islam
1628
01:22:01,985 --> 01:22:05,021
so he doesn't have to go
and fight in Vietnam.
1629
01:22:05,121 --> 01:22:07,490
Now, that's what
he's going to say.
1630
01:22:07,590 --> 01:22:09,192
Well, got to find
a reason to reverse
1631
01:22:09,292 --> 01:22:12,161
without setting
a precedent.
1632
01:22:12,261 --> 01:22:14,130
You don't
change the law.
1633
01:22:14,230 --> 01:22:17,533
You make the ruling
specific to
the Ali case.
1634
01:22:18,968 --> 01:22:23,106
Well, whatever trick
we come up with,
1635
01:22:23,206 --> 01:22:27,176
it's got to come from
a Republican appointee.
1636
01:22:27,276 --> 01:22:29,945
Me or Bill...
they'll mangle us.
1637
01:22:31,247 --> 01:22:33,716
[Laughs]
BRENNAN: John?
1638
01:22:33,816 --> 01:22:37,053
DOUGLAS: John?
[Coughing]
1639
01:22:40,623 --> 01:22:42,025
You OK, Harry?
1640
01:22:44,460 --> 01:22:45,928
I know you're
all concerned about
1641
01:22:46,029 --> 01:22:47,896
what you perceive as
my indecisiveness.
1642
01:22:47,997 --> 01:22:49,832
You think I can't
make up my mind.
1643
01:22:49,932 --> 01:22:52,201
It's not that.
It really isn't.
1644
01:22:52,301 --> 01:22:54,803
It's that the issues
in this case are so grave.
1645
01:22:54,903 --> 01:22:57,073
You answer one question,
even tentatively.
1646
01:22:57,173 --> 01:22:58,274
You think you're safe
and then
1647
01:22:58,374 --> 01:23:00,809
two more questions
appear on the horizon.
1648
01:23:00,909 --> 01:23:03,046
As I see it, I can't
make a final judgment
1649
01:23:03,146 --> 01:23:04,880
until all the facts
are in,
1650
01:23:04,980 --> 01:23:08,117
until all the arguments
have been analyzed.
1651
01:23:08,217 --> 01:23:10,919
But it's not
a math problem, Harry.
1652
01:23:11,020 --> 01:23:12,788
You want to find out
one answer.
1653
01:23:12,888 --> 01:23:14,423
It doesn't
work that way.
1654
01:23:19,828 --> 01:23:21,297
SAM: Here he is.
Sorry.
1655
01:23:22,498 --> 01:23:23,632
CLERK: You're up.
1656
01:23:28,904 --> 01:23:31,174
You must be feeling
pleased with yourself.
1657
01:23:31,274 --> 01:23:32,675
SAM: Leave it
alone, Becker.
1658
01:23:32,775 --> 01:23:34,510
You crossed the line, Connolly.
1659
01:23:39,148 --> 01:23:41,084
Ask anybody,
1660
01:23:41,184 --> 01:23:42,451
no matter whose
side they're on.
1661
01:23:42,551 --> 01:23:44,220
John Harlan
is one of
the most respected
1662
01:23:44,320 --> 01:23:46,489
Justices in Supreme
Court history.
1663
01:23:47,623 --> 01:23:49,358
Chief Burger
humiliating him
like that
1664
01:23:49,458 --> 01:23:51,394
in front of
everybody--
1665
01:23:51,494 --> 01:23:54,097
they heard that
all the way over
on Capitol Hill.
1666
01:23:54,197 --> 01:23:56,065
He didn't humiliate him.
He just changed his mind
1667
01:23:56,165 --> 01:23:57,400
and then he
stood his ground.
1668
01:23:57,500 --> 01:24:00,035
You know he's not
thinking straight.
1669
01:24:00,903 --> 01:24:02,004
Harlan did
the right thing.
1670
01:24:02,105 --> 01:24:04,673
It's Justice Harlan
to you, prick.
1671
01:24:07,743 --> 01:24:09,845
When you go home
at night,
1672
01:24:09,945 --> 01:24:11,080
did you
tell your wife
1673
01:24:11,180 --> 01:24:13,482
how you
took advantage
of a dying man?
1674
01:24:15,451 --> 01:24:16,585
You know what?
1675
01:24:17,586 --> 01:24:18,954
I've wanted to
punch you in the mouth
1676
01:24:19,054 --> 01:24:20,389
since I met you.
1677
01:24:21,257 --> 01:24:22,558
KEVIN: Put them up.
1678
01:24:22,658 --> 01:24:23,759
You're kidding me.
1679
01:24:23,859 --> 01:24:25,894
I'm not kidding.
Put them up.
1680
01:24:25,994 --> 01:24:28,097
Wow.
Now, I'm not gonna
tell you again.
1681
01:24:28,197 --> 01:24:30,299
You're making
a mistake here.
1682
01:24:30,399 --> 01:24:32,034
In college, I boxed
in the Golden--
1683
01:24:32,135 --> 01:24:33,902
[Both grunting]
1684
01:24:34,002 --> 01:24:36,572
[All shouting]
1685
01:24:36,672 --> 01:24:37,773
CLERK: Get off him!
1686
01:24:37,873 --> 01:24:39,208
SECOND CLERK:
Hey, break it up!
1687
01:24:55,658 --> 01:24:57,193
STEWART: I've been troubled
by the government's case
1688
01:24:57,293 --> 01:25:00,329
against Ali since
the very beginning.
1689
01:25:01,630 --> 01:25:05,301
That's why I voted to hear
the case in the first place.
1690
01:25:05,401 --> 01:25:08,337
Now, last night, my guys
and I, we took a look...
1691
01:25:08,437 --> 01:25:09,972
What is there
to look at?
1692
01:25:10,072 --> 01:25:12,408
There are 3 conditions
that determine
1693
01:25:12,508 --> 01:25:15,344
the status of
a conscientious objector.
1694
01:25:15,444 --> 01:25:17,813
The Appeals Board
ruled that Ali
1695
01:25:17,913 --> 01:25:19,215
did not meet any of them.
1696
01:25:19,315 --> 01:25:21,650
But the Appeals Board
was not specific, Chief.
1697
01:25:21,750 --> 01:25:24,787
It did not say which
conditions it rejected.
1698
01:25:24,887 --> 01:25:26,222
What's your point?
1699
01:25:26,322 --> 01:25:31,294
Griswold challenged Ali
on only one condition.
1700
01:25:31,394 --> 01:25:32,828
He conceded the other two.
1701
01:25:32,928 --> 01:25:37,132
In fact, he said that
he found Ali to be sincere
1702
01:25:37,233 --> 01:25:40,336
and that his objections
were religiously based.
1703
01:25:41,570 --> 01:25:44,240
So, how do we know
that the one condition
1704
01:25:44,340 --> 01:25:45,608
that Griswold singled out
1705
01:25:45,708 --> 01:25:47,776
was the same one
that the Appeal Board
1706
01:25:47,876 --> 01:25:50,145
used to hang Ali out to dry?
1707
01:25:50,246 --> 01:25:52,381
We don't.
The Appeal Board said nothing.
1708
01:25:52,481 --> 01:25:56,819
They gave no reasons.
It's an error of the law.
1709
01:25:56,919 --> 01:25:58,854
We have no choice
but to overturn.
1710
01:25:58,954 --> 01:26:00,155
I know what
you're doing, Potter.
1711
01:26:00,256 --> 01:26:02,191
You're trying to hang this
on a technicality.
1712
01:26:02,291 --> 01:26:03,959
Yes, a technicality,
Chief, exactly.
1713
01:26:04,059 --> 01:26:05,528
That way we can
avoid a precedent
1714
01:26:05,628 --> 01:26:08,130
and we can make the ruling
specific to the Ali case.
1715
01:26:08,231 --> 01:26:10,065
BURGER: This is
absolute nonsense.
1716
01:26:10,165 --> 01:26:12,268
If we do what
you're suggesting,
1717
01:26:12,368 --> 01:26:13,669
then a man who refuses
1718
01:26:13,769 --> 01:26:16,839
to fight for his country
on dubious grounds
1719
01:26:16,939 --> 01:26:18,441
will still go free.
1720
01:26:18,541 --> 01:26:21,444
His belief's a matter
of conscience, Warren.
1721
01:26:21,544 --> 01:26:23,312
Protected by
the First Amendment.
1722
01:26:25,180 --> 01:26:27,450
Byron, Hugo,
Potter, and John
1723
01:26:27,550 --> 01:26:30,286
are all military men,
and so are you, Bill.
1724
01:26:30,386 --> 01:26:32,087
Do you know
what this means?
1725
01:26:32,187 --> 01:26:35,291
Yes. Yes, it means there'll
be no more soldiers
1726
01:26:35,391 --> 01:26:38,193
left to fight
Nixon's dirty war.
1727
01:26:38,294 --> 01:26:39,595
DOUGLAS: That's
one way to end it.
1728
01:26:39,695 --> 01:26:41,297
Ha ha ha!
1729
01:26:41,397 --> 01:26:42,931
Well, guys, we're
losing focus here.
1730
01:26:43,031 --> 01:26:44,633
We're not ruling
on the war,
1731
01:26:44,733 --> 01:26:46,435
we don't want
to set a precedent,
1732
01:26:46,535 --> 01:26:49,238
we're making this case
specific to Ali.
1733
01:26:49,338 --> 01:26:52,207
Byron, you don't agree
with this, surely.
1734
01:26:52,308 --> 01:26:57,480
Well, Chief,
I have to say, uh...
1735
01:26:57,580 --> 01:26:59,848
I think Potter's
on to something here.
1736
01:27:04,820 --> 01:27:05,921
Hugo?
1737
01:27:06,021 --> 01:27:08,357
As long as
there's no precedent.
1738
01:27:08,457 --> 01:27:12,595
*
1739
01:27:12,695 --> 01:27:13,829
Well...
1740
01:27:15,864 --> 01:27:18,967
Harry, it looks as if
you and I are outnumbered.
1741
01:27:19,067 --> 01:27:24,740
*
1742
01:27:24,840 --> 01:27:27,810
I've explored this
thoroughly, Chief.
I really have.
1743
01:27:27,910 --> 01:27:29,745
I looked
at the arguments,
1744
01:27:29,845 --> 01:27:32,047
I listened
to what everybody
had to say,
1745
01:27:32,147 --> 01:27:34,750
and I'm gonna vote
with the majority.
1746
01:27:34,850 --> 01:27:37,986
I believe that
the judgment
should be reversed
1747
01:27:38,086 --> 01:27:39,555
and Ali
should be set free.
1748
01:27:39,655 --> 01:27:44,760
*
1749
01:27:48,597 --> 01:27:53,035
BURGER: Well. It seems
as if I am isolated.
1750
01:27:53,135 --> 01:27:55,504
Ah, look here.
1751
01:27:55,604 --> 01:27:58,240
The Constitution
says quite simply
1752
01:27:58,341 --> 01:28:02,645
that you cannot favor
one religion over another.
1753
01:28:02,745 --> 01:28:05,213
Now, how can you make
a legal distinction
1754
01:28:05,314 --> 01:28:08,917
between Jehovah's Witnesses
and Black Muslims?
1755
01:28:10,486 --> 01:28:13,489
The only difference--
Black Muslims are black.
1756
01:28:14,557 --> 01:28:17,059
And that's why
they went after Ali.
1757
01:28:17,159 --> 01:28:20,829
And if that's not a racist
and political conviction,
1758
01:28:20,929 --> 01:28:22,264
I don't know what is.
1759
01:28:22,365 --> 01:28:26,969
If this court
sends Ali to jail,
1760
01:28:27,069 --> 01:28:28,337
it is in effect
saying there's
1761
01:28:28,437 --> 01:28:30,939
one law for whites
and one law for blacks.
1762
01:28:33,776 --> 01:28:37,346
If you dissent, Chief,
it might be interpreted
1763
01:28:37,446 --> 01:28:39,382
as a racist vote.
1764
01:28:41,083 --> 01:28:42,184
What?
1765
01:28:42,284 --> 01:28:44,019
HARLAN: You know,
you once said to me
1766
01:28:44,119 --> 01:28:45,554
that it was essential
1767
01:28:45,654 --> 01:28:48,391
for both the Court
and the nation
1768
01:28:48,491 --> 01:28:50,659
that everyone
comes on board.
1769
01:28:50,759 --> 01:28:54,897
Your words, Chief,
and you were right.
1770
01:28:54,997 --> 01:28:56,732
Nobody wants
a divided court.
1771
01:28:58,701 --> 01:29:01,437
The opinion
is fine, Warren.
1772
01:29:03,005 --> 01:29:06,875
Please, let it go.
1773
01:29:06,975 --> 01:29:12,080
*
1774
01:29:22,925 --> 01:29:24,860
Well, I suppose
an 8-0 decision
1775
01:29:24,960 --> 01:29:27,763
would be a good lift
for the black people.
1776
01:29:28,897 --> 01:29:30,733
[Chuckles]
1777
01:29:30,833 --> 01:29:33,636
[Chuckles]
1778
01:29:33,736 --> 01:29:34,870
[Chuckles]
1779
01:29:34,970 --> 01:29:40,108
*
1780
01:29:53,456 --> 01:29:59,127
Chaps, come on, chaps...
1781
01:29:59,227 --> 01:30:00,463
I know it's
a tad early,
1782
01:30:00,563 --> 01:30:04,500
but it's never too early
for a good old hoot.
1783
01:30:04,600 --> 01:30:06,368
Rebel Yell.
Does that appeal to you?
1784
01:30:06,469 --> 01:30:07,570
First time
for everything, sir.
1785
01:30:07,670 --> 01:30:09,638
It's my favorite.
My favorite.
1786
01:30:09,738 --> 01:30:11,507
What happened
to you?
1787
01:30:11,607 --> 01:30:13,341
War wounds, sir.
1788
01:30:13,442 --> 01:30:15,077
What? Oh, my God.
1789
01:30:15,177 --> 01:30:20,115
[Laughs, coughs]
1790
01:30:22,284 --> 01:30:25,821
MAN: Contrary to his usual form,
Muhammad Ali seemed subdued
1791
01:30:25,921 --> 01:30:28,290
as he arrived at the south side
gym for a workout.
1792
01:30:28,390 --> 01:30:29,625
A Black Muslim, he thanked
1793
01:30:29,725 --> 01:30:31,727
Allah and the Court
for his good fortune
1794
01:30:31,827 --> 01:30:34,497
and told them how
he got the news.
1795
01:30:34,597 --> 01:30:36,398
I was on 79th street
on the south side
1796
01:30:36,499 --> 01:30:38,400
and just bought my orange
in a grocery store
1797
01:30:38,501 --> 01:30:41,003
and the grocery owner
came out and grabbed me,
1798
01:30:41,103 --> 01:30:42,805
and hugged me
with tears in his eyes.
1799
01:30:42,905 --> 01:30:44,507
Little black fella, and told me
1800
01:30:44,607 --> 01:30:46,842
that you've just been vindicated
and you free,
1801
01:30:46,942 --> 01:30:49,211
8 judges all voted
in your favor,
1802
01:30:49,311 --> 01:30:52,314
and he just hugged me
and squeezed me
1803
01:30:52,414 --> 01:30:54,583
and he was this short...
1804
01:31:03,158 --> 01:31:05,293
I'm on my way,
Mrs. Paige.
1805
01:31:05,393 --> 01:31:07,896
Good night, sir.
Good night.
1806
01:31:07,996 --> 01:31:13,101
*
1807
01:31:24,613 --> 01:31:27,215
MAN: When the Supreme Court
eventually decided
1808
01:31:27,315 --> 01:31:30,285
that you were right
and you had a perfect
right to do this,
1809
01:31:30,385 --> 01:31:33,455
you showed no resentment
against the men
1810
01:31:33,556 --> 01:31:35,691
who had kept you
away from boxing.
1811
01:31:35,791 --> 01:31:36,925
You were very
quiet about it.
1812
01:31:37,025 --> 01:31:38,527
Then I would be
a hypocrite if I did
1813
01:31:38,627 --> 01:31:42,064
because I expected
them to recognize
1814
01:31:42,164 --> 01:31:45,000
me for what I believed.
1815
01:31:45,100 --> 01:31:47,570
And they did what they thought
was right at the time.
1816
01:31:47,670 --> 01:31:49,672
They took my title.
At the time,
1817
01:31:49,772 --> 01:31:51,940
they wouldn't let me box
nowhere in the country.
1818
01:31:52,040 --> 01:31:54,176
They just did what
they thought was right.
1819
01:31:54,276 --> 01:31:57,646
And for me to now to sue them,
or to condemn them,
1820
01:31:57,746 --> 01:31:59,481
or to speak out against them
1821
01:31:59,582 --> 01:32:02,450
for doing what
they thought was right,
1822
01:32:02,551 --> 01:32:04,386
then this would be hypocritical.
1823
01:32:04,486 --> 01:32:06,321
So, how can I get
on them for doing
1824
01:32:06,421 --> 01:32:07,923
what they really
believed was right?
1825
01:32:08,023 --> 01:32:13,128
*
1826
01:32:22,638 --> 01:32:24,372
KEVIN: Sir?
1827
01:32:24,472 --> 01:32:25,608
[Baby
fussing]
1828
01:32:25,708 --> 01:32:28,243
Kevin Connolly,
sir.
1829
01:32:28,343 --> 01:32:30,879
And you remember
my wife Donna.
1830
01:32:30,979 --> 01:32:34,917
[Baby
fussing
1831
01:32:35,017 --> 01:32:36,785
Hello, chaps.
1832
01:32:39,722 --> 01:32:41,590
Sweet of you
to come.
1833
01:32:41,690 --> 01:32:44,026
Of course.
[Baby
fussing]
1834
01:32:44,126 --> 01:32:47,796
And this is
our daughter.
Louise.
1835
01:32:47,896 --> 01:32:52,968
*
1836
01:32:58,206 --> 01:33:00,042
Oh, how wonderful.
1837
01:33:02,811 --> 01:33:05,547
ANNOUNCER: Ali
a sneaky right hand.
1838
01:33:05,648 --> 01:33:07,249
Another sneaky right hand.
1839
01:33:07,349 --> 01:33:11,086
This time he works over
the shoulder of Foreman...
1840
01:33:11,186 --> 01:33:13,321
[Crowd cheering]
1841
01:33:16,224 --> 01:33:23,666
REFEREE: 3, 4, 5, 6...8...
1842
01:33:23,766 --> 01:33:26,168
ANNOUNCER: That's it.
The fight is stopped.
1843
01:33:26,268 --> 01:33:32,908
Muhammad Ali is the winner.
1844
01:33:33,008 --> 01:33:34,376
He's done it.
1845
01:33:34,476 --> 01:33:36,244
Muhammad Ali has done it.
1846
01:33:36,344 --> 01:33:38,313
Muhammad Ali has done it.
1847
01:33:38,413 --> 01:33:40,015
The great man has done it.
1848
01:33:40,115 --> 01:33:43,618
ALI: I shook up the world,
I shook up the world,
1849
01:33:43,719 --> 01:33:45,087
I shook up the world!
1850
01:33:45,187 --> 01:33:47,522
ANNOUNCER: This is
the most joyous scene
1851
01:33:47,622 --> 01:33:50,058
ever seen in
the history of boxing.
1852
01:33:50,158 --> 01:33:54,663
This is an incredible scene.
The place is going wild.
1853
01:33:54,763 --> 01:33:58,600
Muhammad Ali has won.
Muhammad Ali has won
1854
01:33:58,701 --> 01:34:01,937
by a knockout, by a knockout!
1855
01:34:02,037 --> 01:34:05,774
*
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