1 00:00:05,139 --> 00:00:07,019 PREVIOUSLY ON THE WEST WING: 2 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:09,039 NOBODY'S HAPPY YOU LOST CARRICK. 3 00:00:09,060 --> 00:00:11,169 I DO, HOWEVER, HAVE TO TAKE YOU OUT TO THE WOODSHED 4 00:00:11,189 --> 00:00:13,140 AND WHACK YOU WITH A TWO-BY-FOUR. 5 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:15,089 CLAUDIA JEAN, YOU'VE ONLY KNOWN ME FOR FOUR MINUTES. 6 00:00:15,109 --> 00:00:17,050 USUALLY TAKES PEOPLE THE BETTER PART OF AN HOUR 7 00:00:17,070 --> 00:00:18,210 TO HATE ME AND EVERYTHING I STAND FOR. 8 00:00:18,230 --> 00:00:21,160 IS ANGELA BLAKE TAKING OVER LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS? 9 00:00:21,179 --> 00:00:23,100 I'M TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE WEEK. 10 00:00:23,120 --> 00:00:25,039 DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE CHIEF JUSTICE? 11 00:00:25,059 --> 00:00:27,129 WHAT NOW? HE WAS PRESIDING OVER MOOT COURT COMPETITION AT NYU. 12 00:00:27,149 --> 00:00:29,210 THOUGHT HE WAS AT THE REAL SUPREME COURT. 13 00:00:29,230 --> 00:00:31,019 WE CAN'T START ANOTHER NEW DEAL. 14 00:00:31,039 --> 00:00:32,119 HOW ABOUT PLANNING FOR THE OLD ONE, 15 00:00:32,140 --> 00:00:34,020 INSTEAD OF HAGGLING WITH REPUBLICANS 16 00:00:34,039 --> 00:00:35,170 OVER HOW MUCH TO CUT? 17 00:00:37,219 --> 00:00:39,039 Man: YOU KNOW WHAT THIS? 18 00:00:39,060 --> 00:00:40,039 IT'S KOREMATSU. 19 00:00:40,060 --> 00:00:42,000 THE MOOD IS KOREMATSU. 20 00:00:42,020 --> 00:00:44,030 COME ON, THEY'RE-THEY'RE SYSTEMATICALLY TARGETING... 21 00:00:44,049 --> 00:00:45,170 Woman: SO, YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S NO COMPELLING 22 00:00:45,189 --> 00:00:46,219 GOVERNMENT INTEREST? 23 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:48,090 I'M SAYING THERE'S GOTTA BE A LESS 24 00:00:48,109 --> 00:00:50,020 DISCRIMINATORY WAY TO PURSUE IT 25 00:00:50,039 --> 00:00:51,119 THAN FRISKING EVERY TOM, DICK AND HAMID 26 00:00:51,140 --> 00:00:53,000 WITH A BOARDING PASS. 27 00:00:53,020 --> 00:00:57,020 Man 2: I'LL BET YOU A PICKLE THAT TOM'S NOT AN ARAB NAME. 28 00:00:57,039 --> 00:00:58,030 IT'S KOREMATSU ALL OVER AGAIN. 29 00:00:58,049 --> 00:00:59,090 AND THERE'S A REASON 30 00:00:59,109 --> 00:01:01,200 KOREMATSU'S NEVER BEEN OVERTURNED. 31 00:01:01,219 --> 00:01:04,170 OKAY, YOU'RE DEFENDING JAPANESE INTERNMENT? 32 00:01:04,189 --> 00:01:07,219 NEXT YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME DRED SCOTT GOT LOST LOOKING FOR I-95. 33 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,189 IT'S A LOADED GUN. NOT THIS AGAIN. 34 00:01:10,210 --> 00:01:12,170 LISA, THE KOREMATSU CASE IS A LOADED GUN, 35 00:01:12,189 --> 00:01:15,039 JUST-JUST WAITING FOR SOME TRIGGER-HAPPY, 36 00:01:15,060 --> 00:01:16,210 MARTIAL LAW-LOVING SOLICITOR GENERAL TO COME IN... 37 00:01:16,230 --> 00:01:17,210 HE'S RIGHT, HE'S RIGHT. 38 00:01:17,230 --> 00:01:19,109 IT'S A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT. 39 00:01:19,129 --> 00:01:21,219 ARE YOU GONNA FINISH YOUR CHIPS? OH. SALT AND VINEGAR. 40 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,219 I WANNA LIVE TILL 30. THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH POTATO CHIPS, NOT ENOUGH SODIUM. 41 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,010 I AGREE. SO THE COURT SHOULDN'T CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL FOR SABOTAGE 42 00:01:28,030 --> 00:01:30,159 A COMPELLING GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST? 43 00:01:30,180 --> 00:01:32,079 IT WAS AFTER PEARL HARBOR. 44 00:01:32,099 --> 00:01:34,200 YOU COULD ARGUE IT WAS FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY. OH, COME ON. 45 00:01:34,219 --> 00:01:36,120 Man: LET'S PUT YOU IN A STOCKADE THEN. 46 00:01:36,140 --> 00:01:37,159 IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE. 47 00:01:37,180 --> 00:01:38,189 MATT? 48 00:01:40,099 --> 00:01:41,090 MATT? 49 00:01:41,229 --> 00:01:42,210 MATT, SIR? 50 00:01:42,229 --> 00:01:45,219 I HAVE TO DO THE SUBCITE 51 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,140 BEFORE CLASS. 52 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:52,069 FINISH MY CON LAW READING. 53 00:01:54,229 --> 00:01:56,120 I-I... I'M SORRY, SIR. 54 00:01:56,140 --> 00:01:59,069 I-I DON'T... 55 00:01:59,090 --> 00:02:01,129 ( buzzer sounds ) 56 00:02:04,010 --> 00:02:06,129 THEY'RE READY, MISTER CHIEF JUSTICE. 57 00:02:09,219 --> 00:02:12,030 DO YOU NEED HELP WITH THAT, SIR? 58 00:02:16,199 --> 00:02:18,229 ( gasping ) HELEN, 59 00:02:19,009 --> 00:02:21,110 CALL AN AMBULANCE. SIR? 60 00:02:21,129 --> 00:02:22,139 IS HE ALRIGHT? DO SOMETHING. 61 00:02:22,159 --> 00:02:23,159 HELEN, CALL AN AMBULANCE! 62 00:02:23,180 --> 00:02:24,210 Toby: OKAY, HERE IT IS. 63 00:02:24,229 --> 00:02:27,099 "CHIEF JUSTICE ROY ASHLAND NEED NOT 64 00:02:27,120 --> 00:02:28,210 "BE ENLARGED IN DEATH 65 00:02:28,229 --> 00:02:33,090 "BEYOND WHAT HE WAS IN LIFE-- AN IDEALIST, NOT AN ICON. 66 00:02:33,110 --> 00:02:35,009 "A MAN, NOT A MONUMENT. 67 00:02:35,030 --> 00:02:36,110 "A BELIEVER IN THE IRREDUCIBLE POWER 68 00:02:36,129 --> 00:02:37,229 OF THE LAW TO SHAPE OUR SOCIETY..." 69 00:02:38,009 --> 00:02:40,009 OKAY, BUT I GOTTA BE CAREFUL ABOUT SAYING "MAN." 70 00:02:40,030 --> 00:02:41,170 WHY, 'CAUSE...? OH, COME ON. 71 00:02:41,189 --> 00:02:43,090 YOU'D BE SURPRISED. I GET LETTERS. 72 00:02:43,110 --> 00:02:44,189 FINE. "HUMAN BEING," THEN. 73 00:02:44,210 --> 00:02:46,159 OR DO THE OTHER MAMMALS COMPLAIN? 74 00:02:46,180 --> 00:02:47,210 Will: HEY. 75 00:02:47,229 --> 00:02:49,099 WHO SAID YOU COULD COME IN HERE? 76 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,159 IT'S ALRIGHT. I'M OVER THE FLU. OH, YOU HAD THE FLU? 77 00:02:51,180 --> 00:02:54,069 ARE WE TALKING ABOUT POSSIBLE REPLACEMENTS FOR ASHLAND YET? 78 00:02:54,090 --> 00:02:56,079 GRANDIN, KEITH, AND TOLAND, 79 00:02:56,099 --> 00:02:57,199 AND NO, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THEM. 80 00:02:57,219 --> 00:03:00,039 SO IF THE VICE PRESIDENT HAD A FEW ADDITIONAL NAMES 81 00:03:00,060 --> 00:03:02,129 NOT TO TALK ABOUT, WHERE WOULD HE OFFER NOT TO...? 82 00:03:02,150 --> 00:03:04,009 NEVER MIND. I THINK I CAN GUESS. 83 00:03:04,030 --> 00:03:05,169 COUNSEL'S OFFICE. I'M LEAVING NOW. 84 00:03:05,189 --> 00:03:07,060 HE HAD ANOTHER RESEARCHER QUIT. 85 00:03:07,080 --> 00:03:09,069 WOW, WHAT IS THAT, LIKE...? THE THIRD, SINCE YOU LEFT. 86 00:03:09,090 --> 00:03:11,180 LET ME GUESS. SHE WAS TURNED OFF BY THE VOW OF POVERTY. 87 00:03:11,199 --> 00:03:13,129 ARE YOU STILL HERE? FLOWERS SAY "I'M SORRY". 88 00:03:13,150 --> 00:03:14,169 LEAVE. 89 00:03:14,189 --> 00:03:17,090 JOBS, JOBS, JOBS, NOT TAX, TAX, TAX. 90 00:03:17,110 --> 00:03:19,069 YOU SEEM... HAPPY. 91 00:03:19,090 --> 00:03:20,079 EXCUSE ME? 92 00:03:20,099 --> 00:03:22,159 HAPPY. YOU KNOW, THE SENSATION 93 00:03:22,180 --> 00:03:24,219 YOUR FELLOW MAMMALIANS OCCASIONALLY EXPERIENCE. 94 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,090 HAFFLEY'S TREATING THE DISCRETIONARY BUDGET 95 00:03:27,110 --> 00:03:29,090 LIKE A CHEW TOY. 96 00:03:29,110 --> 00:03:31,229 WE'RE ABOUT TO CAVE ON TAX CUTS FOR BILLIONAIRES 97 00:03:32,009 --> 00:03:33,069 AND WHO THE HELL KNOWS 98 00:03:33,090 --> 00:03:35,150 WHAT ELSE ANGELA BLAKE IS GIVING AWAY IN THERE. 99 00:03:35,170 --> 00:03:36,229 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? 100 00:03:37,009 --> 00:03:39,129 WE'RE GONNA APPOINT THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE. 101 00:03:39,150 --> 00:03:41,009 BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO THE CONSTITUTION. 102 00:03:41,030 --> 00:03:42,079 YOU KNOW HOW RARE THAT IS? 103 00:03:42,099 --> 00:03:45,039 THE LAST FIVE GUYS DIDN'T GET TO DO IT. 104 00:03:45,060 --> 00:03:47,159 WE'RE GONNA SHAPE THE FUTURE OF JURISPRUDENCE-- 105 00:03:47,180 --> 00:03:49,110 THE LAWS THAT SUSTAIN OUR WHOLE SOCIETY-- 106 00:03:49,129 --> 00:03:50,199 OR SHOVE SOMEBODY IN THERE 107 00:03:50,219 --> 00:03:52,189 TO STRIKE DOWN THESE GOD-AWFUL EXCUSES FOR LAWS 108 00:03:52,210 --> 00:03:54,060 THE REPUBLICANS ARE PASSING. 109 00:03:54,079 --> 00:03:56,039 HEY, SORRY, BUT THERE'S NEWS... 110 00:03:56,060 --> 00:03:57,199 ENOUGH ALREADY. BUFFALO BOB'S NOT 111 00:03:57,219 --> 00:03:59,079 GONNA PICK THE NEXT CHIEF JUSTICE. 112 00:03:59,099 --> 00:04:00,099 NEITHER IS THE PRESIDENT. 113 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:01,210 ASHLAND REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS. 114 00:04:01,229 --> 00:04:04,000 SEEMS IT WAS ONLY EXHAUSTION, AND HIS DOCTORS ARE SAYING 115 00:04:04,020 --> 00:04:05,219 HE'LL MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. 116 00:04:56,170 --> 00:04:58,019 C.J.: FIRST OFF, I WOULDN'T 117 00:04:58,040 --> 00:04:59,110 CHARACTERIZE THIS AS A CRISIS OR A BREAKDOWN. 118 00:04:59,129 --> 00:05:00,170 HERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS IT'S NOT: 119 00:05:00,189 --> 00:05:02,040 A SHOWDOWN, A STALEMATE, A STAND-OFF, 120 00:05:02,060 --> 00:05:03,160 OR A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF PARTISAN GRIDLOCK. 121 00:05:03,180 --> 00:05:05,050 DONNA? Woman: THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES 122 00:05:05,069 --> 00:05:07,019 A COMPROMISE CAN BE REACHED TOMORROW BY MIDNIGHT? 123 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,029 C.J.: THE PRESIDENT HAS FULL FAITH IN THE NEGOTIATING TEAM... 124 00:05:09,050 --> 00:05:11,050 DO WE HAVE ANY OF THOSE PILLS LEFT 125 00:05:11,069 --> 00:05:12,069 FROM THAT NAVAL DOCTOR? 126 00:05:12,089 --> 00:05:13,060 ADMIRAL FEELGOOD? 127 00:05:13,079 --> 00:05:14,220 THE COLD AND SINUS STUFF. 128 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,160 THE ONES THAT MADE YOU SING ALL OF "BYE, BYE, MISS AMERICAN PIE"? 129 00:05:17,180 --> 00:05:19,100 YEAH. IT WAS HARRY CHAPIN. 130 00:05:19,120 --> 00:05:20,180 THOSE BIG BLUE PILLS. 131 00:05:20,199 --> 00:05:22,050 BET YOU LOOKED CUTE ON THAT GURNEY 132 00:05:22,069 --> 00:05:24,180 WHEN THE AIRMEN HAD TO CARRY YOU OFF OF AIR FORCE ONE. 133 00:05:24,199 --> 00:05:26,060 C.J.'S MAKIN' THAT UP. 134 00:05:26,079 --> 00:05:27,170 I'VE GOT SOME ECHINACEA. 135 00:05:27,189 --> 00:05:28,199 NO, NOTHING NATURAL. 136 00:05:28,220 --> 00:05:29,230 I NEED THE INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH, 137 00:05:30,009 --> 00:05:32,139 FULL THROTTLE, ROTO-ROOTER STUFF. 138 00:05:32,159 --> 00:05:34,120 Donna: BARTRAM FROM THE TIMES CALLED. 139 00:05:34,139 --> 00:05:36,079 Josh: 'BOUT WHAT? BUDGET STALEMATE. 140 00:05:36,100 --> 00:05:39,110 I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. THAT'S WHAT I TOLD HIM. 141 00:05:39,129 --> 00:05:41,100 I MEAN, NOT EXACTLY. I SAID YOU'RE BUSY WITH THINGS, 142 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:43,209 CAN'T DO PRESS CALLS. YOU SHOULD'VE SAID I WAS IN THE OVAL. 143 00:05:43,230 --> 00:05:46,060 DID IT OCCUR TO YOU TO SAY I WAS IN THE OVAL? 144 00:05:46,079 --> 00:05:48,139 I SAID YOU WERE WORKING ON THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO JAPAN. 145 00:05:48,159 --> 00:05:50,069 YOU'RE ONLY SUPPOSED TO TAKE ONE. 146 00:05:50,090 --> 00:05:52,139 STAY AWAY FROM HEAVY MACHINERY... 147 00:05:52,159 --> 00:05:53,230 FORTUNATELY, PA AND I BROUGHT IN 148 00:05:54,009 --> 00:05:55,180 THE LAST OF THE WINTER WHEAT YESTERDAY, 149 00:05:55,199 --> 00:05:57,120 SO I DON'T HAVE TO OPERATE THE COMBINE. 150 00:05:57,139 --> 00:05:59,069 WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T GET A BUDGET DEAL? 151 00:05:59,090 --> 00:06:01,100 GET ANOTHER CONTINUING RESOLUTION. 152 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:02,220 SEE, HERE'S WHAT I DON'T GET: 153 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:04,139 EVERY YEAR WE TAKE THESE BUDGET EXTENSIONS 154 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:05,199 LIKE THE DOG ATE OUR HOMEWORK. 155 00:06:05,220 --> 00:06:07,139 THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY, BUT YOU'RE CLOSE. 156 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,019 HOW COME PEOPLE AREN'T OUTRAGED? 157 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:10,180 THE REST OF THE COUNTRY CAN'T TAKE ENDLESS AMOUNTS 158 00:06:10,199 --> 00:06:12,069 OF TIME TO FINISH THEIR WORK. 159 00:06:12,089 --> 00:06:14,050 YOU'RE FORGETTING THE BEAUTY OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET PROCESS. 160 00:06:14,069 --> 00:06:15,209 WHAT'S THAT? NO ONE UNDERSTANDS IT. 161 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,040 HMM. YEAH. 162 00:06:17,060 --> 00:06:19,009 SPEAKER'S GETTING IN FRONT OF A LOT OF MICROPHONES. 163 00:06:19,029 --> 00:06:20,180 I JUST GOT A CALL FROM A MEL GARBER, 164 00:06:20,199 --> 00:06:22,040 SAID HE'S A SEGMENT PRODUCER FOR ABC. 165 00:06:22,060 --> 00:06:24,079 DID YOU TAKE THE CALL? I DIDN'T KNOW WHO HE WAS. 166 00:06:24,100 --> 00:06:26,069 HE WORKS FOR DIANE MATHERS. YEAH, I FIGURED THAT OUT. 167 00:06:26,089 --> 00:06:27,189 HE WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT MY STATEMENT 168 00:06:27,209 --> 00:06:30,029 TO THE SECRET SERVICE THE NIGHT OF ZOEY'S KIDNAPPING. 169 00:06:30,050 --> 00:06:32,189 Staffer: HEY, C.J., SENIOR STAFF IN TWO. 170 00:06:32,209 --> 00:06:34,040 THE ECSTASY? 171 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:36,060 DID YOU TALK TO HIM ABOUT IT? OF COURSE NOT. 172 00:06:36,079 --> 00:06:37,170 I TOOK THE GUY'S NAME VERY POLITELY, 173 00:06:37,189 --> 00:06:39,230 AND I HUNG UP VERY POLITELY. 174 00:06:40,009 --> 00:06:42,009 WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO? YOU DID THE RIGHT THING. 175 00:06:42,029 --> 00:06:43,069 WHAT DO I DO NOW? NOTHING. 176 00:06:43,090 --> 00:06:45,040 I'VE GOT IT FROM HERE. THANKS, CHARLIE. 177 00:06:45,060 --> 00:06:47,040 Toby: HE'S NOT RETURNING THE PRESIDENT'S CALLS? 178 00:06:47,060 --> 00:06:50,079 HE'S IN INTENSIVE CARE. I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE A LOT OF PHONES IN THERE. 179 00:06:50,100 --> 00:06:52,029 INTENSIVE CARE? I THOUGHT IT WAS... 180 00:06:52,050 --> 00:06:53,129 CNN SAID IT WAS EXHAUSTION. 181 00:06:53,149 --> 00:06:55,100 YEAH. 182 00:06:55,120 --> 00:06:58,029 SO HOW DO WE KNOW HE'S NOT... WE DON'T. 183 00:06:58,050 --> 00:06:59,180 HE'S 84. 184 00:06:59,199 --> 00:07:01,209 SO? MY GRANDFATHER LIVED TO BE 90. 185 00:07:01,230 --> 00:07:03,089 MY GRANDFATHER LIVED TO BE 96, 186 00:07:03,110 --> 00:07:05,079 BUT THE LAST 20 YEARS, HE THOUGHT THE HAPSBURGS 187 00:07:05,100 --> 00:07:07,019 STILL LIVED IN A BIG PALACE IN VIENNA. 188 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:09,029 HOW LONG BEFORE THIS GETS DANGEROUS, LEO-- 189 00:07:09,050 --> 00:07:10,120 BEFORE WE'VE GOT A CADAVER UP THERE, 190 00:07:10,139 --> 00:07:12,000 RULING ON WHEN LIFE BEGINS? 191 00:07:12,019 --> 00:07:13,220 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LIFELONG ALLY OF THE PRESIDENT'S. 192 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:15,089 WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN EMPTY ROBE, 193 00:07:15,110 --> 00:07:17,199 AND I DON'T LIKE THIS ANY MORE THAN YOU DO. 194 00:07:17,220 --> 00:07:20,160 IF ROY ASHLAND WERE A RELIGION, I'D CONVERT... 195 00:07:20,180 --> 00:07:23,050 BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF WE WAIT UNTIL HE'S SENILE 196 00:07:23,069 --> 00:07:24,180 OR ENDS UP IN A COMA? 197 00:07:24,199 --> 00:07:26,110 THEN WHAT? 198 00:07:26,129 --> 00:07:29,009 WE-WE GO TO A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS TO-TO IMPEACH? 199 00:07:29,029 --> 00:07:31,060 HAFFLEY WILL NEVER DO THAT. 200 00:07:31,079 --> 00:07:33,000 HE'LL LEAVE ASHLAND ON A RESPIRATOR 201 00:07:33,019 --> 00:07:35,050 UNTIL ONE OF THEIR GUYS GETS TO WEAR THE WINDBREAKER 202 00:07:35,069 --> 00:07:36,120 ON AIR FORCE ONE. 203 00:07:36,139 --> 00:07:38,000 Will: HOW ARE THE BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS GOING? 204 00:07:38,019 --> 00:07:39,209 THEY WERE IN THERE UNTIL MIDNIGHT, 205 00:07:39,230 --> 00:07:41,120 BACK THIS MORNING AT 6:00. 206 00:07:41,139 --> 00:07:44,209 AND? APPARENTLY THEY'RE CLOSER ON MARITIME SUBSIDIES. 207 00:07:44,230 --> 00:07:47,029 IS SHE IN OVER HER HEAD? IT WAS ALREADY A MESS. 208 00:07:47,050 --> 00:07:48,159 ANGELA'S GONNA MAKE THE BEST DEAL SHE CAN 209 00:07:48,180 --> 00:07:50,209 AND TRY TO GET US OUT OF THERE IN ONE PIECE. 210 00:07:50,230 --> 00:07:52,170 IF THE CHIEF JUSTICE WON'T TAKE THE PRESIDENT'S CALLS, 211 00:07:52,189 --> 00:07:54,149 MAYBE WE NEED TO SEND SOMEONE OVER THERE. 212 00:07:54,170 --> 00:07:56,090 WHAT, JUST SHOW UP WITH A BUNCH OF BALLOONS 213 00:07:56,110 --> 00:07:57,170 AND SOME PEANUT BRITTLE? 214 00:07:57,189 --> 00:07:59,189 IT'S TIME TO GET ASHLAND OFF THE BENCH, LEO. 215 00:07:59,209 --> 00:08:01,129 THERE'S THIS THING CALLED THE CONSTITUTION. 216 00:08:01,149 --> 00:08:04,029 IT'S A NAGGING LITTLE DOCUMENT, I'LL GRANT YOU, BUT... 217 00:08:04,050 --> 00:08:08,009 WHAT'S THIS ABOUT YOU BREAKING SOMEBODY'S COFFEE MUG? 218 00:08:08,029 --> 00:08:11,139 WHAT? PERSONNEL SAYS ANOTHER ONE OF YOUR RESEARCHERS QUIT, 219 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:13,120 THAT YOU BROKE HER MUG. 220 00:08:13,139 --> 00:08:16,089 IT WAS A CERAMIC HIPPO. 221 00:08:16,110 --> 00:08:18,029 IT GOT IN THE WAY OF A MISFILED COPY 222 00:08:18,050 --> 00:08:19,110 OF THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD I WAS... 223 00:08:19,129 --> 00:08:21,060 YOU WERE RE-FILING WITH YOUR THROWING ARM? 224 00:08:21,079 --> 00:08:22,230 CAN WE GET BACK TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE? 225 00:08:23,009 --> 00:08:26,060 NO. WHAT IS THIS, THE FOURTH RESEARCHER THIS MONTH? 226 00:08:26,079 --> 00:08:27,060 THIRD. 227 00:08:27,079 --> 00:08:28,160 Margaret: LEO, HE'S READY FOR YOU. 228 00:08:28,180 --> 00:08:30,069 STOP BREAKING THINGS. 229 00:08:30,089 --> 00:08:34,200 I DON'T NEED THE VICTIMS OF HIPPO-GATE FILING CLASS ACTION SUITS. 230 00:08:34,220 --> 00:08:37,000 IT'S GONNA BE A BRISK 42 TOMORROW. 231 00:08:37,019 --> 00:08:39,059 TIME TO BREAK OUT THAT IRISH FISHING SWEATER 232 00:08:39,080 --> 00:08:42,070 THAT C.J. SAYS MAKES ME LOOK LIKE AN IRISH FISHERMAN. 233 00:08:42,090 --> 00:08:43,179 OH, NO. 234 00:08:43,200 --> 00:08:45,129 I'M PAST THE INFECTIOUS STAGE. 235 00:08:45,149 --> 00:08:47,029 EXCUSE ME, SIR, IF I MAY. 236 00:08:47,049 --> 00:08:49,090 THIS DIANE MATHERS INTERVIEW... YOU STILL HAVE A PROBLEM? 237 00:08:49,110 --> 00:08:52,029 YES, I DO. I'VE BEEN MAKING SOME CALLS... ABBEY THINKS IT'LL BE FINE. 238 00:08:52,049 --> 00:08:54,220 YES, SIR, BUT...! I THINK SO, TOO. 239 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,070 WHERE'S ANGELA, LEO? 240 00:08:56,090 --> 00:08:57,169 THEY WERE HERE MOST OF THE NIGHT, 241 00:08:57,190 --> 00:08:59,129 CAME BACK FIRST THING THIS MORNING. 242 00:08:59,149 --> 00:09:01,230 SHE KNEW THIS WAS AT 10:00? SHE'LL BE HERE. 243 00:09:02,009 --> 00:09:03,169 WHAT ELSE? Toby: SIR, THE CHIEF JUSTICE 244 00:09:03,190 --> 00:09:05,059 STILL ISN'T RETURNING CALLS. 245 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:06,200 YEAH, I TRIED HIM A COUPLE OF TIMES. 246 00:09:06,220 --> 00:09:07,230 THEY'RE SAYING IT WAS EXHAUSTION NOW? 247 00:09:08,009 --> 00:09:09,090 YES, SIR, 248 00:09:09,110 --> 00:09:12,070 BUT WE CAN'T GET ANYONE TO CONFIRM IT-- HIS DOCTORS 249 00:09:12,090 --> 00:09:13,210 ARE REFERRING US BACK TO HIS OFFICE. 250 00:09:13,230 --> 00:09:17,009 ROY WAS A GREAT FRIEND, A GREAT MAN. 251 00:09:17,029 --> 00:09:19,120 IF HIS MEDICAL CONDITION PREVENTS HIM 252 00:09:19,139 --> 00:09:21,019 FROM PERFORMING HIS DUTIES AS... 253 00:09:21,039 --> 00:09:23,039 HE'S THE BEST JUDGE OF HIS CAPACITIES. 254 00:09:23,059 --> 00:09:25,009 ( Josh snorts ) 255 00:09:26,049 --> 00:09:27,129 SORRY, I JUST TOOK THESE SINUS STUFF-- 256 00:09:27,149 --> 00:09:29,190 I THINK I JUST LOST THE HEARING IN MY-MY LEFT EAR. 257 00:09:29,210 --> 00:09:31,169 ( sneezes ) OH, FOR GOD'S... 258 00:09:31,190 --> 00:09:33,149 GOD BLESS YOU. IT'S ALRIGHT, I'M NOT GETTING IT. 259 00:09:33,169 --> 00:09:35,210 I'M ACTUALLY GETTING OVER IT. I'M COMPLETELY OVER IT. 260 00:09:35,230 --> 00:09:37,190 SORRY TO BE LATE, SIR. 261 00:09:37,210 --> 00:09:38,200 SO, WHERE ARE WE? 262 00:09:38,220 --> 00:09:40,200 VERY CLOSE. $50 BILLION, 263 00:09:40,220 --> 00:09:42,149 BUT THE SPEAKER WILL ONLY GIVE US 264 00:09:42,169 --> 00:09:44,049 THE COLLEGE TUITION TAX DEDUCTION 265 00:09:44,070 --> 00:09:48,080 IF WE REDUCE CAPITAL GAINS TAXES BY 50% AND ACCEPT A 10% 266 00:09:48,100 --> 00:09:50,200 CORPORATE RATE CUT IN OUR STIMULUS PLAN. MR. PRESIDENT, 267 00:09:50,220 --> 00:09:53,120 I KNOW THIS IS PAINFUL, 268 00:09:53,139 --> 00:09:55,059 BUT IF WE OFFER TO DROP DEDUCTIBLE TUITION, 269 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:57,070 I THINK WE CAN GET THEM TO DROP CAP GAINS 270 00:09:57,090 --> 00:09:59,049 AND LEAVE OUR STIMULUS. EXCUSE ME? 271 00:09:59,070 --> 00:10:00,080 WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? 272 00:10:00,100 --> 00:10:01,179 THE PROPOSED DEDUCTION. WHEN WAS 273 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,139 TUITION PUT ON THE TABLE? IT WAS A MAJOR 274 00:10:03,159 --> 00:10:06,039 CAMPAIGN PROMISE. IT WAS ONE OF THE CENTERPIECES OF OUR RE-ELECT. 275 00:10:07,100 --> 00:10:09,159 JOSH... YOU'RE JUST GONNA SIT THERE? 276 00:10:12,179 --> 00:10:15,049 YOU GOTTA TRUST THE PERSON IN THE ROOM. 277 00:10:15,070 --> 00:10:17,159 CAN WE DO THIS, ANGELA? YES, SIR. 278 00:10:17,179 --> 00:10:19,220 WITHOUT THE DEFICIT TOPPING $200 BILLION? 279 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:21,009 MM-HMM. 280 00:10:22,149 --> 00:10:24,080 THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS ON THE TABLE. 281 00:10:24,100 --> 00:10:26,009 THANKS, EVERYONE, THAT'S IT. 282 00:10:26,149 --> 00:10:27,190 THANK YOU. 283 00:10:34,070 --> 00:10:37,220 $200 BILLION DEFICIT, AND HAFFLEY WANTS TAX CUTS. 284 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,149 TAKE AWAY A FEW ZEROS, AND HE'D PASS FOR A MOB ACCOUNTANT. 285 00:10:40,169 --> 00:10:42,029 I'M SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT, 286 00:10:42,049 --> 00:10:44,019 BUT I DON'T THINK ZOEY SHOULD DO THIS INTERVIEW. 287 00:10:44,039 --> 00:10:46,059 THE DIANE MATHERS THING AGAIN? CHARLIE GOT A PHONE CALL 288 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:47,190 FROM ONE OF MATHERS' PRODUCERS. 289 00:10:47,210 --> 00:10:49,059 THEY'VE GOT HIS STATEMENT TO THE SECRET SERVICE 290 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:50,210 ABOUT ZOEY CONSIDERING TAKING THE ECSTASY, 291 00:10:50,230 --> 00:10:52,210 I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE JEAN PAUL TELLING HIS SIDE 292 00:10:52,230 --> 00:10:54,169 OF THE STORY. ABBEY THINKS ZOEY CAN HANDLE IT. 293 00:10:54,190 --> 00:10:58,049 DIANE MATHERS IS VERY GOOD AT HER JOB. 294 00:10:58,070 --> 00:11:01,110 SIR, IF YOU WON'T LET ME CANCEL IT, AT LEAST LET ME 295 00:11:01,129 --> 00:11:03,029 GO UP THERE AND MAKE SURE SHE'S PREPARED. 296 00:11:03,049 --> 00:11:06,039 RUN SOME INTERFERENCE. 297 00:11:06,059 --> 00:11:07,149 Leo: TAKE THE EARLIEST FLIGHT 298 00:11:07,169 --> 00:11:09,220 UP TOMORROW. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 299 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,090 ( door closes ) 300 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,100 IF YOU'D LIKE, SIR, 301 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:23,049 YOU COULD TRAVEL UP WITH C.J. 302 00:11:23,070 --> 00:11:25,100 WE COULD CHECK WITH ADVANCE. AND ABBEY... 303 00:11:25,120 --> 00:11:27,009 WHO'S GONNA CHECK WITH HER? 304 00:11:28,090 --> 00:11:29,200 ON THE CHIEF JUSTICE... 305 00:11:29,220 --> 00:11:31,059 MM-HMM? THE CHIEF... 306 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,029 DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD TRY TO... YEAH. 307 00:11:34,049 --> 00:11:36,230 IT'S TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. 308 00:11:37,009 --> 00:11:38,019 LEO? 309 00:11:39,230 --> 00:11:41,110 DO IT DELICATELY. 310 00:11:47,179 --> 00:11:48,149 JOSH, 311 00:11:48,169 --> 00:11:50,179 YOU GOT A SECOND? 312 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,029 I NEED TO GET OUT A COUNTEROFFER BY THIS AFTERNOON. 313 00:11:53,049 --> 00:11:55,149 THE GUYS AT OMB SAY YOU HAVE ALL THE CURRENT BUDGET DOCS, 314 00:11:55,169 --> 00:11:56,230 TREASURY BREAKDOWNS, REVENUE FORECASTS. 315 00:11:57,009 --> 00:11:58,100 YEAH, WE STARTED A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. 316 00:11:58,120 --> 00:11:59,190 BE GREAT IF I COULD GET IT 317 00:11:59,210 --> 00:12:01,200 AND BORROW A BODY TO HELP ME SLOG THROUGH IT. 318 00:12:01,220 --> 00:12:03,190 I'VE GOT THE GOVERNORS COMING IN 319 00:12:03,210 --> 00:12:05,190 ON EMISSIONS STANDARDS, THE JAPAN TRIP... 320 00:12:05,210 --> 00:12:08,059 PAD'S AT OMB SAY THERE'S SOMEBODY NAMED DONNA, 321 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,129 KNOWS THE DOCS INSIDE OUT. 322 00:12:10,149 --> 00:12:13,009 I'D OWE YOU A HELL OF A SWORDFISH STEAK AT KINKEAD'S. 323 00:12:13,029 --> 00:12:15,039 DONNA MOSS. OKAY. SURE. 324 00:12:15,059 --> 00:12:16,200 YOU'RE A PRINCE. 325 00:12:19,049 --> 00:12:20,230 YOU LOOKING FOR ME? 326 00:12:21,009 --> 00:12:23,149 Margaret: THE LABOR-H FOLKS ARE WAITING IN THE ROOSEVELT ROOM. 327 00:12:25,220 --> 00:12:28,059 DEDUCTIBLE TUITION? WHAT'S NEXT? 328 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:30,190 WE COULD SAVE A FEW BUCKS IF WE SHUTTERED THE EAST WING, 329 00:12:30,210 --> 00:12:33,159 TURN THE SOUTH LAWN INTO THE MOTHER OF ALL GARAGE SALES. 330 00:12:33,179 --> 00:12:35,110 WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR THIRD CR. 331 00:12:35,129 --> 00:12:37,039 IT'S PROCESS, LEO. TWO MONTHS FROM NOW, 332 00:12:37,059 --> 00:12:38,200 NO ONE'LL GIVE A DAMN ABOUT CONTINUING 333 00:12:38,220 --> 00:12:41,129 RESOLUTIONS... YOU WANTED MORE RESPONSIBILITY. 334 00:12:41,149 --> 00:12:43,059 WHAT ABOUT IT? 335 00:12:43,080 --> 00:12:44,210 THE CHIEF JUSTICE. 336 00:12:44,230 --> 00:12:46,139 THE PRESIDENT KNOWS IT'S TIME. 337 00:12:51,029 --> 00:12:53,019 IT'S NOT SO SIMPLE. 338 00:12:53,039 --> 00:12:55,120 THAT'S WHY I'M GIVING IT TO YOU. 339 00:12:55,139 --> 00:12:57,100 WE CAN'T FORCE HIM TO RESIGN. 340 00:12:57,120 --> 00:12:59,149 YEAH. NO, WE CAN'T. 341 00:13:15,159 --> 00:13:17,090 HEY, JOE. 342 00:13:17,110 --> 00:13:19,090 HEY, TOBY. HOW YOU BEEN? 343 00:13:19,110 --> 00:13:20,179 GOOD. YOU? 344 00:13:20,200 --> 00:13:22,139 FINE. YOU USED TO CLERK 345 00:13:22,159 --> 00:13:24,110 FOR THE CHIEF JUSTICE. 346 00:13:24,129 --> 00:13:25,110 THAT'S INTERESTING. 347 00:13:25,129 --> 00:13:26,169 IS IT? 348 00:13:26,190 --> 00:13:28,169 I DON'T KNOW-- I MEAN, IF YOU FIND IT INTERESTING. 349 00:13:28,190 --> 00:13:30,120 IT'S JUST I'VE NEVER HEARD YOU MENTION IT. 350 00:13:30,139 --> 00:13:32,169 THE GUYS AROUND HERE WITH TWO BIT APPELLATE CLERKSHIPS 351 00:13:32,190 --> 00:13:34,080 STAPLE IT TO THEIR FOREHEADS. 352 00:13:35,070 --> 00:13:36,129 I CAN'T DO IT, TOBY. I'M SORRY. 353 00:13:36,149 --> 00:13:38,090 YOU HAVEN'T HEARD WHAT I'M GONNA SAY. 354 00:13:38,110 --> 00:13:40,220 YOU WANT ME TO DO THE APPROACH ABOUT GETTING HIM TO RESIGN. 355 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:42,169 I DIDN'T SAY THAT. I CAN DO THE MATH. 356 00:13:42,190 --> 00:13:44,019 YOU'VE GOT A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME 357 00:13:44,039 --> 00:13:45,210 TO PICK THE NEXT GUY AND GET HIM CONFIRMED 358 00:13:45,230 --> 00:13:47,049 BEFORE THE MIDTERMS POLITICIZE EVERYTHING, 359 00:13:47,070 --> 00:13:48,169 BUT I WORK FOR YOU. 360 00:13:48,190 --> 00:13:50,070 IT'S A QUESTION OF PROPRIETY. 361 00:13:50,090 --> 00:13:51,159 I SEE. DO YOU? 362 00:13:51,179 --> 00:13:53,000 THE WHITE HOUSE CAN'T BE SEEN 363 00:13:53,019 --> 00:13:54,139 AS PRESSURING A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE 364 00:13:54,159 --> 00:13:55,210 TO CHANGE HIS BREAKFAST ORDER, 365 00:13:55,230 --> 00:13:57,090 LET ALONE RESIGN. 366 00:13:57,110 --> 00:13:58,129 SEPARATION OF POWERS. 367 00:13:58,149 --> 00:14:01,000 I SEE. 368 00:14:01,019 --> 00:14:02,110 YOU SAY THAT, BUT IN A WAY 369 00:14:02,129 --> 00:14:04,049 THAT MAKES ME WONDER IF YOU REALLY DO. 370 00:14:04,070 --> 00:14:06,039 THE PRESIDENT SETS THE DIRECTION OF THE COURT. 371 00:14:06,059 --> 00:14:08,019 I'VE READ THE CONSTITUTION, TOO. HE SETS IT WHEN 372 00:14:08,039 --> 00:14:10,090 THERE'S A VACANCY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK HIM TO RESIGN, 373 00:14:10,110 --> 00:14:12,159 ONLY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE PRESIDENT. 374 00:14:12,179 --> 00:14:15,139 YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A GUY THAT STOOD UP TO SIX ADMINISTRATIONS, 375 00:14:15,159 --> 00:14:17,139 22 CONGRESSES, AND AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER, 376 00:14:17,159 --> 00:14:19,200 HAD HALF THE COUNTRY READY TO LYNCH HIM. 377 00:14:19,220 --> 00:14:22,059 YOU THINK A FORMER CLERK CAN PRY HIM LOOSE? 378 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,120 I'VE GOT A MEETING AT THE OEOB. 379 00:14:26,179 --> 00:14:28,210 WHAT AM I, CHATTEL? 380 00:14:28,230 --> 00:14:30,070 THERE'S A REQUEST FOR EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT 381 00:14:30,090 --> 00:14:32,100 ON THE BUDGET FROM ANGELA BLAKE'S OFFICE. 382 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:35,080 YEAH, I AUTHORIZED IT. 383 00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:36,149 YOU DID? 384 00:14:36,169 --> 00:14:37,200 YEAH. 385 00:14:37,220 --> 00:14:39,029 YOU KNOW, THEY'VE ALSO ASKED ME 386 00:14:39,049 --> 00:14:40,190 TO GO WITH THE FILES-- A LIVING INDEX, 387 00:14:40,210 --> 00:14:42,110 IF YOU WILL, FOR ANGELA BLAKE. 388 00:14:42,129 --> 00:14:44,179 WE CAN CALL HER ANGELA NOW. 389 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:46,159 YOU AUTHORIZED THAT, TOO? 390 00:14:46,179 --> 00:14:48,070 SURE. 391 00:14:48,090 --> 00:14:50,139 HAMURASHI EVER GET SPECIFICS... 392 00:14:50,159 --> 00:14:53,059 ON THE TRADE BILL? RIGHT HERE. 393 00:14:58,009 --> 00:14:59,090 C.J.: THE NEC CHAIR 394 00:14:59,110 --> 00:15:02,070 CAN BRIEF IN MY PLACE ON BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS, 395 00:15:02,090 --> 00:15:04,149 I NEED HHS PUBLIC AFFAIRS, 396 00:15:04,169 --> 00:15:08,009 DPC, TOBY, AND WILL TO WALK HIM THROUGH THE TALKING POINTS, 397 00:15:08,029 --> 00:15:10,009 ANY KEY DEVELOPMENTS ON THE HILL. 398 00:15:10,029 --> 00:15:11,190 I HAVE TO PHONE AP AND THE POST-- 399 00:15:11,210 --> 00:15:13,169 HEY, CHARLIE-- 'CAUSE I'M STILL PLAYING CATCH-UP 400 00:15:13,190 --> 00:15:17,149 FOR LEAKING THAT EXCLUSIVE ON DOD APPROPS TO THE TIMES. 401 00:15:19,059 --> 00:15:20,100 CAROL? 402 00:15:20,120 --> 00:15:21,169 SHE'S NOT OUT HERE. 403 00:15:21,190 --> 00:15:23,110 I WAS JUST TALKING TO... 404 00:15:24,220 --> 00:15:27,110 I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS GONNA SEE YOU AGAIN BEFORE YOU LEFT. 405 00:15:27,129 --> 00:15:29,090 CAN YOU GIVE THIS TO ZOEY? I LOVE MACY GRAY. 406 00:15:29,110 --> 00:15:32,059 ZOEY'S BEEN IN A SOLO- WHISPERY-FEMALE-ACOUSTIC KIND OF RUT RIGHT NOW. 407 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:34,100 I'M TRYING TO GET HER TO LISTEN TO SOMETHING WITH DRUMS. 408 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:35,190 HOW 'BOUT SOME JOHN PHILIP SOUSA? 409 00:15:35,210 --> 00:15:37,179 DRUMS, BUT NOT SO MUCH WITH THE BATONS. 410 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,029 YEAH. 411 00:15:39,049 --> 00:15:41,039 MY MOM USED TO WATCH DIANE MATHERS ALL THE TIME, 412 00:15:41,059 --> 00:15:43,000 YEAH? WHEN SHE HAD THAT TALK SHOW. 413 00:15:43,019 --> 00:15:45,009 SHE SEEMED NICE, SYMPATHETIC, SINCERE. 414 00:15:45,029 --> 00:15:47,100 THIS IS THE WOMAN WHO GETS DICTATORS TO CRY, 415 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,159 TALK ABOUT THEIR LOVE OF PUPPIES AND MAMA'S COOKING, 416 00:15:49,179 --> 00:15:51,120 CONFESS THEY HAD THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS BUILT 417 00:15:51,139 --> 00:15:53,080 BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET A DATE FOR THE PROM. 418 00:15:53,100 --> 00:15:55,200 ZOEY'S GONNA BE FINE, YOU KNOW. SO EVERYONE KEEPS SAYING. 419 00:15:55,220 --> 00:15:59,210 PRESIDENT HASN'T CHANGED HIS MIND ABOUT COMING? 420 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,090 NO. 421 00:16:01,110 --> 00:16:02,220 I THOUGHT HE WOULD IN THE END. 422 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,169 Angela: THEY CAME UP WITH IT IN A BAR? 423 00:16:04,190 --> 00:16:06,129 Donna: YEAH, IT WAS THAT OR THE HOPS DEDUCTION. 424 00:16:06,149 --> 00:16:07,230 THERE WAS THIS GUY NAMED MATT KELLY, 425 00:16:08,009 --> 00:16:10,000 AND HE WAS MAKING $55,000 A YEAR. 426 00:16:10,019 --> 00:16:11,139 HIS DAUGHTER GOT INTO NOTRE DAME. 427 00:16:11,159 --> 00:16:13,070 SO? 428 00:16:13,090 --> 00:16:16,000 SO THE MOVE-IT-TO-BERMUDA CORPORATION 429 00:16:16,019 --> 00:16:17,230 GETS A DEDUCTION WHEN THEY BUY OFF THEIR CEO 430 00:16:18,009 --> 00:16:19,090 FOR A HUNDRED MILLION. 431 00:16:19,110 --> 00:16:22,049 WHY NOT PASS A BREAK FOR GUYS LIKE MATT? 432 00:16:22,070 --> 00:16:24,210 YOU DON'T THINK SO? IF HIS DAUGHTER NEEDED BRACES, 433 00:16:24,230 --> 00:16:29,039 WOULD JOSH AND TOBY HAVE COME UP WITH A PLAN FOR UNIVERSAL ORTHODONTIA? 434 00:16:31,090 --> 00:16:32,149 NOT A CHANCE, HUH? 435 00:16:32,169 --> 00:16:35,049 WE CAN STILL GET TAX DEDUCTIBLE TUITION. 436 00:16:35,070 --> 00:16:36,139 WE CAN GET A LOT OF THINGS. 437 00:16:36,159 --> 00:16:38,120 YOU GOTTA GET THEM TO GIVE IT, THAT'S ALL. 438 00:16:38,139 --> 00:16:40,129 HOW DO YOU THINK WE'RE DOING? 439 00:16:42,039 --> 00:16:44,029 ME? I'M NOT THE... YOU'RE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. 440 00:16:44,049 --> 00:16:46,220 YOU PAY TAXES, CONSUME GOVERNMENT SERVICES. 441 00:16:50,139 --> 00:16:53,139 I THINK... 442 00:16:53,159 --> 00:16:56,029 OUR SIDE'S DONE A BAD JOB EXPLAINING WHY 443 00:16:56,049 --> 00:16:57,159 WHAT WE'RE FIGHTING FOR IS IMPORTANT. 444 00:16:57,179 --> 00:16:59,149 IT'S NOT ABOUT ABSTRACT PROGRAMS 445 00:16:59,169 --> 00:17:01,169 AND ENDLESS ACRONYMS, BUT REAL THINGS 446 00:17:01,190 --> 00:17:05,160 THAT AFFECT REAL PEOPLE, LIKE AFFORDING COLLEGE. 447 00:17:05,180 --> 00:17:07,200 YOU TALK TO JOSH ABOUT THAT? 448 00:17:13,140 --> 00:17:15,140 WE BOTH GOING TO THE ONDCP BRIEFING? 449 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:17,160 NO, WE'RE GOING IN HERE. 450 00:17:18,150 --> 00:17:21,049 GEE, TOBY, PEOPLE ARE GONNA TALK. 451 00:17:25,180 --> 00:17:29,089 I'M... CURIOUS. 452 00:17:30,140 --> 00:17:32,200 IT WOULDN'T BE FOR THE OBVIOUS REASON, WOULD IT? 453 00:17:32,220 --> 00:17:35,220 WHAT'S THE OBVIOUS REASON? YOU'RE A CONSERVATIVE. 454 00:17:36,000 --> 00:17:38,039 MAYBE YOU'D LOVE TO SEE HIM STAY ON THE BENCH-- 455 00:17:38,059 --> 00:17:41,000 A LIBERAL ICON REDUCED TO A QUIVERING MASS 456 00:17:41,019 --> 00:17:42,150 OF OCTOGENARIAN CONFUSION, 457 00:17:42,170 --> 00:17:44,230 HOLD ON... HANGING ON TILL HE CAN BE REPLACED 458 00:17:45,009 --> 00:17:47,059 BY A PALEO-REPUBLICAN. 459 00:17:47,079 --> 00:17:48,210 CONSTITUTION'S A LIVING DOCUMENT. 460 00:17:48,230 --> 00:17:50,170 YOU-YOU STICK TO IT LIKE IT'S A BOILERPLATE LEASE. 461 00:17:50,190 --> 00:17:52,150 YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 462 00:17:52,170 --> 00:17:54,160 OKAY. EVERY YEAR HE LIKES TO HIRE 463 00:17:54,180 --> 00:17:56,069 A CONSERVATIVE CLERK TO ARGUE WITH, 464 00:17:56,089 --> 00:18:00,029 AND ARGUING WITH HIM HELPED ME CLARIFY THE THINGS I BELIEVE IN, 465 00:18:00,049 --> 00:18:02,160 AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS AN INDEPENDENT COURT 466 00:18:02,180 --> 00:18:04,190 ABOVE PARTY OR INTEREST. 467 00:18:04,210 --> 00:18:06,170 HE HAS MEMORY LAPSES, 468 00:18:06,190 --> 00:18:09,019 DRIFTS DURING ORAL ARGUMENTS... HE HAS HIS GOOD AND BAD DAYS. 469 00:18:09,039 --> 00:18:10,170 THE ASSOCIATE JUSTICES ARE ALREADY 470 00:18:10,190 --> 00:18:13,160 POSTPONING DECISIONS, HOLDING OVER IMPORTANT CASES, 471 00:18:13,180 --> 00:18:17,029 GOING BEHIND HIS BACK TO ASSIGN OPINIONS. YOU DON'T KNOW THAT. 472 00:18:17,049 --> 00:18:18,160 YEAH, I DO! 473 00:18:18,180 --> 00:18:21,160 THERE'S NO ONE ELSE LEFT, JOE. HE'S OUTLIVED HIS WIFE, 474 00:18:21,180 --> 00:18:24,160 HIS SON SHOT DOWN OVER HANOI. I... 475 00:18:24,180 --> 00:18:26,099 IT'S JUST HIS CLERKS. CLERKS LIKE YOU. 476 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:28,109 YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING. 477 00:18:28,130 --> 00:18:29,160 LET'S GO OVER THERE TOGETHER 478 00:18:29,180 --> 00:18:31,119 RIGHT NOW, YOU AND ME. 479 00:18:33,029 --> 00:18:34,099 TO THE HOSPITAL? 480 00:18:34,119 --> 00:18:35,200 HE'LL SEE YOU. 481 00:18:35,220 --> 00:18:38,059 YOU TELL ME HE'S OKAY, AND I'LL CALL OFF 482 00:18:38,079 --> 00:18:40,019 THE VULTURES. 483 00:18:47,009 --> 00:18:49,049 ( elevator dings ) 484 00:19:00,079 --> 00:19:02,200 HEY, LISA. YOU CATCH THE NIGHT SHIFT? 485 00:19:03,170 --> 00:19:05,099 6:00 TO MIDNIGHT. 486 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,009 STEVE'S COMING IN TO HANDLE THE OVERNIGHTS. 487 00:19:10,150 --> 00:19:12,019 THIS IS TOBY ZIEGLER. 488 00:19:12,039 --> 00:19:16,119 TOBY, THIS IS LISA ZIMMER, ONE OF THE JUSTICE'S CLERKS. 489 00:19:16,140 --> 00:19:19,119 SURE, I'VE SEEN YOU ON CROSSFIRE. 490 00:19:19,140 --> 00:19:21,150 I HOPE YOU WON'T BE OFFENDED, MR. ZIEGLER, 491 00:19:21,170 --> 00:19:23,160 BUT WE'RE KEEPING IT TO FAMILY ONLY... 492 00:19:23,180 --> 00:19:25,029 YOU KNOW, FRIENDS, 493 00:19:25,049 --> 00:19:28,059 COLLEAGUES. I JUST CAME ALONG TO KEEP JOE COMPANY. 494 00:19:28,079 --> 00:19:30,059 I SAW A COFFEE CART DOWN IN THE LOBBY. 495 00:19:30,079 --> 00:19:32,029 YOU WANT ANYTHING? I'M GOOD. 496 00:19:32,049 --> 00:19:33,039 LISA? 497 00:19:33,059 --> 00:19:35,210 I'LL BE DOWNSTAIRS WHEN YOU'RE DONE. 498 00:19:42,079 --> 00:19:43,079 SO? 499 00:19:45,089 --> 00:19:46,190 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'VE TOLD YOU, 500 00:19:46,210 --> 00:19:48,109 BUT HE ALWAYS BOUNCES BACK. 501 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:52,079 JOE... 502 00:19:55,099 --> 00:19:57,079 HE ALWAYS DOES. 503 00:20:12,039 --> 00:20:13,049 SIR? 504 00:20:16,140 --> 00:20:18,130 MR. CHIEF JUSTICE? 505 00:20:54,220 --> 00:20:56,039 Toby: JOE? 506 00:20:56,059 --> 00:20:57,200 I GAVE HIM THE PRESIDENT'S REGARDS. 507 00:20:57,220 --> 00:20:59,130 AND WHAT DID HE SAY? 508 00:20:59,150 --> 00:21:00,190 HOW IS HE? 509 00:21:00,210 --> 00:21:01,220 WAS HE COHERENT? 510 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,000 YOU KNOW WHY I DIDN'T WANT IT TO SPREAD 511 00:21:04,019 --> 00:21:05,079 THAT I USED TO CLERK FOR HIM? 512 00:21:05,099 --> 00:21:07,049 BECAUSE I KNEW THAT SOMEDAY, SOMEBODY LIKE YOU 513 00:21:07,069 --> 00:21:10,069 WOULD COME TO ME AND ASK ME TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. 514 00:21:10,089 --> 00:21:11,150 SO, HE'S ALRIGHT? 515 00:21:11,170 --> 00:21:13,039 YOU GUYS, 516 00:21:13,059 --> 00:21:14,180 YOU THINK IT'S ALL A GAME. 517 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:16,109 YOU'RE TREATING THE COURT LIKE IT'S 518 00:21:16,130 --> 00:21:18,190 TAMMANY HALL GONE NATIONAL. AND YOUR SIDE DOES IT BETTER? 519 00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:20,210 PUSHING NEO-CONSERVATIVES IN SWADDLING CLOTHES, 520 00:21:20,230 --> 00:21:22,200 HOPING THEY DON'T GROW A CONSCIENCE, 521 00:21:22,220 --> 00:21:24,170 LET ALONE A MEAGER UNDERSTANDING OF JURISPRUDENCE? 522 00:21:24,190 --> 00:21:27,170 MAYBE WE COULD ALL DO IT BETTER, 523 00:21:27,190 --> 00:21:31,109 BUT THERE IS SUCH A THING CALLED JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE, 524 00:21:31,130 --> 00:21:33,000 A LIFETIME APPOINTMENT. 525 00:21:33,019 --> 00:21:36,150 HE'S STILL ALIVE, SO HE GETS TO DECIDE WHEN IT'S TIME. 526 00:21:38,089 --> 00:21:40,220 WHAT DID HE SAY... 527 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,230 OR CAN HE EVEN SPEAK? 528 00:21:44,029 --> 00:21:46,089 HE'S FINE, TOBY. 529 00:21:46,109 --> 00:21:50,049 HE WAS UP... JOKING. 530 00:21:50,069 --> 00:21:53,109 HE'LL BE BACK IN CHAMBERS IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. 531 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:47,000 HEY, HOW YOU FEELING? 532 00:22:47,019 --> 00:22:48,099 GOOD! 533 00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:50,180 THE... PRESIDENT'S OSAKA REMARKS 534 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:52,140 ON OPENING JAPAN'S MICROCHIP MARKET 535 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,019 AND COMPLAINING ABOUT AUTOS AND FLAT GLASS. 536 00:22:55,039 --> 00:22:57,109 FLAT GLASS. EXCELLENT! 537 00:22:57,130 --> 00:22:59,190 IT'S A NEW THING I'M DOING. KIND OF POSITIVE ATTITUDE THING. 538 00:22:59,210 --> 00:23:01,210 JUST THOUGHT I'D CHECK TO SEE IF YOU NEEDED ANYTHING. 539 00:23:01,230 --> 00:23:03,039 DONNA'S STILL HELPING ANGELA. 540 00:23:03,059 --> 00:23:05,079 STILL? YEAH. I GUESS THE NEGOTIATIONS 541 00:23:05,099 --> 00:23:06,230 WENT PRETTY LATE AFTER 2:00-- THEY'RE DUE 542 00:23:07,009 --> 00:23:08,160 TO RESUME IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. 543 00:23:08,180 --> 00:23:11,049 DONNA'S IN THE BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS? 544 00:23:11,069 --> 00:23:12,190 I GUESS. 545 00:23:13,089 --> 00:23:15,019 OUTSTANDING! 546 00:23:32,089 --> 00:23:34,059 HOW'S IT GOING? 547 00:23:34,079 --> 00:23:36,190 ( clears throat softly ): I THINK I'M COMING DOWN WITH SOMETHING. 548 00:23:36,210 --> 00:23:38,099 I'M SORRY. 549 00:23:38,119 --> 00:23:39,210 YOU SAY THAT, BUT IN A WAY 550 00:23:39,230 --> 00:23:42,049 THAT MAKES ME WONDER IF YOU REALLY ARE. 551 00:23:49,019 --> 00:23:53,029 I CAN STILL FEEL IT, YOU KNOW? 552 00:23:53,049 --> 00:23:56,180 THE FIRST TIME I EVER GOT CALLED INTO HIS OFFICE AND YELLED AT 553 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:02,000 ABOUT SOMETHING HE'D READ IN MY LAW REVIEW NOTE. 554 00:24:02,019 --> 00:24:04,000 HE'D READ MY LAW REVIEW NOTE. 555 00:24:06,210 --> 00:24:11,029 AND ALL I COULD THINK WAS, THIS IS THE GUY. 556 00:24:11,049 --> 00:24:14,160 HE'S WHY A COP HAS TO READ A CRIMINAL HIS RIGHTS. 557 00:24:14,180 --> 00:24:16,009 HE'S WHY A COUPLE OF MIXED RACE 558 00:24:16,029 --> 00:24:20,009 CAN GET MARRIED IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. 559 00:24:20,029 --> 00:24:21,210 I SPENT THREE NIGHTS AS A ONE-L, 560 00:24:21,230 --> 00:24:26,079 TRYING TO PICK APART HIS BAINES V. U.S. STEEL. 561 00:24:29,069 --> 00:24:31,009 I COULDN'T DO IT. 562 00:24:33,130 --> 00:24:36,200 I WAS IN A ROOM WITH ASHLAND ONCE. 563 00:24:36,220 --> 00:24:37,220 I WAS A STUDENT... 564 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:39,039 ( sniffles, clears throat ) 565 00:24:39,059 --> 00:24:41,089 AT CITY COLLEGE. 566 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,130 THE STUDENT ORGANIZING COMMITTEE GOT HIM TO GIVE A SPEECH 567 00:24:45,150 --> 00:24:49,059 ON THE HISTORY OF VOTING RIGHTS. 568 00:24:49,079 --> 00:24:52,029 WE WERE HANGING FROM THE RAFTERS. 569 00:24:52,049 --> 00:24:53,170 I TALKED TO HIM AFTER. 570 00:24:53,190 --> 00:24:56,170 I MEAN, HE WOULDN'T REMEMBER ME. 571 00:24:56,190 --> 00:24:59,109 BUT I SPENT THE NEXT SIX WEEKS ORGANIZING 572 00:24:59,130 --> 00:25:03,220 A VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE IN BED-STUY AND BENSONHURST. 573 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:09,220 YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO OUT WEST HOW THEY SAY... 574 00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,099 DON'T MISS THE GRAND CANYON-- 575 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,059 IT'S ONE OF THE FEW THINGS IN LIFE 576 00:25:13,079 --> 00:25:17,230 WHEN YOU ACTUALLY SEE IT, IT DOESN'T DISAPPOINT. 577 00:25:18,009 --> 00:25:20,089 THAT'S ROY ASHLAND. 578 00:25:25,170 --> 00:25:29,140 HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS LAST NIGHT. 579 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:33,089 NEVER CAME OUT OF IT. NEVER SAID A WORD. 580 00:25:38,170 --> 00:25:40,089 ( sighs ) 581 00:25:40,109 --> 00:25:43,190 I DON'T WANT TO SEE HIM GONE, JOE. 582 00:25:43,210 --> 00:25:46,069 I WANT NINE ASHLANDS ON THE COURT. 583 00:25:48,089 --> 00:25:49,109 I JUST... 584 00:25:51,039 --> 00:25:53,200 I JUST WISH HE WAS 40 YEARS YOUNGER. 585 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:00,190 C.J.: DIANE LIKES TO KEEP THINGS WARM, 586 00:26:00,210 --> 00:26:04,079 CASUAL, BUT SHE'LL TRY AND ZING YOU WITH SOME INDIRECT ATTRIBUTION, 587 00:26:04,099 --> 00:26:07,069 LIKE "PEOPLE SAY..." OR "THERE'S A RUMOR THAT..." 588 00:26:07,089 --> 00:26:08,200 FOR EXAMPLE? 589 00:26:08,220 --> 00:26:11,039 THERE'S A RUMOR THAT YOU'RE SEEING A THERAPIST. 590 00:26:11,059 --> 00:26:13,150 YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT. IF YOU DON'T ANSWER, 591 00:26:13,170 --> 00:26:15,180 SHE'LL JUST WAIT, LIKE AN INFINITELY FORGIVING, 592 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,039 INFINITELY COMPASSIONATE CROSS BETWEEN THE VIRGIN MARY 593 00:26:18,059 --> 00:26:19,099 AND A SCHNAUZER. 594 00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,069 Abbey: IT'S NOBODY'S BUSINESS... MOM... 595 00:26:21,089 --> 00:26:23,059 I WANNA ANSWER. 596 00:26:23,079 --> 00:26:25,000 YES, I'M SEEING A THERAPIST. 597 00:26:25,019 --> 00:26:26,079 OKAY. 598 00:26:26,099 --> 00:26:28,160 I COULDN'T HAVE DEALT WITH THIS COMPLETELY ON MY OWN, 599 00:26:28,180 --> 00:26:31,210 AND I'VE HAD LOTS OF SUPPORT FROM FRIENDS AND FAMILY, 600 00:26:31,230 --> 00:26:35,069 BUT... I ALSO NEEDED HELP. 601 00:26:37,019 --> 00:26:39,160 I'VE GOTTEN SOME, AND IT'S... 602 00:26:39,180 --> 00:26:41,200 YOU KNOW... BEEN GOOD. 603 00:26:41,220 --> 00:26:44,029 "THE HELP'S HELPED." GREAT. 604 00:26:44,049 --> 00:26:45,180 I'LL USE THAT. THANKS. 605 00:26:46,220 --> 00:26:48,079 ZOEY, WE NEED TO TAKE A MOMENT 606 00:26:48,099 --> 00:26:50,029 AND TALK ABOUT THAT NIGHT AT THE CLUB 607 00:26:50,049 --> 00:26:51,059 WITH JEAN PAUL. 608 00:26:51,079 --> 00:26:53,140 HAD YOU AGREED TO TAKE DRUGS? 609 00:27:03,220 --> 00:27:05,089 EXCUSE ME. 610 00:27:08,019 --> 00:27:09,160 WHAT'S GOING ON? 611 00:27:11,099 --> 00:27:13,029 WE HAD A BIT OF A BREAKDOWN. 612 00:27:13,049 --> 00:27:15,059 IF "BREAKDOWN" IS THE WORD. 613 00:27:15,079 --> 00:27:16,130 WORKS FOR ME. 614 00:27:16,150 --> 00:27:17,200 WHAT HAPPENED? 615 00:27:17,220 --> 00:27:19,140 THEY DON'T WANT A DEAL IS WHAT HAPPENED. 616 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:20,210 THE CAPITAL GAINS CUT. 617 00:27:20,230 --> 00:27:22,220 THEY CAME BACK AND SAID IT WAS NOT NEGOTIABLE. 618 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:24,130 THEY EVEN WANT TO MAKE IT BIGGER. 619 00:27:24,150 --> 00:27:26,009 Josh: SO, UH, WHAT NOW? 620 00:27:26,029 --> 00:27:28,019 ANOTHER CONTINUING RESOLUTION, TILL CHRISTMAS THIS TIME. 621 00:27:28,039 --> 00:27:30,150 Josh: YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING. YOU LET IT DRAG ON THAT LONG, 622 00:27:30,170 --> 00:27:32,089 THEY'LL TRY TO DEFUND THE YULE LOG. 623 00:27:32,109 --> 00:27:33,190 IT GETS BETTER-- THEY'RE NOT WILLING 624 00:27:33,210 --> 00:27:35,109 TO CONTINUE FUNDING AT THE CURRENT LEVEL. 625 00:27:35,130 --> 00:27:37,079 THEY WANT A ONE-PERCENT CUT ON EVERYTHING BUT DEFENSE 626 00:27:37,099 --> 00:27:39,009 AND HOMELAND SECURITY. HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? 627 00:27:39,029 --> 00:27:40,089 Leo: JOSH... NO, LEO, HOW IS 628 00:27:40,109 --> 00:27:41,170 THIS ACCEPTABLE? HAFFLEY'S NOT 629 00:27:41,190 --> 00:27:42,160 THE PRIME MINISTER. 630 00:27:42,180 --> 00:27:43,210 YOU TAKE THIS TO THE PRESIDENT, 631 00:27:43,230 --> 00:27:45,109 YOU KNOW WHAT HE'LL SAY? HE'LL SAY YES. 632 00:27:45,130 --> 00:27:48,009 HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT? TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, TO MAKE SURE 633 00:27:48,029 --> 00:27:49,220 A COUPLE OF MILLION GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES KEEP GETTING PAID. 634 00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:51,190 IT'S TWO MORE MONTHS. THIS ISN'T GOVERNING. 635 00:27:51,210 --> 00:27:53,160 IT'S DUCK-AND-COVER. 636 00:27:53,180 --> 00:27:55,130 HE'LL SAY THAT, TOO. 637 00:28:06,029 --> 00:28:07,160 Josh: AT LEAST BE... 638 00:28:07,180 --> 00:28:08,150 WHAT? 639 00:28:08,170 --> 00:28:11,099 I DON'T KNOW. EMBARRASSED. 640 00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:13,089 Donna: IT WASN'T HER. 641 00:28:13,109 --> 00:28:15,019 WHAT? 642 00:28:15,039 --> 00:28:17,099 YOU KNOW THE HAND SHE WAS DEALT. 643 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,069 YOU SAYING IT WAS ME? 644 00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:25,089 NO. I'M SAYING WE MAY HAVE WON IN A LANDSLIDE, 645 00:28:25,109 --> 00:28:27,049 BUT WE DIDN'T TAKE CONGRESS WITH US. 646 00:28:27,069 --> 00:28:29,200 AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE NOT TAKING THE COUNTRY WITH US, 647 00:28:29,220 --> 00:28:32,079 AND THE OTHER GUYS KNOW IT. 648 00:28:35,029 --> 00:28:37,099 I'VE GOTTA GET BACK TO WORK. 649 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,069 IT'S NICE WHEN YOU MAKE NEW FRIENDS. 650 00:28:46,089 --> 00:28:48,109 YOU KNOW ALL THIS TIME SHE'S BEEN FIGHTING FOR YOU-- 651 00:28:48,130 --> 00:28:50,150 FOR YOU AND YOUR PLAN TO SEND EVERYONE TO COLLEGE. 652 00:28:50,170 --> 00:28:51,170 IT'S NOT A BAD PLAN. 653 00:28:51,190 --> 00:28:53,029 NO. THEY DIDN'T THINK SO, EITHER. 654 00:28:53,049 --> 00:28:55,059 I EVEN THINK THEY WANTED TO GO ALONG WITH IT, 655 00:28:55,079 --> 00:28:56,140 RUN ADS THEY VOTED FOR IT. 656 00:28:56,160 --> 00:28:59,150 BUT WE'D HAVE HAD TO SQUEEZE MEDICAID, THE EITC. 657 00:28:59,170 --> 00:29:01,160 POOR PEOPLE PAYING FOR COLLEGE KIDS AND WALL STREET. 658 00:29:01,180 --> 00:29:04,220 I DON'T THINK JED BARTLET WOULD SIGN OFF ON THAT. 659 00:29:07,009 --> 00:29:10,019 I GOT YOU TILL CHRISTMAS. 660 00:29:10,039 --> 00:29:12,079 ( door opens ) 661 00:29:24,059 --> 00:29:25,059 SIR? 662 00:29:31,069 --> 00:29:34,019 MR. QUINCY. 663 00:29:34,039 --> 00:29:36,190 ( sighs ) 664 00:29:36,210 --> 00:29:40,220 BACK TO ARGUE MIMOUD... 665 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,000 V. TRANSPORTATION 666 00:29:43,019 --> 00:29:43,230 SECURITY. 667 00:29:44,009 --> 00:29:46,079 SUSPECT CLASS, STRICT SCRUTINY. 668 00:29:46,099 --> 00:29:50,230 NO, NO, NO, YOU WORK FOR THE PRESIDENT NOW. 669 00:29:51,009 --> 00:29:54,160 IT'D BE EX PARTE. I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU 670 00:29:54,180 --> 00:29:56,059 DOING BETTER, SIR. 671 00:29:57,140 --> 00:30:00,089 THIS JUST A... SOCIAL VISIT? 672 00:30:01,150 --> 00:30:04,130 NO, SIR, IT'S NOT. 673 00:30:04,150 --> 00:30:06,099 THE PRESIDENT SENT YOU? 674 00:30:07,230 --> 00:30:09,180 YES, SIR, HE DID. 675 00:30:11,059 --> 00:30:13,119 I THINK IT'S TIME WE CALLED EACH OTHER 676 00:30:13,140 --> 00:30:17,180 BY... OUR FIRST NAMES... 677 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:19,230 JOE. 678 00:30:20,009 --> 00:30:21,130 DON'T YOU? 679 00:30:22,059 --> 00:30:24,160 YES, SIR... 680 00:30:24,180 --> 00:30:26,019 MR. CHIEF JUSTICE. 681 00:30:26,039 --> 00:30:27,170 ( laughs weakly ) 682 00:30:52,190 --> 00:30:54,079 NOW WHAT? 683 00:30:54,099 --> 00:30:58,019 ANOTHER CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO TAKE US THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS. 684 00:30:58,039 --> 00:31:00,069 SO NOW WE WON'T HAVE A BUDGET 685 00:31:00,089 --> 00:31:03,170 UNTIL WE'RE UP AGAINST THE STATE OF THE UNION? 686 00:31:06,170 --> 00:31:08,019 ANYTHING ON ASHLAND? 687 00:31:08,039 --> 00:31:10,079 HE'S COMING OVER TO SEE THE PRESIDENT. 688 00:31:10,099 --> 00:31:13,019 WHEN? NOW. 689 00:31:13,039 --> 00:31:14,059 YOU'RE KIDDING. 690 00:31:14,079 --> 00:31:16,019 I JUST GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH JOE QUINCY. 691 00:31:16,039 --> 00:31:18,109 Margaret: PRESIDENT'S READY. 692 00:31:20,029 --> 00:31:22,059 WELL, THAT'S GREAT. 693 00:31:25,069 --> 00:31:27,029 LEO. 694 00:31:27,049 --> 00:31:30,019 WE GAVE AWAY COLLEGE TUITION FOR NOTHING. 695 00:31:31,049 --> 00:31:34,150 GOOD WORK ON THE CHIEF JUSTICE. 696 00:31:37,009 --> 00:31:38,019 ( door closes ) 697 00:31:38,039 --> 00:31:39,150 Zoey: I DON'T THINK ANYONE 698 00:31:39,170 --> 00:31:43,190 SHOULD TRY AND GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS ALONE. 699 00:31:43,210 --> 00:31:46,029 AND HAS IT HELPED? 700 00:31:46,049 --> 00:31:48,029 YES. 701 00:31:48,049 --> 00:31:50,140 THE HELP'S HELPED. 702 00:31:50,160 --> 00:31:51,220 A LOT. 703 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,019 I THINK WE CAN ALL SEE THAT. 704 00:31:54,039 --> 00:31:57,069 GOOD. I'M GLAD. 705 00:31:57,089 --> 00:32:02,000 Diane: ZOEY, I KNOW THIS WILL BE DIFFICULT... 706 00:32:02,019 --> 00:32:04,000 BUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT AT THE CLUB 707 00:32:04,019 --> 00:32:06,059 WITH JEAN PAUL AND THE ECSTASY? 708 00:32:06,079 --> 00:32:07,109 NOW, HE SAYS THAT YOU... 709 00:32:07,130 --> 00:32:08,180 Zoey: I KNOW WHAT HE SAYS. 710 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,000 Diane: YOU SOUND ANGRY. 711 00:32:10,019 --> 00:32:11,089 Zoey: I AM ANGRY. 712 00:32:11,109 --> 00:32:13,079 AND THE ONLY THING I CAN DO, 713 00:32:13,099 --> 00:32:15,099 THE ONLY THING ANY OF US CAN DO, 714 00:32:15,119 --> 00:32:17,089 IS TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO US 715 00:32:17,109 --> 00:32:21,079 AND TRY TO FIND A WAY TO LIVE WITH THE SHAME AND... 716 00:32:21,099 --> 00:32:26,029 SELF-DOUBT THAT COMES FROM HAVING TRUSTED SOMEONE 717 00:32:26,049 --> 00:32:28,019 WHO THEN BETRAYED YOU. 718 00:32:28,039 --> 00:32:29,180 Diane: IS THERE ANYTHING 719 00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:32,029 YOU'D LIKE TO SAY TO JEAN PAUL IF YOU HAD THE...? 720 00:32:32,049 --> 00:32:33,119 ZOEY: OH, NO. 721 00:32:33,140 --> 00:32:35,230 Diane: I THINK ALL OF US CAN UNDERSTAND. 722 00:32:36,009 --> 00:32:37,049 Zoey: THANKS. 723 00:32:37,069 --> 00:32:38,150 ( whispers ): HOW MUCH LONGER? 724 00:32:38,170 --> 00:32:41,000 SHE'LL BE WRAPPING UP. THAT WAS HER BIG GUN. 725 00:32:41,019 --> 00:32:44,000 THANK YOU. SHE DID WELL. YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. 726 00:32:44,019 --> 00:32:45,140 YOU, TOO. 727 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,130 IT'S WHAT SHE NEEDED, TIME UP HERE. 728 00:32:47,150 --> 00:32:49,150 I MEANT, YOU'VE RAISED A REMARKABLE YOUNG WOMAN. 729 00:32:49,170 --> 00:32:50,140 OH... 730 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,190 SHE WAS ALWAYS JED'S LITTLE GIRL. 731 00:32:54,029 --> 00:32:56,069 MRS. BARTLET... 732 00:32:56,089 --> 00:32:59,119 MAY I SAY... WE MISS YOU. 733 00:32:59,140 --> 00:33:01,170 THAT'S VERY KIND. 734 00:33:01,190 --> 00:33:04,180 PLEASE DON'T BE OFFENDED IF I SAY I DON'T MISS YOU. ( laughs) 735 00:33:07,210 --> 00:33:09,009 IT'S BEEN VERY BUSY-- 736 00:33:09,029 --> 00:33:11,089 THE BUDGET, JAPAN IN A FEW WEEKS, 737 00:33:11,109 --> 00:33:13,130 AND THE CHIEF JUSTICE... 738 00:33:13,150 --> 00:33:15,039 WE GET NEWSPAPERS UP HERE, C.J. 739 00:33:15,059 --> 00:33:18,099 YOU DON'T HAVE TO APOLOGIZE FOR HIM NOT COMING. 740 00:33:18,119 --> 00:33:20,190 I ASKED HIM NOT TO. 741 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:24,119 ( thunder crashes in distance ) 742 00:33:26,099 --> 00:33:29,119 ( thunder crashes in distance ) 743 00:34:13,010 --> 00:34:14,230 HE'S JUST GETTING OFF THE PHONE WITH HIS DAUGHTER. 744 00:34:15,010 --> 00:34:17,170 I'LL LET HIM KNOW YOU'RE HERE, SIR. 745 00:34:23,050 --> 00:34:24,059 PLEASE. 746 00:34:25,210 --> 00:34:27,079 OH, NO. 747 00:34:28,190 --> 00:34:30,079 I CAN WALK. 748 00:34:30,099 --> 00:34:32,199 ( footrests clanking ) 749 00:34:40,179 --> 00:34:42,199 MR. CHIEF JUSTICE. 750 00:35:00,190 --> 00:35:02,050 THANK YOU. 751 00:35:02,070 --> 00:35:03,210 I DIDN'T DO IT FOR YOU. 752 00:35:03,230 --> 00:35:06,139 ( thunder crashes ) 753 00:35:11,199 --> 00:35:12,210 CHIEF. 754 00:35:15,019 --> 00:35:18,119 MY GOD, JED, YOU LOOK TERRIBLE. 755 00:35:18,139 --> 00:35:21,190 YES, WELL, THERE'S SOMETHING GOING AROUND. 756 00:35:21,210 --> 00:35:24,150 OH. YEAH. 757 00:35:36,110 --> 00:35:40,030 I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU DOING SO WELL, SIR. 758 00:35:40,050 --> 00:35:41,119 ARE YOU? 759 00:35:41,139 --> 00:35:43,079 YES, I AM. 760 00:35:44,159 --> 00:35:46,110 CAN YOU DO IT? 761 00:35:47,059 --> 00:35:49,070 I DON'T WANT TO, 762 00:35:49,090 --> 00:35:52,059 BUT IF IT'S TIME, IF YOUR CONDITION WARRANTS. 763 00:35:52,079 --> 00:35:55,199 WHO WOULD YOU GET TO... REPLACE ME? 764 00:35:55,219 --> 00:35:58,210 I'D HOPE TO CONSULT WITH YOU. 765 00:36:00,219 --> 00:36:02,050 HOLMES. 766 00:36:02,070 --> 00:36:03,179 HOLMES? 767 00:36:03,199 --> 00:36:05,130 OLIVER WENDELL. 768 00:36:05,150 --> 00:36:06,130 MARSHALL. 769 00:36:06,150 --> 00:36:09,039 JOHN OR THURGOOD, EITHER ONE. 770 00:36:09,059 --> 00:36:11,219 I WANT BRANDEIS... 771 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:13,199 BLACKMUN... 772 00:36:13,219 --> 00:36:16,199 DOUGLAS... 773 00:36:16,219 --> 00:36:19,059 BUT YOU CAN'T GET THEM, CAN YOU? 774 00:36:19,079 --> 00:36:22,150 BECAUSE IT'S ALL COMPROMISES NOW. 775 00:36:22,170 --> 00:36:24,070 THE ONES WHO... 776 00:36:24,090 --> 00:36:27,039 HAVE NO RECORD OF... 777 00:36:27,059 --> 00:36:29,150 SCHOLARSHIP... 778 00:36:29,170 --> 00:36:32,099 NO BODY OF... OPINIONS, 779 00:36:32,119 --> 00:36:34,059 NOTHING YOU CAN HOLD THEM TO, 780 00:36:34,079 --> 00:36:36,059 THAT'S WHO THEY'LL CONFIRM. 781 00:36:36,079 --> 00:36:38,190 RAGING MEDIOCRITIES. 782 00:36:38,210 --> 00:36:43,150 THE OTHER EIGHT ARE PREPARING TO TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU, ROY. 783 00:36:43,170 --> 00:36:47,019 HOLDING OVER CASES, THE MAJOR DECISIONS. 784 00:36:47,039 --> 00:36:50,179 HOW LONG CAN THE COUNTRY WAIT? 785 00:36:50,199 --> 00:36:55,110 MY CLERKS ARE PREPARING A BRIEF. 786 00:36:55,130 --> 00:36:58,179 THERE'S AN ARAB-AMERICAN MAN-- 787 00:36:58,199 --> 00:37:00,219 MIMOUD. 788 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:02,110 GRABBED OUT OF A LINE 789 00:37:02,130 --> 00:37:05,070 AT THE AIRPORT. 790 00:37:05,090 --> 00:37:06,139 WHAT'S NEXT? 791 00:37:06,159 --> 00:37:09,079 TRIBUNALS? IDENTITY CARDS? 792 00:37:09,099 --> 00:37:11,079 BAR CODES TATTOOED 793 00:37:11,099 --> 00:37:12,170 ON OUR FOREARMS? 794 00:37:12,190 --> 00:37:14,030 THEN GIVE ME A NAME. 795 00:37:14,050 --> 00:37:17,170 DANIEL ROBINOV, NEW YORK STATE SUPREME COURT. 796 00:37:17,190 --> 00:37:21,190 SUSAN BENGALLI, NINTH CIRCUIT. 797 00:37:23,170 --> 00:37:26,190 BUT THEY WON'T CONFIRM THEM, WILL THEY? 798 00:37:26,210 --> 00:37:29,019 ( chuckles ) 799 00:37:29,039 --> 00:37:34,010 I HAVE GOOD DAYS AND BAD, 800 00:37:34,030 --> 00:37:38,190 BUT ON MY WORST DAY, I AM BETTER 801 00:37:38,210 --> 00:37:42,010 THAN THE AMPED-UP AMBULANCE CHASERS 802 00:37:42,030 --> 00:37:44,230 YOU COULD GET CONFIRMED BY THIS SENATE. 803 00:37:45,010 --> 00:37:46,230 YOU CAN'T DO IT, JED. 804 00:37:47,010 --> 00:37:49,159 YOU'RE NOT STRONG ENOUGH. 805 00:37:49,179 --> 00:37:52,039 THE SPEAKER'S RUNNING THE TABLE, 806 00:37:52,059 --> 00:37:55,139 AND I CAN'T TAKE A CHANCE. 807 00:37:57,150 --> 00:37:59,050 ( thunder crashes ) 808 00:38:01,199 --> 00:38:03,079 THEY'RE HERE. 809 00:38:41,150 --> 00:38:43,179 THEY ALL HERE? YEAH. 810 00:38:48,099 --> 00:38:49,099 GO. 811 00:38:50,230 --> 00:38:52,090 GO. 812 00:38:54,230 --> 00:38:56,130 ( thunder crashes ) 813 00:38:59,139 --> 00:39:01,110 MR. SPEAKER... WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT, HUH? 814 00:39:01,130 --> 00:39:02,170 MR. VICE-PRESIDENT. 815 00:39:02,190 --> 00:39:04,059 PRESIDENT'S FINISHING UP A MEETING. 816 00:39:04,079 --> 00:39:05,199 HE'LL BE RIGHT IN. 817 00:39:06,210 --> 00:39:08,119 ANY WORD ON THE CHIEF JUSTICE? 818 00:39:08,139 --> 00:39:10,019 THAT'S THE MEETING. 819 00:39:11,139 --> 00:39:12,179 HE'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE? 820 00:39:12,199 --> 00:39:14,219 CAME STRAIGHT FROM HIS ADJUSTABLE BED. 821 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,110 MAN'S A FORCE OF NATURE. 822 00:39:23,039 --> 00:39:25,010 HELLO. 823 00:39:25,030 --> 00:39:27,010 BOB. MR. PRESIDENT. 824 00:39:30,119 --> 00:39:31,050 MR. SPEAKER, 825 00:39:31,070 --> 00:39:32,090 SENATOR... 826 00:39:32,110 --> 00:39:34,050 Royce: I WANT TO THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, 827 00:39:34,070 --> 00:39:36,099 ON BEHALF OF MY COLLEAGUES. 828 00:39:36,119 --> 00:39:39,110 NONE OF US THINK THIS IS A PERFECT DEAL. 829 00:39:39,130 --> 00:39:40,179 NO ONE LIKES TO SEE 830 00:39:40,199 --> 00:39:42,010 THE SAUSAGE MADE, 831 00:39:42,030 --> 00:39:44,000 INCLUDING THE GUYS WHO MAKE IT. 832 00:39:44,019 --> 00:39:47,110 BUT THIS IS AN EXPRESSION OF-OF WILLINGNESS BY BOTH SIDES 833 00:39:47,130 --> 00:39:48,130 TO KEEP ALL AVENUES OPEN 834 00:39:48,150 --> 00:39:50,170 TO AN EVENTUAL RESOLUTION. 835 00:39:50,190 --> 00:39:52,010 YES. THANKS, ROBERT. 836 00:39:52,030 --> 00:39:53,170 AND THANKS FOR SAYING IT THIS TIME. 837 00:39:53,190 --> 00:39:56,110 I THINK I HAD TO MAKE THAT LITTLE SPEECH THE LAST TIME AROUND. 838 00:39:56,130 --> 00:39:57,119 ( chuckling ) 839 00:39:57,139 --> 00:39:59,150 OR MAYBE THE TIME BEFORE. 840 00:39:59,170 --> 00:40:01,179 THIS IS OUR THIRD CR, OUR THIRD TIME 841 00:40:01,199 --> 00:40:03,230 COMING UP SHORT. WE GOTTA DO BETTER. 842 00:40:04,010 --> 00:40:06,059 THE PEOPLE AREN'T PAYING US TO DUCK THE HARD CHOICES. 843 00:40:06,079 --> 00:40:08,000 YOU WANNA RUN THROUGH THE DETAILS, ANGELA? 844 00:40:08,019 --> 00:40:09,090 Angela: AN ACT OF CONGRESS, 845 00:40:09,110 --> 00:40:11,230 A CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO EXTEND NO LATER 846 00:40:12,010 --> 00:40:13,050 THAN JANUARY 3, 847 00:40:13,070 --> 00:40:14,179 MIDNIGHT, TO INCLUDE A REDUCTION 848 00:40:14,199 --> 00:40:16,010 BY ONE PERCENT... 849 00:40:16,030 --> 00:40:17,070 Haffley: EXCUSE ME, MR. PRESIDENT, 850 00:40:17,090 --> 00:40:18,199 I'M SORRY, THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE. 851 00:40:18,219 --> 00:40:21,190 I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT A ONE PERCENT CUT. 852 00:40:21,210 --> 00:40:23,199 IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE THREE. 853 00:40:23,219 --> 00:40:26,019 Angela: MR. SPEAKER, NOTHING LIKE THIS 854 00:40:26,039 --> 00:40:28,130 WAS EVEN MENTIONED, MUCH LESS... HOLD ON. 855 00:40:28,150 --> 00:40:30,070 Haffley: I'M SORRY WE COULDN'T GIVE MORE NOTICE, 856 00:40:30,090 --> 00:40:31,190 BUT WE JUST CAME FROM OUR CONFERENCE, 857 00:40:31,210 --> 00:40:35,079 AND I HAD SIGNIFICANT OPPOSITION TO ONLY ONE PERCENT. 858 00:40:35,099 --> 00:40:39,119 ONLY ONE PERCENT. YES, SIR. 859 00:40:39,139 --> 00:40:41,110 WE HAD A DEAL AT ONE PERCENT. 860 00:40:41,130 --> 00:40:43,159 BUT NOW MY MEMBERS HAVE TO GO BACK TO THEIR DISTRICTS 861 00:40:43,179 --> 00:40:46,159 FOR THE HOLIDAYS, EXPLAIN WHY WE KEPT THE GRAVY TRAIN RUNNING 862 00:40:46,179 --> 00:40:49,199 WITH A RISING DEFICIT AND AN ECONOMY CRYING OUT FOR TAX RELIEF. 863 00:40:49,219 --> 00:40:52,050 IT'S AN ECONOMIC SITUATION THAT CALLS FOR ACTION, 864 00:40:52,070 --> 00:40:54,030 NOT STATUS QUO SPENDING. 865 00:40:54,050 --> 00:40:57,139 NOW, THREE PERCENT MAY SOUND PAINFUL, BUT IT'S ONLY FOR TWO MONTHS. 866 00:40:57,159 --> 00:40:59,000 IT'LL SHOW WE'RE SERIOUS. 867 00:40:59,019 --> 00:41:00,110 ( thunder crashes in distance ) 868 00:41:02,179 --> 00:41:05,190 WHAT'S NEXT? SIR? 869 00:41:06,230 --> 00:41:08,010 IN TWO MONTHS? 870 00:41:08,030 --> 00:41:10,159 FIVE PERCENT? 50? 871 00:41:10,179 --> 00:41:13,139 HOW MANY ROUNDS DO WE GO, JEFF? 872 00:41:13,159 --> 00:41:14,179 I'M JUST ASKING. 873 00:41:17,030 --> 00:41:19,170 THERE IS NO NEXT, SIR. 874 00:41:19,190 --> 00:41:21,090 I MEAN, NOT TO GET TOO TECHNICAL, 875 00:41:21,110 --> 00:41:24,130 BUT THIS GOVERNMENT RUNS OUT OF MONEY AT MIDNIGHT, 876 00:41:24,150 --> 00:41:27,119 AND MY GUYS HAVE GONE HOME. 877 00:41:27,139 --> 00:41:28,159 THIS IS IT. 878 00:41:37,119 --> 00:41:38,130 NO. 879 00:41:41,070 --> 00:41:43,150 THERE IS NO ALTERING THIS OFFER, MR. PRESIDENT. 880 00:41:51,170 --> 00:41:53,050 AND I SAID "NO." 881 00:42:02,079 --> 00:42:05,139 LET'S BE CLEAR, SIR. 882 00:42:05,159 --> 00:42:08,039 WE CANNOT... 883 00:42:08,059 --> 00:42:09,079 WE WILL NOT VOTE 884 00:42:09,099 --> 00:42:12,059 TO KEEP ON FOOTING THE BILL. 885 00:42:12,079 --> 00:42:13,150 YOU WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE 886 00:42:13,170 --> 00:42:16,219 FOR SHUTTING DOWN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 887 00:42:21,019 --> 00:42:22,139 THEN SHUT IT DOWN.