1 00:00:05,190 --> 00:00:07,030 PREVIOUSLY ON THE WEST WING... 2 00:00:07,049 --> 00:00:09,029 SET ME A MEETING WITH THE JUDICIARY CHIEF OF STAFF. 3 00:00:09,050 --> 00:00:10,220 LISA WOLFE? WE'RE GONNA PUT BUTTS IN SEATS. 4 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:12,050 I'M PACKING THE COURT. 5 00:00:12,070 --> 00:00:14,130 I'M A REPUBLICAN, AND I'VE SPENT EVERY DAY 6 00:00:14,150 --> 00:00:16,210 OF THE PAST FIVE YEARS WONDERING WHETHER JUDGES 7 00:00:16,230 --> 00:00:19,140 SHOULDN'T BE APPOINTED BY EXECUTIVE DECREE. 8 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,000 THERE'S NOTHING I TAKE MORE SERIOUSLY 9 00:00:21,019 --> 00:00:22,160 THAN GETTING JUDGES ON THE FEDERAL BENCH. 10 00:00:22,179 --> 00:00:24,070 HOW ABOUT GETTING JUDGES ON THE SUPREME COURT? 11 00:00:24,089 --> 00:00:26,039 WE LOST A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. 12 00:00:26,059 --> 00:00:27,179 JUSTICE ASHLAND'S DEAD? 13 00:00:27,199 --> 00:00:28,170 JUSTICE BRADY, 14 00:00:28,190 --> 00:00:31,000 OWEN BRADY, HEART ATTACK. 15 00:00:31,019 --> 00:00:34,079 ON MY WORST DAY, I AM BETTER 16 00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:36,039 THAN THE AMBULANCE CHASERS 17 00:00:36,060 --> 00:00:38,189 YOU COULD GET CONFIRMED BY THIS SENATE. 18 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:42,070 ( TV broadcast plays ) 19 00:00:42,090 --> 00:00:43,189 Donna: TOMMY AT JUSTICE. 20 00:00:43,210 --> 00:00:46,219 COVITZ AT JUSTICE. CITIZENS FOR A STRONG AMERICA. 21 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,109 ARCHBISHOP GAUDIO. ARCHBISHOP RUMMEL. 22 00:00:49,130 --> 00:00:50,210 Josh ( over phone ): WHAT? 23 00:00:50,229 --> 00:00:53,140 RUMMEL... OF NEW YORK. MAN OF GOD. 24 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:55,100 I CAN'T HEAR A DAMN... 25 00:00:55,119 --> 00:00:57,079 ( sighs ): EXCUSE ME, PLEASE. 26 00:00:57,100 --> 00:00:58,079 THANK YOU. 27 00:00:58,100 --> 00:00:59,170 ( shouting ) 28 00:00:59,189 --> 00:01:01,090 HOW ARE THESE PEOPLE UP SO EARLY? 29 00:01:01,109 --> 00:01:03,229 IT'S A SUPREME COURT SEAT. THEY HAD SIGN-PAINTING PARTIES 30 00:01:04,010 --> 00:01:05,230 THE SECOND JUSTICE BRADY DROPPED DEAD. 31 00:01:06,010 --> 00:01:09,069 COUNSEL SENT A NEW LIST, SAID BURN THE OLD LIST. 32 00:01:09,090 --> 00:01:11,030 LISTEN TO THIS... 33 00:01:11,049 --> 00:01:13,109 "THEY CAVALIERLY SACRIFICE 34 00:01:13,129 --> 00:01:16,150 "THE UNBORN INNOCENTS, AND BECKON, ARMS AKIMBO, 35 00:01:16,170 --> 00:01:20,200 THE REAPER, THE HORSEMEN, THE APOCALYPTIC END." 36 00:01:20,219 --> 00:01:24,049 AKIMBO'S A WORD YOU WISH GOT USED MORE. 37 00:01:24,069 --> 00:01:26,109 THERE'S SOMEONE OUT THERE SELLING 38 00:01:26,129 --> 00:01:30,129 "WHO WOULD JESUS NOMINATE?" T-SHIR... 39 00:01:30,150 --> 00:01:33,060 THEY'RE IN LEO'S. THEY JUST STARTED. 40 00:01:33,079 --> 00:01:34,189 YOU WANT THIS? 41 00:01:34,210 --> 00:01:35,200 YOU DON'T LIKE IT? 42 00:01:35,219 --> 00:01:37,039 NOT REALLY. 43 00:01:37,060 --> 00:01:38,210 SORRY I'M LATE. 44 00:01:38,229 --> 00:01:40,180 Leo: DEM LEADERSHIP'S IN WITH THE PRESIDENT. 45 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:42,020 THEY GIVING US MORE NAMES? 46 00:01:42,039 --> 00:01:43,129 I'M SURE THEY ARE. 47 00:01:43,150 --> 00:01:46,120 WE NEED A SHORT LIST BY THE END OF THE WEEK. 48 00:01:46,140 --> 00:01:48,109 YOUR SCHEDULE. 49 00:01:48,129 --> 00:01:49,159 YOUR SCHEDULE... 50 00:01:49,180 --> 00:01:51,120 MINE... KEEP 'EM QUICK. 51 00:01:51,140 --> 00:01:53,049 YOU GOT THREE JUDGES AN HOUR. 52 00:01:53,069 --> 00:01:55,079 WHO HAS AUSTIN GIRELLI FROM CONNECTICUT? 53 00:01:55,099 --> 00:01:56,140 ME. ACLU CALLED ABOUT HIM. 54 00:01:56,159 --> 00:01:58,039 I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE A PROBLEM, 55 00:01:58,060 --> 00:02:00,109 BUT ASK HIM ABOUT THAT MIGRANT WORKERS THING HE WROTE. 56 00:02:00,129 --> 00:02:01,200 WHY ISN'T HASKINS ON HERE? 57 00:02:01,219 --> 00:02:03,129 HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH HIS CLERK. 58 00:02:03,150 --> 00:02:05,189 TOBY, DUBAR ON LINE TWO. 59 00:02:05,209 --> 00:02:07,230 ( Leo speaks indistinctly ) 60 00:02:08,009 --> 00:02:09,210 C.J.: HERE'S BERNSTEIN. AND THIS IS... 61 00:02:09,229 --> 00:02:13,000 SENATOR? YES, SENATOR. 62 00:02:13,020 --> 00:02:14,099 NO, WE'RE NOT HAVING A PARTY 63 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,020 OVER THE DEATH OF A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE. 64 00:02:16,039 --> 00:02:18,039 WELL, NOT A BIG PARTY. Josh: EVELYN BAKER LANG? 65 00:02:18,060 --> 00:02:20,110 FOURTH CIRCUIT. ISN'T SHE KIND OF A LEFTY? 66 00:02:20,129 --> 00:02:22,050 DECOY DUCK. AND DON'T DO IT IN YOUR OFFICE. 67 00:02:22,069 --> 00:02:24,009 DO IT SOMEPLACE WHERE THE PRESS CAN SEE HER. 68 00:02:24,030 --> 00:02:26,030 WE WANT THE LEFT FLANK SUFFICIENTLY MOLLIFIED THANK YOU, SENATOR. 69 00:02:26,050 --> 00:02:27,189 AND THE RIGHT FLANK SUFFICIENTLY PANICKED YEAH. 70 00:02:27,210 --> 00:02:30,210 SO AS TO INSPIRE A LITTLE CONCILIATION ON ALL FLANKS. 71 00:02:30,229 --> 00:02:32,050 LANG SHOULD DO THE TRICK. 72 00:02:32,069 --> 00:02:33,159 PUT FRED CANTERBURY DOWN ON SOME LIST 73 00:02:33,180 --> 00:02:34,199 OF PEOPLE WE'LL NEVER CONSIDER. 74 00:02:34,219 --> 00:02:36,170 BAKER LANG'S JUST WITH JOSH? 75 00:02:36,189 --> 00:02:39,009 YOU WANT TOBY? IT'LL LOOK MORE LIKE WE'RE TAKING HER SERIOUSLY. 76 00:02:39,030 --> 00:02:42,009 TOBY, EVELYN BAKER LANG'LL BE YOUR 8:45 WITH JOSH. 77 00:02:42,030 --> 00:02:43,090 LET'S GO, PEOPLE. 78 00:02:43,110 --> 00:02:45,069 FIRST ONE TO FIND ME A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE 79 00:02:45,090 --> 00:02:48,079 GETS A FREE CORNED BEEF SANDWICH. 80 00:02:48,099 --> 00:02:51,020 OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE IMPRESSED WITH YOUR RECORD. 81 00:02:51,039 --> 00:02:53,099 YOUR WORK ON THE 14TH AMENDMENT, IN PARTICULAR, 82 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,009 IS THE STUFF THAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF. 83 00:02:55,030 --> 00:02:56,050 BUT BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE, 84 00:02:56,069 --> 00:02:58,060 WE WANT TO GAUGE YOUR INTEREST LEVEL. 85 00:02:58,079 --> 00:02:59,219 THIS WOULD CERTAINLY BE A LIFESTYLE SH... 86 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:03,180 WE CAN JUST CHAT. I'M SORRY? 87 00:03:03,199 --> 00:03:05,180 I HEAR YOU REALLY WENT TO BAT FOR ERIC HAYDEN. 88 00:03:05,199 --> 00:03:07,219 I WISH WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIM CONFIRMED. 89 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:09,099 JUDGE LANG, IF THE PRESIDENT WERE TO...? 90 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:10,180 IS HE STILL TEACHING? 91 00:03:10,199 --> 00:03:12,080 ERIC? YEAH. 92 00:03:12,099 --> 00:03:15,090 UM, AGAIN, IF WE... A CONSERVATIVE ANCHOR OF THE COURT 93 00:03:15,110 --> 00:03:16,129 HAS JUST DIED-- 94 00:03:16,150 --> 00:03:18,180 A YOUNG, BRILLIANT THINKER, 95 00:03:18,199 --> 00:03:20,079 WHO BROUGHT THE RIGHT OUT OF THE CLOSET 96 00:03:20,099 --> 00:03:22,180 AND CHAMPIONED A WHOLE CONSERVATIVE REVIVAL. 97 00:03:22,199 --> 00:03:25,039 YOU CANNOT REPLACE OWEN BRADY WITH A WOMAN 98 00:03:25,060 --> 00:03:27,000 WHO OVERTURNED A PARENTAL CONSENT LAW. 99 00:03:27,020 --> 00:03:30,110 YOU'D BE SHISH-KABOBED AND SET AFLAME ON THE SOUTH LAWN. 100 00:03:30,129 --> 00:03:31,120 TWO REPORTERS HAVE-- 101 00:03:31,139 --> 00:03:33,120 THREE REPORTERS HAVE WALKED BY 102 00:03:33,139 --> 00:03:34,150 SINCE WE STARTED. 103 00:03:34,170 --> 00:03:35,219 I'M WINDOW DRESSING. 104 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:37,030 THAT'S FINE. 105 00:03:37,050 --> 00:03:38,150 I'M HAPPY TO HELP, 106 00:03:38,170 --> 00:03:40,219 BUT LET'S JUST CHAT ABOUT THE WEATHER. 107 00:03:43,189 --> 00:03:45,150 NOT BAD. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. 108 00:03:45,170 --> 00:03:48,199 MAYBE WE SHOULD PUT HER ON THE SHORT LIST. 109 00:03:48,219 --> 00:03:53,030 YEAH. OKAY, WHO'S NEXT? 110 00:03:53,050 --> 00:03:54,159 THAT'S HIS. ( sighs ) 111 00:03:54,180 --> 00:03:57,099 THIS IS... THAT'S A "NO." 112 00:04:57,090 --> 00:04:59,209 SIGN, PLEASE. YOU WANNA MOVE IT SO I CAN SEE? 113 00:04:59,230 --> 00:05:01,110 NOT REALLY. 114 00:05:03,060 --> 00:05:04,209 WHY ARE WE APOLOGIZING TO ASHLAND? 115 00:05:04,230 --> 00:05:07,149 WE SENT HIM FLOWERS. CONDOLENCE FLOWERS. 116 00:05:07,170 --> 00:05:10,029 CONDOLENCES...? FOR HIS DEATH. 117 00:05:10,050 --> 00:05:12,009 HE'S ALIVE. THAT'S WHAT HE SAID. 118 00:05:12,029 --> 00:05:14,009 WE SENT FLOWERS TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE 119 00:05:14,029 --> 00:05:16,050 OF THE SUPREME COURT ON THE OCCASION OF HIS DEATH? 120 00:05:16,069 --> 00:05:17,230 THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO GO TO JUSTICE BRADY'S FAMILY. 121 00:05:18,009 --> 00:05:20,160 ( sighs ): GET PROTOCOL ON THE PHONE. 122 00:05:20,180 --> 00:05:22,060 THEY DIDN'T ACTUALLY... WE DID THIS? 123 00:05:22,079 --> 00:05:23,139 IT WAS AN HONEST MISTAKE. 124 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:25,100 ASHLAND'S 80, HE'S KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCKIN' ON HEA... 125 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:26,160 WHO PUT THE ORDER IN? 126 00:05:26,180 --> 00:05:28,209 HEY, GUYS. 127 00:05:28,230 --> 00:05:31,060 YOU SENT A FUNERAL BOUQUET TO THE FAMILY 128 00:05:31,079 --> 00:05:34,009 OF THE LIVING, BREATHING CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT? 129 00:05:34,029 --> 00:05:36,170 NO, I SENT THEM TO THE GUY WHO DIED. BRADY. 130 00:05:36,189 --> 00:05:38,079 NO, ACTUALLY, YOU DIDN'T. 131 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,019 THIS IS TERRIBLE. 132 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:43,180 UM, I REALLY APOLOGIZE. 133 00:05:43,199 --> 00:05:46,019 YOU KNOW, I AM A NIGHTMARE WITH DETAILS. 134 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,060 IT'S EMBARRASSING, THE STUFF JUST LEAKS OUT OF MY HEAD. 135 00:05:48,079 --> 00:05:50,040 WE SHOULD LEAVE THE DETAIL WORK TO DONNA. 136 00:05:50,060 --> 00:05:51,069 SHE'S GOT THE HEAD FOR IT. 137 00:05:51,090 --> 00:05:53,170 I'M MORE OF A BIG PICTURE KIND OF GUY. 138 00:05:55,139 --> 00:05:57,139 SHE'S HERE BECAUSE SHE'S INVALUABLE. 139 00:05:57,159 --> 00:05:59,220 YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE YOUR UNCLE'S SO POWERFUL, 140 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,019 I CAN'T FIRE YOU. BIG PICTURE. 141 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:03,230 HI. BAD TIME? 142 00:06:04,009 --> 00:06:05,139 I'M ON MY WAY OUT. TWO MINUTES. 143 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,029 LISA, RIGHT? YOU WORK FOR THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE? 144 00:06:08,050 --> 00:06:09,069 STAFF DIRECTOR. 145 00:06:09,089 --> 00:06:10,199 RYAN PIERCE. WE MET AT MY UNCLE'S. 146 00:06:10,220 --> 00:06:12,069 EXCUSE US. 147 00:06:12,089 --> 00:06:14,060 IS HE THE ONE THAT FLIPPED THE CAR IN NICE? 148 00:06:14,079 --> 00:06:16,139 YEAH. WHEN DO I SEE NAMES FOR BRADY'S SEAT? 149 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,040 YOU WANNA LET THE BODY COOL? 150 00:06:18,060 --> 00:06:21,029 YOU'RE MEETING WITH BARWALD, GIRELLI... HERE WE GO. 151 00:06:21,050 --> 00:06:24,029 EVELYN BAKER LANG?! WHOSE ACID TRIP IS THAT? JUST TAKE A BREATH. 152 00:06:24,050 --> 00:06:25,120 THE COMMITTEE'S NOT GONNA LET 153 00:06:25,139 --> 00:06:27,149 THE BALANCE OF THE COURT HURL WILDLY TO THE LEFT. 154 00:06:27,170 --> 00:06:28,209 YOU FILL BRADY'S SEAT WITH... 155 00:06:28,230 --> 00:06:31,040 IT'S NOT BRADY'S SEAT. IT'S NOT YOUR SENATE. 156 00:06:31,060 --> 00:06:32,100 WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE FIELD. 157 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,180 GIRELLI HAS A FONDNESS FOR VICODIN, 158 00:06:34,199 --> 00:06:36,189 AND EVELYN LANG IS NOT AN OPTION. 159 00:06:36,209 --> 00:06:39,060 SAVE US ALL SOME TIME. WE'RE DEMOCRATS OVER HERE. 160 00:06:39,079 --> 00:06:41,090 WE'RE NOT GONNA NOMINATE A BORN-AGAIN ELK HUNTER 161 00:06:41,110 --> 00:06:43,220 WITH A TATTOO OF THE CONFEDERATE FLAG ON HIS ASS. 162 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:44,230 LOOK AT ARTHUR LOPEZ, 163 00:06:45,009 --> 00:06:47,009 OR BRAD SHELTON, OR MAYRA HEIGHT. 164 00:06:47,029 --> 00:06:49,069 YOU GO WITH BARWALD OR LANG, THE SENATE'S GOING TO MAKE 165 00:06:49,090 --> 00:06:51,009 THE NEXT YEAR OF YOUR LIFE A LIVING HELL. 166 00:06:51,029 --> 00:06:53,120 I TELL YOU THIS AS A PERSON WHO WOULD BE YOUR FRIEND 167 00:06:53,139 --> 00:06:55,009 IF I LOOKED FOR DIFFERENT THINGS IN FRIENDS. 168 00:06:55,029 --> 00:06:58,069 WE SHOULD DO THIS MORE OFTEN. AS OFTEN AS IT TAKES. 169 00:06:59,100 --> 00:07:00,209 Leo: WE DON'T HATE ASIANS. 170 00:07:00,230 --> 00:07:01,230 NO, WE DON'T. 171 00:07:02,009 --> 00:07:03,139 JUSTICE HUANG IS MORE VALUABLE 172 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:07,000 TO US WHERE HE IS. 173 00:07:07,019 --> 00:07:08,029 CERTAINLY. 174 00:07:10,069 --> 00:07:11,199 THANK YOU, SIR. 175 00:07:11,220 --> 00:07:13,180 DO A DRIVE-BY WITH SEBASTIAN CHO, 176 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:15,199 MASSACHUSETTS SUPREME. YEAH. 177 00:07:15,220 --> 00:07:18,040 YOU WERE LOOKING FOR ME? YOU HEAR ABOUT A CONGRESSIONAL 178 00:07:18,060 --> 00:07:20,199 DELEGATION TO THE MIDDLE EAST? NEXT MONTH. 179 00:07:20,220 --> 00:07:24,230 IT WAS JORDAN AND EGYPT. NOW THEY WANT TO ADD ISRAEL AND DO A DAY IN THE TERRITORIES, 180 00:07:25,009 --> 00:07:27,170 AND MEET WITH THIS SHADOW NEGOTIATION CREW. 181 00:07:27,189 --> 00:07:29,040 STATE'S IFFY. AS THEY SHOULD BE. 182 00:07:29,060 --> 00:07:30,209 THE PRIME MINISTER'S GONNA GO THROUGH THE ROOF. 183 00:07:30,230 --> 00:07:33,129 NOT TO MENTION THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. 184 00:07:33,149 --> 00:07:35,079 I'LL LOOK INTO IT. 185 00:07:35,100 --> 00:07:37,050 ANDY'S LEADING THE DELEGATION. 186 00:07:37,069 --> 00:07:38,220 IS THAT GONNA BE A...? NO. 187 00:07:39,009 --> 00:07:40,040 I'M ON IT. 188 00:07:40,060 --> 00:07:42,000 Josh: PRESIDENT'S ON HIS WAY. 189 00:07:42,019 --> 00:07:44,069 WHAT'S UP? 190 00:07:45,110 --> 00:07:46,230 WE HATE ASIANS. 191 00:07:47,129 --> 00:07:48,129 OKAY. 192 00:07:48,149 --> 00:07:51,060 ( classical music playing ) 193 00:07:51,079 --> 00:07:54,050 AH, RENA. HOW GOES IT? 194 00:07:54,069 --> 00:07:56,060 THESE ARE TODAY'S, AND, UH, MR. ZIEGLER SAID 195 00:07:56,079 --> 00:07:58,090 THAT THE PRESIDENT WOULD WANT THIS BEFORE THEIR 1:00. 196 00:07:58,110 --> 00:08:00,230 OH, HERE, YOU CAN PUT IT IN HIS HOT LITTLE HANDS YOURSELF. 197 00:08:01,009 --> 00:08:02,230 AH, THIS IS FOR YOU, SIR. 198 00:08:03,009 --> 00:08:06,139 THANK YOU, LANA. UH, THANK YOU, SIR. 199 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:07,199 IT... 200 00:08:12,129 --> 00:08:15,129 I HATE TO DO THIS, BUT IT'S "RENA," SIR. WHAT? 201 00:08:15,149 --> 00:08:17,069 THE GIRL IN THE DRESS WITH THE FLOWERS... 202 00:08:17,089 --> 00:08:18,079 JUST NOW? YES. 203 00:08:18,100 --> 00:08:19,209 WHAT'D I CALL HER? LANA. 204 00:08:19,230 --> 00:08:21,149 WHO'S LANA? I'M GUESSING AN EXOTIC DANCER 205 00:08:21,170 --> 00:08:24,029 FROM YOUR SPOTTY YOUTH. I SHOULD APOLOGIZE. GET HER BACK. 206 00:08:24,050 --> 00:08:27,060 YOU ASKED ME YESTERDAY HOW THE SCHEDULE GETS OFF THE RAILS. 207 00:08:27,079 --> 00:08:29,120 YEAH. THIS IS HOW. 208 00:08:30,129 --> 00:08:32,019 GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. PRESIDENT. 209 00:08:32,039 --> 00:08:33,139 HEY, WE MAKE ANY FRIENDS? 210 00:08:33,159 --> 00:08:35,090 Josh: MAYBE ZIMMERLY, SHELTON. 211 00:08:35,110 --> 00:08:37,179 MEHLDAU. LANG WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 212 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:39,159 GAL FROM THE FOURTH? DIDN'T SHE STRIKE DOWN SOME...? 213 00:08:39,179 --> 00:08:42,059 PARENTAL CONSENT FOR ABORTION. YEAH, THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. 214 00:08:42,080 --> 00:08:44,139 SHE WAS A RED FLAG TO THE BULL. OH, IT'S WORKING. 215 00:08:44,159 --> 00:08:46,159 LISA WOLFE FROM THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE 216 00:08:46,179 --> 00:08:47,200 SHOWED UP TODAY SPEWING 217 00:08:47,220 --> 00:08:49,120 ALL KINDS OF THREATS AND ADMONITIONS. 218 00:08:49,139 --> 00:08:51,159 ABOUT LANG?! AND THREE DEMS ON THE COMMITTEE 219 00:08:51,179 --> 00:08:53,210 CALLED, ELATED WE WERE CONSIDERING BOLD CHOICES. 220 00:08:53,230 --> 00:08:56,100 IF THE STRATEGY'S WORKING, LET'S GET HER IN AGAIN. 221 00:08:56,120 --> 00:08:59,139 YOU LIKED SHELTON? YEAH. MODERATE. INSIGHTFUL. 222 00:08:59,159 --> 00:09:00,120 GETS IT. 223 00:09:00,139 --> 00:09:02,019 LET'S MEET HIM. WHO ELSE? 224 00:09:02,039 --> 00:09:03,100 Toby: HELEN WALLER. 225 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:05,029 BERESFORD BANNETT, DC CIRCUIT. 226 00:09:05,049 --> 00:09:08,110 ELLIS YAFFE. MARTHA ZELL... 227 00:09:10,009 --> 00:09:11,210 ( typing at keyboard ) 228 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:24,000 WHAT ARE YOU DOING? NOTHING. 229 00:09:24,019 --> 00:09:25,039 WHAT? 230 00:09:25,059 --> 00:09:27,100 SHE HAS A DATE. AND SHE'S GETTING FIRED. 231 00:09:29,049 --> 00:09:30,129 EVELYN LANG'S COMING BACK IN 232 00:09:30,149 --> 00:09:32,190 FOR ANOTHER RED HERRING PERFORMANCE, 3:00. 233 00:09:32,210 --> 00:09:34,070 YOU DON'T FIND THAT ANNOYING? 234 00:09:34,090 --> 00:09:36,190 I'LL HAVE CAROL MARCH THE TIMES BY LANG AT 3:00. 235 00:09:36,210 --> 00:09:38,190 BRAD SHELTON'S IN WITH THE PRESIDENT. WE LIKE HIM. 236 00:09:38,210 --> 00:09:40,100 YEAH, WE DO. 237 00:09:42,220 --> 00:09:44,009 ( sighs ) 238 00:09:56,019 --> 00:09:58,169 "E. BRADFORD SHELTON." 239 00:09:59,169 --> 00:10:02,080 WHAT'S THE E FOR? ELIJAH. 240 00:10:02,100 --> 00:10:04,059 THAT'S A BURDEN. HENCE THE E. 241 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,149 I HEAR GOOD THINGS ABOUT YOU FROM MY STAFF. 242 00:10:06,169 --> 00:10:08,059 WHAT'D THEY MISS? 243 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,090 MY SON BURNED YOU IN EFFIGY. 244 00:10:10,110 --> 00:10:12,120 DID YOU WATCH? I DIDN'T. 245 00:10:12,139 --> 00:10:13,200 IT WAS A CAMPUS DEMONSTRATION 246 00:10:13,220 --> 00:10:16,000 AGAINST AMERICAN PRESENCE IN SAUDI ARABIA. 247 00:10:16,019 --> 00:10:18,059 THERE'S A PHOTO IN HIS YEARBOOK. SOMEONE WILL DIG IT UP. 248 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,139 I THOUGHT IT WOULD SOUND BETTER IN PERSON THAN ON PAPER. 249 00:10:20,159 --> 00:10:22,029 I'M NOT SURE IT DID. 250 00:10:22,049 --> 00:10:24,000 DID HE BURN ANYBODY ELSE? 251 00:10:24,019 --> 00:10:25,190 NO. JUST YOU. 252 00:10:27,029 --> 00:10:29,200 WELL, I'VE MISSED YOU BOTH. WE APPRECIATE THIS. 253 00:10:29,220 --> 00:10:32,059 I KEEP RUNNING INTO BRAD SHELTON IN THE PARKING LOT. 254 00:10:32,080 --> 00:10:34,090 SOME SAY COINCIDENCE, I'M NOT SO SURE. 255 00:10:34,110 --> 00:10:36,090 YOU'VE BEEN VERY PATIENT. WELL, I DON'T MIND, 256 00:10:36,110 --> 00:10:38,200 BUT PEOPLE WONDER WHY THE APPELLATE SYSTEM'S SO BACKED UP. 257 00:10:38,220 --> 00:10:41,149 WE SHOULDN'T LET THEM KNOW THIS IS HOW I SPEND MY TIME. 258 00:10:41,169 --> 00:10:42,230 WELL, IF YOU WERE LESS APPEALING... 259 00:10:43,009 --> 00:10:45,029 SAME TO YOU, SIR. 260 00:10:45,049 --> 00:10:46,120 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION'S GONNA BE BACK 261 00:10:46,139 --> 00:10:48,009 IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, LET'S START THERE. 262 00:10:48,029 --> 00:10:50,149 WHAT DO I KNOW ABOUT IT? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT? 263 00:10:50,169 --> 00:10:52,210 I DON'T KNOW. 264 00:10:52,230 --> 00:10:54,159 NOT THE ANSWER YOU WERE LOOKING FOR. 265 00:10:54,179 --> 00:10:55,159 NOT REALLY. 266 00:10:55,179 --> 00:10:57,090 UNNERVING, ISN'T IT? 267 00:10:57,110 --> 00:10:59,090 IS THERE ANOTHER TOPIC YOU'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH? 268 00:10:59,110 --> 00:11:01,059 NOTHING COMES TO MIND. 269 00:11:01,080 --> 00:11:04,049 PERHAPS YOU SHOULD MAKE SOMETHING UP. 270 00:11:04,070 --> 00:11:05,169 I'M NOT TRYING TO BE CAGEY, 271 00:11:05,190 --> 00:11:07,129 BUT I DON'T POSITION MYSELF ON ISSUES, 272 00:11:07,149 --> 00:11:10,159 AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT I THINK ABOUT A CASE UNTIL I HEAR IT. 273 00:11:10,179 --> 00:11:13,080 THERE ARE MODERATES WHO ARE CALLED THAT 274 00:11:13,100 --> 00:11:14,179 BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ACTIVISTS, 275 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,100 AND THERE ARE MODERATES WHO ARE CALLED THAT 276 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,019 BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY WIND UP ON THE LEFT 277 00:11:18,039 --> 00:11:19,159 AND SOMETIMES THE RIGHT. 278 00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:22,000 YOU THINK I WANT SOMEBODY WHO'S GONNA VOTE WITH ASHLAND? 279 00:11:22,019 --> 00:11:23,220 I THINK YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEBODY 280 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:27,059 WHO WILL VOTE WITH HIM NOW AND REPLACE HIM LATER. 281 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:32,139 AND THAT'S NOT YOU? WISH IT WERE-- HE'S A GIANT. 282 00:11:32,159 --> 00:11:36,009 BUT MY ALLEGIANCE TO THE ECCENTRICITIES OF A CASE 283 00:11:36,029 --> 00:11:39,039 WILL RELIABLY OUTWEIGH MY ALLEGIANCE TO ANY POSITION 284 00:11:39,059 --> 00:11:41,230 YOU MIGHT WISH I HELD. 285 00:11:42,009 --> 00:11:43,120 Josh: LET'S TALK A LITTLE ABOUT 286 00:11:43,139 --> 00:11:45,080 WHAT THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE'S CONCERNS WOULD BE. 287 00:11:45,100 --> 00:11:48,159 WE CAN SAFELY SAY REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ARE GONNA COME UP. 288 00:11:48,179 --> 00:11:49,220 THEY'RE GONNA SAY JUDICIAL ACTIVISM, 289 00:11:50,009 --> 00:11:51,110 PARTICULARLY IN DRORI. 290 00:11:51,129 --> 00:11:53,129 HOW WOULD YOU ADDRESS THAT? AND YOU'RE WHO? 291 00:11:53,149 --> 00:11:55,009 I'M SORRY. WHO ARE YOU? 292 00:11:55,029 --> 00:11:56,179 WE'RE PLAYING COMMITTEE. THIS WOULD BE COMING FROM 293 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:00,019 ONE OF THE 11 REPUBLICANS ON THERE-- MITCHELL... 294 00:12:00,039 --> 00:12:01,220 YOU CAN ONLY BE ONE. WE DON'T NEED TO... 295 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,029 IF YOU'RE WEBSTER, THE QUESTION IS, 296 00:12:03,049 --> 00:12:04,159 "WHERE DO YOU STAND ON ROE V. WADE?" 297 00:12:04,179 --> 00:12:07,070 AND THE ANSWER IS, "JUDICIAL RULINGS SHOULDN'T BE BASED 298 00:12:07,090 --> 00:12:09,190 ON PERSONAL IDEOLOGY-- MINE OR ANYONE ELSE'S." 299 00:12:09,210 --> 00:12:11,070 IF YOU'RE DAVIES, THE QUESTION IS, 300 00:12:11,090 --> 00:12:13,070 "HOW WOULD YOU APPROACH A D&X CASE?" 301 00:12:13,090 --> 00:12:15,110 BECAUSE HE'S THE DRUM BANGER ON PARTIAL BIRTH. 302 00:12:15,129 --> 00:12:18,019 AND THE ANSWER IS, "I DON'T COMMENT ON HYPOTHETICALS." 303 00:12:18,039 --> 00:12:19,190 IF YOU'RE MALKIN, YOU'RE FROM VIRGINIA 304 00:12:19,210 --> 00:12:22,029 SO YOU ASK ABOUT MY DECISION IN DRORI. 305 00:12:22,049 --> 00:12:23,100 I TAKE YOU POINT BY POINT 306 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,139 FROM THE DOCTOR TO THE FATHER TO CASEY 307 00:12:26,159 --> 00:12:28,159 TO UNDUE BURDEN TO EQUAL PROTECTION, 308 00:12:28,179 --> 00:12:31,080 BACK TO ROE, AT WHICH POINT YOU CAN'T REMEMBER THE QUESTION 309 00:12:31,100 --> 00:12:34,110 AND I DRINK MY WATER FOR A MINUTE WHILE YOU REGROUP. 310 00:12:38,070 --> 00:12:40,110 WILL YOU EXCUSE US FOR A SECOND? 311 00:12:42,220 --> 00:12:44,230 I LOVE HER. I LOVE HER MIND. 312 00:12:45,009 --> 00:12:47,000 I LOVE HER SHOES. 313 00:12:47,019 --> 00:12:48,220 WE MARCH HER TO FIVE SENATORS' OFFICES, 314 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,090 THEY'LL BE SO SCARED THEY'LL BEG US TO PUT SHELTON ON THE COURT. 315 00:12:53,220 --> 00:12:55,019 SORRY. 316 00:12:55,039 --> 00:12:56,159 ( door closing ) 317 00:12:56,179 --> 00:13:00,080 YOU WERE VETTED BY THE FBI WHEN YOU HIT THE FEDERAL BENCH, 318 00:13:00,100 --> 00:13:02,159 BUT IF WE REOPENED AN INVESTIGATION... 319 00:13:02,179 --> 00:13:03,230 I'M A SHILL, RIGHT? 320 00:13:04,009 --> 00:13:05,159 WHY WOULD YOU BOTHER WITH A BACKGROUND CHECK? 321 00:13:05,179 --> 00:13:08,149 HUMOR US. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THEY DIDN'T FIND... 322 00:13:08,169 --> 00:13:11,000 LET'S SEE, UM... IN HIGH SCHOOL, 323 00:13:11,019 --> 00:13:14,090 I SNUCK A COPY OF LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER 324 00:13:14,110 --> 00:13:16,090 OUT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY AND NEVER RETURNED IT. 325 00:13:16,110 --> 00:13:19,039 IN COLLEGE, I GOT A MARIJUANA PLANT 326 00:13:19,059 --> 00:13:21,049 FROM MY ROOMMATE AS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT. 327 00:13:21,070 --> 00:13:25,039 AND IN YEAR TWO OF LAW SCHOOL, I HAD AN ABORTION. 328 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:34,129 CAN I GET SOME WATER WHILE YOU REGROUP? 329 00:13:40,029 --> 00:13:43,019 Josh: OKAY. OKAY. 330 00:13:43,039 --> 00:13:45,049 I TELL YOU THIS SO YOU'D BE PREPARED. 331 00:13:45,070 --> 00:13:47,120 IT MIGHT NOT COME UP, BUT IF IT DID, 332 00:13:47,139 --> 00:13:50,000 I WOULDN'T COMMENT. BUT IF THEY KNOW, IT'LL BE HARD... 333 00:13:50,019 --> 00:13:51,210 ROE V. WADE AFFORDS ME THE RIGHT 334 00:13:51,230 --> 00:13:54,080 TO TERMINATE A PREGNANCY AND TO DO SO 335 00:13:54,100 --> 00:13:57,009 FREE FROM ALL RESTRAINT OR INTERFERENCE OF OTHERS. 336 00:13:57,029 --> 00:13:58,049 A HEARING ROOM... 337 00:13:58,070 --> 00:14:00,190 I'M TOLD I HAVE A RIGHT TO PRIVACY. 338 00:14:00,210 --> 00:14:03,179 I THINK THIS WOULD BE THE SORT OF THING IT'S REFERRING TO. 339 00:14:03,200 --> 00:14:05,149 I ALSO BET LIKE A DRUNKEN SAILOR 340 00:14:05,169 --> 00:14:09,009 DURING MY BIMONTHLY GAMES OF HEARTS. DO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT? 341 00:14:09,029 --> 00:14:11,169 AN ABORTION? OF ALL THE GIN JOINTS IN ALL THE WORLD. 342 00:14:11,190 --> 00:14:13,139 MAYBE THEY WON'T FIND IT. OH, THEY'LL FIND IT. 343 00:14:13,159 --> 00:14:14,220 WHO'S GONNA BRING IT UP? 344 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,080 THE COMMITTEE? THEY'D LOOK LIKE MONSTERS. 345 00:14:16,100 --> 00:14:18,019 SOMEONE LEAKS IT TO THE TABLOID PRESS, 346 00:14:18,039 --> 00:14:20,200 IT'S A FEEDING FRENZY IN 12 HOURS. SHE SAYS SHE CAN HANDLE IT. 347 00:14:20,220 --> 00:14:22,179 OH, OKAY. WELL, WE NEED HER. 348 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:25,000 SHE'S THE CAUTIONARY TALE. WITHOUT HER, WE MAY NOT GET SHELTON. 349 00:14:25,019 --> 00:14:27,110 YOU BEEN OUTSIDE TODAY? WE DON'T HAND SOMEONE TO THE MADDING CROWD 350 00:14:27,129 --> 00:14:29,179 SO THEY CAN TAKE THE HEAT OFF SOME GUY FROM INDIANA. 351 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:31,129 THE WOMAN IS... YOU SHOULD HEAR HER. 352 00:14:31,149 --> 00:14:33,120 WHAT, SO SHE IS A SERIOUS CANDIDATE? SHE SHOULD BE. 353 00:14:33,139 --> 00:14:35,179 SHE'S GONNA BE ON POSTERS UNDER A HEADLINE THAT SAYS, 354 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:38,000 "WANTED FOR THE MURDER OF 15 MILLION AMERICAN CHILDREN." 355 00:14:38,019 --> 00:14:39,179 LET'S THINK ABOUT THIS. LET IT GO. 356 00:14:39,200 --> 00:14:43,129 NO, REALLY. NOMINEES LIVE OR DIE BY ROE V. WADE. 357 00:14:43,149 --> 00:14:46,200 WE'RE PLAYING ALONG WITH THE RIDICULOUS NOTION THAT THE SUPREME COURT 358 00:14:46,220 --> 00:14:49,190 IS A SINGLE ISSUE BODY IN A WAY IT HASN'T BEEN SINCE, 359 00:14:49,210 --> 00:14:50,200 I DON'T KNOW WHAT... 360 00:14:50,220 --> 00:14:52,029 SLAVERY. EXACTLY. 361 00:14:52,049 --> 00:14:54,149 SO SHE HAD AN ABORTION. YOU THINK I LIKE THIS? 362 00:14:54,169 --> 00:14:57,120 SOMEONE'S GONNA TAKE IT TO THE PRESS AND THIS BRIGHT WOMAN 363 00:14:57,139 --> 00:15:00,230 IS A CHECKOUT COUNTER SPECTACLE. GET HER OUT OF THE BUILDING. 364 00:15:01,009 --> 00:15:03,090 President: BRAD SHELTON COULD WORK FOR US. I LIKE HIM. 365 00:15:03,110 --> 00:15:04,220 Leo: SO, TALK TO HIM THIS AFTERNOON. 366 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,230 HE'S GONNA START GETTING CALLS. WHO ELSE? 367 00:15:07,009 --> 00:15:08,230 WISNEWSKI'S A GOOD MAYBE. 368 00:15:09,009 --> 00:15:11,009 THE MAJORITY LEADER'S REALLY PUSHING HIM. 369 00:15:11,029 --> 00:15:13,029 AND BARKHAM FROM THE FIFTH, THOUGH HE HAS A QUESTION. 370 00:15:13,049 --> 00:15:15,000 IT'S A TAX THING. WE'RE LOOKING INTO IT. 371 00:15:15,019 --> 00:15:18,000 YOU STILL HAVING A LOVE AFFAIR WITH EVELYN LANG? Josh: NO. 372 00:15:18,019 --> 00:15:19,179 UH, ROBERT BRANDT. HOW COME? 373 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:21,029 SHE WON'T MAKE IT THROUGH VETTING. 374 00:15:21,049 --> 00:15:22,139 WHY NOT? 375 00:15:22,159 --> 00:15:25,019 SHE HAD AN ABORTION. 376 00:15:25,039 --> 00:15:27,080 ROBERT BRANDT'S ON THE NINTH CIRCUIT. STAN YANCY'S WORKED WITH HIM 377 00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:29,230 SAYS HE'S ALWAYS KEPT HIS CARDS... WHEN DID SHE HAVE AN ABORTION? 378 00:15:30,009 --> 00:15:31,139 Toby: LAW SCHOOL. BEFORE OR...? 379 00:15:31,159 --> 00:15:33,080 AFTER '73. IT WAS LEGAL. 380 00:15:33,100 --> 00:15:35,139 WE DISCARDING ANYBODY ELSE FOR LEGAL ACTIVITIES? 381 00:15:35,159 --> 00:15:37,179 NOT YET. TONSILLECTOMY? 382 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:39,129 WE DOWN ON SURFING THIS YEAR? 383 00:15:39,149 --> 00:15:40,139 SHE'D BE PUBLICLY EVISCERATED. 384 00:15:40,159 --> 00:15:42,200 27 MILLION WOMEN VOTED FOR ME. 385 00:15:42,220 --> 00:15:44,100 I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD IN MIND 386 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:46,059 THAT I WAS GONNA PROTECT THIS PARTICULAR RIGHT. 387 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:47,179 WE HAVE PLENTY... "I LIKE THAT GUY 388 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,039 "FROM FLORIDA WITH THE GOOD HAIRDO, 389 00:15:49,059 --> 00:15:50,200 "BUT I WANNA RETAIN MY RIGHT TO CHOOSE. 390 00:15:50,220 --> 00:15:53,110 SO I'M VOTING FOR WHAT'S-HIS-NAME, MARRIED TO ABBEY BARTLET." 391 00:15:53,129 --> 00:15:55,149 SIR, THEY'RE GONNA MAKE THIS ABOUT HER OBJECTIVITY. 392 00:15:55,169 --> 00:15:59,000 WE PROMISED THE COMMITTEE A SHORT LIST BY FRIDAY. I WANT HER NAME ON IT. 393 00:16:02,179 --> 00:16:04,029 OKAY. 394 00:16:04,049 --> 00:16:06,169 THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. 395 00:16:06,190 --> 00:16:10,009 THAT PISSES ME OFF. APPARENTLY. 396 00:16:10,029 --> 00:16:12,009 WE MARCHED HER AROUND HERE ALL WEEK. 397 00:16:12,029 --> 00:16:15,200 THE HONOR OF A PLACE ON THE SHORT LIST IS THE LEAST WE COULD DO. 398 00:16:15,220 --> 00:16:18,019 WE'RE STILL GOING WITH BRAD SHELTON? 399 00:16:22,149 --> 00:16:24,110 FILLING A SEAT ON THE SUPREMES... HEADY STUFF. 400 00:16:24,129 --> 00:16:26,200 DON'T CALL THEM THAT. MY UNCLE CALLS THEM THAT. 401 00:16:26,220 --> 00:16:28,179 SO DOES THE MINORITY LEADER. SO DOES HENRY CLARK. 402 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,100 YOU KNOW HIM? HE'S ON THE COURT. 403 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,009 YOU DROP ONE MORE NAME, I'M GOING TO STAPLE YOUR MOUTH SHUT. 404 00:16:33,029 --> 00:16:34,149 ( chuckles ) 405 00:16:36,110 --> 00:16:38,129 ( clears throat ) 406 00:16:38,149 --> 00:16:41,179 THERE'LL BE HELL TO PAY AT AGINCOURT. I'VE OFFENDED THE DAUPHIN. 407 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:45,090 LISA WOLFE CALLED TWICE. SENATOR WEBSTER CALLED REGARDING E. LANG-- 408 00:16:45,110 --> 00:16:46,190 "WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY BE THINKING?" 409 00:16:46,210 --> 00:16:48,159 SENATOR MILLBANK, REGARDING LANG-- 410 00:16:48,179 --> 00:16:50,039 "NO, NO, NO, NO, NO." 411 00:16:50,059 --> 00:16:51,230 BERTHA McNULL-- "NOT A SNOWBALL'S CHANCE IN..." 412 00:16:52,009 --> 00:16:54,019 OH, THAT'S NOT ABOUT LANG. THAT'S ABOUT THE HIGHWAYS BILL. 413 00:16:54,039 --> 00:16:56,169 I NEED A DRINK. SUN'S NOT OVER THE YARDARM. 414 00:16:56,190 --> 00:16:58,220 C.J.'S RIGHT. USUALLY. YOU WANT A BLACK-EYED SUSAN? 415 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:01,090 IS IT A DRINK? IT'S A COOKIE. MY MOM SENT THEM. 416 00:17:01,110 --> 00:17:03,009 NO. YES. 417 00:17:03,029 --> 00:17:04,170 PEANUT BUTTER WITH A CHOCOLATE KISS. 418 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:08,170 THEY'RE CAT PEOPLE? NO, THEY'RE NOT. 419 00:17:08,190 --> 00:17:11,140 THESE THEIRS? SHADRACH AND MESHACH. 420 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,069 TWO CATS, THEY'RE CAT PEOPLE. 421 00:17:13,089 --> 00:17:15,190 FOR YEARS THEY ONLY HAD ONE, BUT HE DIED OVER CHRISTMAS. 422 00:17:15,210 --> 00:17:17,039 THIS IS A DRY COOKIE. 423 00:17:17,059 --> 00:17:19,019 AFTER WHAT WAS DEEMED AN APPROPRIATE MOURNING PERIOD, 424 00:17:19,039 --> 00:17:21,210 THEY WENT TO GET A NEW ONE. AND MY MOTHER LIKED THE ABYSSINIAN 425 00:17:21,230 --> 00:17:23,099 AND MY FATHER LIKED THE GRAY. 426 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:25,089 AND THEY CLAIM THAT AFTER 39 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, 427 00:17:25,109 --> 00:17:27,089 THEY'VE OUTGROWN COMPROMISE, SO THEY GOT BOTH. 428 00:17:27,109 --> 00:17:28,210 IT DOESN'T MAKE THEM CAT PEOPLE. 429 00:17:28,230 --> 00:17:30,049 THE HOUSE DOESN'T SMELL. 430 00:17:32,220 --> 00:17:34,059 DO I HAVE CRUMBS? 431 00:17:37,079 --> 00:17:39,140 THEY PICK ONE. THEY PICK ONE! 432 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:41,019 THAT'S HOW WE GET EVIE LANG. 433 00:17:41,039 --> 00:17:43,049 AND NOT AS A DECOY, WE PUT HER ON THE COURT. 434 00:17:43,069 --> 00:17:45,190 HI. THE CHIEF JUSTICE SAYS HE WOULDN'T STEP DOWN 435 00:17:45,210 --> 00:17:47,190 BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO FILL HIS SEAT 436 00:17:47,210 --> 00:17:50,089 WITH ANOTHER LIBERAL LION. SHE'S THE LIBERAL LION. 437 00:17:50,109 --> 00:17:53,049 ASHLAND RESIGNS, SHE TAKES HIS SEAT, OKAY? 438 00:17:53,069 --> 00:17:55,099 AND WE OFFER THE REPUBLICAN SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE 439 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:58,190 THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAND-PICK A CONSERVATIVE FOR BRADY'S SEAT. 440 00:17:58,210 --> 00:18:00,029 WE PUT THEM BOTH UP. 441 00:18:00,049 --> 00:18:02,000 I'M ORDERING MU-SHU, YOU WANT SOMETHING? 442 00:18:02,019 --> 00:18:03,049 LISTEN TO ME. NO. 443 00:18:03,069 --> 00:18:05,000 I'M SERIOUS. AND THEN WE'VE GOT WHAT, 444 00:18:05,019 --> 00:18:07,089 AFTER WE HAND THE REPUBLICANS A SEAT ON THE SUPREME COURT 445 00:18:07,109 --> 00:18:09,000 WITH A RED BOW ON TOP? 446 00:18:09,019 --> 00:18:11,079 WE HAVE A BALANCED COURT. THEY CAN'T LET BRADY'S SEAT 447 00:18:11,099 --> 00:18:13,160 GO TO A LIBERAL, SO LET THEM KEEP IT. 448 00:18:13,180 --> 00:18:15,210 MEANWHILE, WE NAME THE FIRST FEMALE CHIEF JUSTICE 449 00:18:15,230 --> 00:18:18,039 OF THE SUPREME COURT IN THE NATION'S HISTORY. 450 00:18:18,059 --> 00:18:21,130 I'M TAKING IT TO THE PRESIDENT. 451 00:18:21,150 --> 00:18:22,160 NO, YOU'RE NOT. 452 00:18:22,180 --> 00:18:24,119 DO NOT GO IN THERE. TRIP HIM. 453 00:18:24,140 --> 00:18:29,000 ASHLAND IS 82. WE MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT TWO PEOPLE ON THIS BENCH. 454 00:18:29,019 --> 00:18:31,109 THAT'S TWO SEATS WE FILL WITH DEMOCRATS. 455 00:18:31,130 --> 00:18:33,059 MODERATES. WHAT DO YOU CARE HOW MODERATE THEY ARE? 456 00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:35,200 TWO IS TWICE AS MANY AS ONE. CAN I GET IN THERE? 457 00:18:35,220 --> 00:18:37,130 JUST A MINUTE. Toby: WE DON'T NEED HIM. 458 00:18:37,150 --> 00:18:39,109 NOT MODERATE, MEDIOCRE. SHELTON'S NOT BRIGHT ENOUGH FOR YOU? 459 00:18:39,130 --> 00:18:41,079 I WANT MORE THAN BRIGHT. IF WE HAD A BENCH 460 00:18:41,099 --> 00:18:44,039 FULL OF MODERATES IN '54, SEPARATE BUT EQUAL WOULD STILL BE ON THE BOOKS, 461 00:18:44,059 --> 00:18:47,170 THIS PLACE WOULD STILL HAVE TWO SETS OF DRINKING FOUNTAINS. MODERATE MEANS TEMPERATE, 462 00:18:47,190 --> 00:18:49,210 IT MEANS RESPONSIBLE, IT MEANS THOUGHTFUL. 463 00:18:49,230 --> 00:18:52,049 IT MEANS CAUTIOUS, IT MEANS UNIMAGINATIVE. 464 00:18:52,069 --> 00:18:54,210 IT MEANS BEING MORE CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING DECISIONS THAN MAKING HISTORY. 465 00:18:54,230 --> 00:18:58,049 INDOOR VOICES, PLEASE. IS THAT REALLY THE BIGGEST TRAGEDY IN THE WORLD, 466 00:18:58,069 --> 00:18:59,190 THAT WE NOMINATED SOMEBODY WHO MADE AN IMPRESSION 467 00:18:59,210 --> 00:19:01,190 INSTEAD OF SOME SECOND-RATE CROWD PLEASER? 468 00:19:01,210 --> 00:19:03,130 THE ABILITY TO SEE TWO SIDES OF AN ARGUMENT 469 00:19:03,150 --> 00:19:05,099 IS NOT THE HALLMARK OF AN INFERIOR INTELLECT! 470 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,130 TOBY... WHAT ABOUT THE VAST ARENAS OF DEBATE 471 00:19:07,150 --> 00:19:09,170 A MODERATE WON'T EVEN ADDRESS? A MIND LIKE LANG'S? JOSH... 472 00:19:09,190 --> 00:19:11,109 LET THEM PICK A CONSERVATIVE 473 00:19:11,130 --> 00:19:13,009 WITH A MIND LIKE JUSTICE BRADY HAD. JOSH... 474 00:19:13,029 --> 00:19:15,029 YOU CAN HATE HIS POSITIONS, BUT HE WAS A VISIONARY. 475 00:19:15,049 --> 00:19:16,140 HE BLEW THE WHOLE THING OPEN. 476 00:19:16,160 --> 00:19:19,119 HE CHANGED THE WHOLE ARGUMENT... 477 00:19:19,140 --> 00:19:21,180 THE PRESIDENT WILL SEE YOU NOW. 478 00:19:21,200 --> 00:19:23,180 AND YOU? 479 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:27,000 I THINK THEY'RE GONNA PICK A YOUNG, SPRY, CONSERVATIVE IDEOLOGUE 480 00:19:27,019 --> 00:19:29,059 WHO'S GONNA CAMP OUT IN THAT SEAT FOR 45 YEARS. 481 00:19:29,079 --> 00:19:30,200 FINE. TWO VOICES ARTICULATING THE DEBATE 482 00:19:30,220 --> 00:19:33,039 AT EITHER END OF THE SPECTRUM. 483 00:19:33,059 --> 00:19:34,170 FILLING ANOTHER SEAT ON THE COURT 484 00:19:34,190 --> 00:19:38,099 MAY BE THE ONLY LASTING THING I DO IN THIS OFFICE. 485 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:41,059 SHELTON'S A GREAT CHOICE. HE'LL MAKE US PROUD. 486 00:19:41,079 --> 00:19:42,170 AND IF ASHLAND RESIGNS IN A YEAR, 487 00:19:42,190 --> 00:19:45,009 WE'VE GOT A STACK OF GREAT OPTIONS. 488 00:19:45,029 --> 00:19:47,099 WE CAN'T GIVE IT AWAY. 489 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:49,150 MR. PRESIDENT, 490 00:19:49,170 --> 00:19:52,220 THE FIRST WOMAN IN THAT CHAIR... 491 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:54,089 WE GO OUT ON SOME LIMB HERE, 492 00:19:54,109 --> 00:19:55,230 AND ALIENATE THE SENATE, 493 00:19:56,009 --> 00:19:59,140 THEY'LL TREAD WATER FOR THREE YEARS, AND WE GET NOBODY. 494 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:02,029 THE NEXT GUY GETS TO FILL BRADY'S SEAT. 495 00:20:07,109 --> 00:20:10,039 TAKE IT TO ASHLAND. SEE WHAT HE SAYS. 496 00:20:13,150 --> 00:20:16,029 HOW'D YOU COME UP WITH IT? WHAT? 497 00:20:16,049 --> 00:20:17,220 THE SWAP-A-DEE-DOO. 498 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,079 THERE WAS, UH... 499 00:20:19,099 --> 00:20:22,059 ( chuckles ): DONNA'S MOM... 500 00:20:22,079 --> 00:20:25,069 I THOUGHT IT UP IN THE SHOWER. 501 00:20:30,089 --> 00:20:32,220 WHO LET THEM IN? SORRY TO DISTURB YOU, SIR. 502 00:20:35,089 --> 00:20:37,069 CARRIER PIGEONS... 503 00:20:39,019 --> 00:20:41,019 OH, UH, YOUR FLOWERS. 504 00:20:41,039 --> 00:20:43,230 YEAH, WE LIKE THEM. I'M DREADFULLY SORRY ABOUT THAT, SIR. 505 00:20:44,009 --> 00:20:47,009 "OH, FOR GOD'S SAKE, LET US SIT UPON THE GROUND 506 00:20:47,029 --> 00:20:51,210 AND TELL SAD STORIES OF THE DEATH OF KINGS." 507 00:20:53,220 --> 00:20:56,059 BRADY WAS YOUR AGE. 508 00:20:56,079 --> 00:20:57,200 EAT YOUR GREENS. 509 00:20:57,220 --> 00:20:59,059 HE WAS A GREAT MAN. 510 00:20:59,079 --> 00:21:02,130 HE WAS A SELFISH BASTARD. 511 00:21:02,150 --> 00:21:04,049 YOU TOLD THE PRESIDENT 512 00:21:04,069 --> 00:21:06,039 YOU HOPED TO BE REPLACED BY A LIBERAL 513 00:21:06,059 --> 00:21:07,220 WITH THE SAME LEVEL OF CONVICTION 514 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:09,160 THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE CHAIR. 515 00:21:09,180 --> 00:21:11,079 OH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING I'D SAY. 516 00:21:11,099 --> 00:21:14,069 SIR, ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH EVELYN BAKER LANG? 517 00:21:14,089 --> 00:21:17,059 MISS LANG? 518 00:21:17,079 --> 00:21:18,079 YOU'VE MET WITH HER? 519 00:21:18,099 --> 00:21:20,109 YES, SIR. 520 00:21:20,130 --> 00:21:24,049 HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET HER PAST THE PIT BULLS? 521 00:21:24,069 --> 00:21:26,019 THEY'RE NOT GONNA LIKE THE NOTION 522 00:21:26,039 --> 00:21:29,059 OF MISS LANG IN OWEN BRADY'S SEAT. 523 00:21:29,079 --> 00:21:30,230 FOR YOUR SEAT. 524 00:21:31,009 --> 00:21:34,079 IF... IF YOU WERE TO RESIGN, SHE'D BE CHIEF. 525 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:39,069 MY SEAT? WHAT ABOUT BRADY'S? 526 00:21:39,089 --> 00:21:44,049 WE'D ALLOW THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO CHOOSE SOMEONE. 527 00:21:44,069 --> 00:21:45,190 A CONSERVATIVE. 528 00:21:48,230 --> 00:21:50,079 WOULD YOU CONSIDER STEPPING DOWN 529 00:21:50,099 --> 00:21:53,009 UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES? 530 00:21:53,029 --> 00:21:54,049 SURE. 531 00:21:54,069 --> 00:21:56,119 WE THINK IT MIGHT BE A VIABLE OPTION. 532 00:21:56,140 --> 00:21:57,200 GO AHEAD. SEE WHO THEY PICK 533 00:21:57,220 --> 00:22:00,140 OF THEIR FAVORITE SONS. 534 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,029 SEE WHAT SEGREGATIONIST, 535 00:22:02,049 --> 00:22:05,109 ANTI-MISCEGENATIONIST, ISAIAH-QUOTING, 536 00:22:05,130 --> 00:22:08,049 GAY-BASHING BASTARD THEY COME UP WITH. 537 00:22:08,069 --> 00:22:09,190 ( laughing ) 538 00:22:09,210 --> 00:22:12,190 JED BARTLET FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE HAD AN IDEA. 539 00:22:12,210 --> 00:22:15,019 ( chuckles heartily ) 540 00:22:21,089 --> 00:22:24,079 IS ILLEGAL. TAKE IT BACK OUT. 541 00:22:24,099 --> 00:22:25,119 THREE TIMES IN ONE WEEK. 542 00:22:25,140 --> 00:22:27,140 IN SOME CULTURES, WE'D BE MARRIED. 543 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:29,140 CHILLING. IS IT SHELTON? 544 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:32,029 HE'S THE FRONT-RUNNER. GOOD. WE DONE? 545 00:22:32,049 --> 00:22:34,099 MIND IF I SHUT THE DOOR? NOPE. 546 00:22:39,039 --> 00:22:40,190 HOW YOU DOING? AH, SUPER. 547 00:22:40,210 --> 00:22:42,180 FEELING GOOD? GOT A MEETING IN FOUR MINUTES. 548 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,140 I'M GONNA FLOAT AN IDEA HERE 549 00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:46,210 THAT EVEN I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M MENTIONING, 550 00:22:46,230 --> 00:22:49,000 AND MY COLLEAGUES DEFINITELY CAN'T BELIEVE I'M MENTIONING, 551 00:22:49,019 --> 00:22:52,230 AND THE PRESIDENT WOULD PROBABLY PREFER I DROPPED COMPLETELY. 552 00:22:53,009 --> 00:22:54,180 AND IF I FIND IT 553 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,019 IN THE WASHINGTON POST TOMORROW MORNING, 554 00:22:56,039 --> 00:22:57,190 I'LL MARCH STRAIGHT OUT TO THE PRESS ROOM 555 00:22:57,210 --> 00:22:59,119 AND TELL THEM THE IDEA CAME FROM YOU. 556 00:22:59,140 --> 00:23:01,069 IT'LL EMBARRASS THE CRAP OUT OF YOUR BOSS. 557 00:23:01,089 --> 00:23:03,150 YOU'LL BE ON HOTJOBS BY NIGHTFALL. 558 00:23:13,180 --> 00:23:16,180 THERE'S SOMEONE IN MY OFFICE. I THOUGHT IT WAS YOUR EX-WIFE. 559 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:18,160 YOU DIDN'T WANT TO WARN ME ABOUT THAT? 560 00:23:18,180 --> 00:23:22,029 YOU ASKED HER TO COME IN. 561 00:23:25,210 --> 00:23:27,180 SHE'S CUTE. 562 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,009 LATE SOME NIGHT, OUR EYES'LL MEET OVER THE MARITIME COMMISSION REPORT. 563 00:23:30,029 --> 00:23:32,039 WE'LL BE AT THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE BEFORE DAWN. 564 00:23:32,059 --> 00:23:35,190 YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS DOG AND PONY SHOW YOU'RE ATTENDING IN GAZA? 565 00:23:35,210 --> 00:23:37,180 NOT REALLY. BRADFORD SHELTON. 566 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,019 HE'S ON THE LIST. 567 00:23:40,039 --> 00:23:42,119 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GAZA. 568 00:23:42,140 --> 00:23:45,000 I STILL DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT IT. YOU'RE NOT ATTENDING PEACE TALKS 569 00:23:45,019 --> 00:23:46,150 WITH A BUNCH OF ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS 570 00:23:46,170 --> 00:23:48,160 WHO DON'T WORK FOR THE ISRAELI OR PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENTS. 571 00:23:48,180 --> 00:23:50,210 THEY MAY GENERATE SOME USEFUL IDEAS. THE IDEAS ALREADY EXIST. 572 00:23:50,230 --> 00:23:53,119 THE PROBLEM IS GETTING THE RECOGNIZED PARTIES TO STICK TO THE PLAN. 573 00:23:53,140 --> 00:23:56,200 SO, WE SIT WITH OUR HANDS FOLDED? WE ASK THEM FOR DEMOCRACY. 574 00:23:56,220 --> 00:23:59,039 WE SHOULD MAINTAIN SOME SCRAP OF RESPECT 575 00:23:59,059 --> 00:24:01,039 FOR THE GUYS WHO WERE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED. 576 00:24:01,059 --> 00:24:02,109 IF YOU'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN PEACE, 577 00:24:02,130 --> 00:24:04,039 YOU NEGOTIATE WITH ANYONE. 578 00:24:04,059 --> 00:24:05,200 YOU NEGOTIATE WITH THE MAILMAN. 579 00:24:05,220 --> 00:24:08,119 THANKS FOR TEEING THAT UP. THE MAILMAN CAN'T DELIVER. WE'LL SEE. 580 00:24:08,140 --> 00:24:09,200 NO, WE WON'T SEE! 581 00:24:09,220 --> 00:24:11,099 YOU'RE JEOPARDIZING THIS COUNTRY'S RELATIONSHIP 582 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:13,140 WITH THE LIKUD PARTY AND WITH THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, 583 00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,069 AND IT IS NOT AN OPTION! 584 00:24:15,089 --> 00:24:19,039 IS THAT ALL YOU'VE GOT? THERE'S NO "WHAT ABOUT THE KIDS?" 585 00:24:19,059 --> 00:24:20,190 DID SOMETHING HAPPEN? 586 00:24:22,039 --> 00:24:25,160 I'M GOING AWAY FOR TWO WEEKS. 587 00:24:25,180 --> 00:24:28,019 WILL THEY BE...? AT MY MOTHER'S. 588 00:24:28,039 --> 00:24:29,210 GOOD. WOULD YOU HAVE ASKED? 589 00:24:29,230 --> 00:24:31,190 I FIGURED YOUR MOTHER'S, WHICH IS APPARENTLY... 590 00:24:31,210 --> 00:24:33,019 YOU SAY YOU WANNA BE INVOLVED. 591 00:24:33,039 --> 00:24:34,170 IT DOESN'T COME WITH AN EMBOSSED INVITATION. 592 00:24:34,190 --> 00:24:37,119 YOU INVOLVE YOURSELF, OR YOU DON'T. 593 00:24:45,009 --> 00:24:46,089 THE PRESIDENT WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU 594 00:24:46,109 --> 00:24:48,009 THAT THIS IS A FACT-FINDING MISSION. 595 00:24:48,029 --> 00:24:50,000 PLEASE MAKE IT CLEAR TO ANY PARTIES YOU MEET WITH 596 00:24:50,019 --> 00:24:53,109 THAT YOU ARE NOT EMPOWERED TO NEGOTIATE FOR THE UNITED STATES. 597 00:24:59,210 --> 00:25:02,039 IS SHE IN THERE? ( laughing ) 598 00:25:02,059 --> 00:25:04,059 HANG ON, SHE'S GETTING OFF. 599 00:25:04,079 --> 00:25:06,069 THE PHONE. 600 00:25:06,089 --> 00:25:07,140 YOU WANT JOSH? 601 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:09,109 C.J.: LORD KNOWS I DO. 602 00:25:12,019 --> 00:25:14,180 JOSH LYMAN, AS I LIVE AND BREATHE! 603 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,119 YOU WANT A COOKIE? 604 00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:18,170 THEY'RE FROM DONNA'S MOTHER. 605 00:25:20,009 --> 00:25:22,000 I SPOKE TO LISA WOLFE. 606 00:25:22,019 --> 00:25:24,230 WHAT'D SHE SAY? I DON'T WANNA TALK ABOUT IT. 607 00:25:26,140 --> 00:25:27,220 I'M HIDING FROM TOBY. 608 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,079 ( giggles ) 609 00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,069 WHAT? 610 00:25:31,089 --> 00:25:33,119 NOTHING. YOU'RE HIDING, IT'S FUNNY. 611 00:25:33,140 --> 00:25:34,180 IT'S NOT FUNNY. 612 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,019 HEY. SEE? IT IS. 613 00:25:37,039 --> 00:25:39,019 I GOTTA GO. WHAT'S GOING ON? 614 00:25:39,039 --> 00:25:41,049 C.J. HAS THE GIGGLES. 615 00:25:41,069 --> 00:25:43,039 IT'S YOUR DEAL. I FIND IT ELATING. 616 00:25:43,059 --> 00:25:44,109 SHE STONED? I'M FINE. 617 00:25:44,130 --> 00:25:45,190 I JUST DIDN'T GET ENOUGH SLEEP. 618 00:25:45,210 --> 00:25:48,029 YOU WERE WITH RANGER RICK, WEREN'T YOU? 619 00:25:48,049 --> 00:25:50,019 JOSH SPOKE TO LISA WOLFE. 620 00:25:50,039 --> 00:25:52,089 SHE GIVE YOU A NAME? YOU ARE A FAITHLESS WENCH. 621 00:25:52,109 --> 00:25:55,069 WHAT'S THE NAME? CHRISTOPHER MULREADY. 622 00:25:55,089 --> 00:25:56,210 WAIT FOR IT... 623 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,019 CHRISTOPHER MULREADY?! 624 00:25:59,039 --> 00:26:00,180 THERE IT IS. C.J.: HE'S NOT THE... 625 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,200 America's Democrats: THE TRIUMPH OF SOCIALISM. 626 00:26:02,220 --> 00:26:05,220 HE DOESN'T LIKE THE NAME. THE MAN WROTE A BOOK THAT FLUSHES THE ENTIRETY 627 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:07,190 OF THE DOCTRINE OF UN-ENUMERATED RIGHTS DOWN THE... 628 00:26:07,210 --> 00:26:08,190 THE... TOILET. 629 00:26:08,210 --> 00:26:09,220 GARBAGE DISPOSAL. 630 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,190 NO RIGHT TO USE A CONDOM, 631 00:26:11,210 --> 00:26:13,190 NO RIGHT TO GET AN ABORTION, CERTAINLY, 632 00:26:13,210 --> 00:26:15,230 NO PROTECTION FROM ELECTRONIC SEARCHES, 633 00:26:16,009 --> 00:26:17,150 NO SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS... 634 00:26:17,170 --> 00:26:19,039 HE'S WHAT, 48? I KNOW. 635 00:26:19,059 --> 00:26:20,150 THE LEFT'S GONNA BLOW A GASKET. 636 00:26:20,170 --> 00:26:22,009 NO SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. 637 00:26:22,029 --> 00:26:23,140 WE'VE GOT PROBLEMS ON THE RIGHT, TOO. 638 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,160 KOGAN, HOWARD, TONDELLO, THEY CAN'T VOTE FOR A MULREADY. 639 00:26:25,180 --> 00:26:27,039 THEIR CONSTITUENCIES ARE TOO MODERATE. 640 00:26:27,059 --> 00:26:28,150 GET ANOTHER NAME. THAT IS THE NAME. 641 00:26:28,170 --> 00:26:29,220 THERE ARE... THIS IS THE DEAL. 642 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:31,210 HE'S WHAT EVELYN LANG IS TO THEM. 643 00:26:31,230 --> 00:26:33,180 WE NOMINATE THE PATRON SAINT 644 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:35,150 OF A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE FOR CHIEF JUSTICE, 645 00:26:35,170 --> 00:26:40,039 WE ASK THEM TO IGNORE AN INCREDIBLY RICH PIECE OF HER PERSONAL HISTORY, 646 00:26:40,059 --> 00:26:42,089 WE TAKE THE NAME THEY GIVE US. 647 00:26:42,109 --> 00:26:45,130 THIS ISN'T GONNA WORK. 648 00:26:46,079 --> 00:26:47,089 YEAH. 649 00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,140 IT ISN'T. 650 00:27:06,170 --> 00:27:07,200 IF... 651 00:27:07,220 --> 00:27:10,009 IF WE WERE GONNA TRY THIS, 652 00:27:10,029 --> 00:27:11,210 WHAT WOULD BE THE PLAN? 653 00:27:11,230 --> 00:27:15,150 WE GIVE THE PRESIDENT AND LEO THE NAME. 654 00:27:15,170 --> 00:27:17,049 WE BRING CHRISTOPHER MULREADY IN. 655 00:27:17,069 --> 00:27:19,059 WE BRING LANG BACK IN. HOPEFULLY, THE TWO OF THEM 656 00:27:19,079 --> 00:27:20,170 WOO THE PANTS OFF THE PRESIDENT, 657 00:27:20,190 --> 00:27:22,059 AND HE AGREES TO THE DEAL WITHOUT NOTICING 658 00:27:22,079 --> 00:27:25,160 HE'S STANDING IN THE GAZE OF HISTORY, PANTLESS. 659 00:27:28,230 --> 00:27:31,069 I'LL TALK TO HIM. YOU DON'T HAVE TO TALK TO HIM. 660 00:27:31,089 --> 00:27:32,130 YOU'VE BEEN ON HIM ABOUT THIS. 661 00:27:32,150 --> 00:27:33,220 IT SOUNDS MORE PLAUSIBLE COMING FROM ME. 662 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,160 WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT THE COMMITTEE? 663 00:27:35,180 --> 00:27:38,019 LISA WOLFE'S GONNA TAKE IT TO THE CHAIRMAN. I MEAN THE DEMOCRATS. 664 00:27:38,039 --> 00:27:40,089 YOU GOTTA GET SENATOR PIERCE ON BOARD OR YOU GET NOBODY. 665 00:27:40,109 --> 00:27:41,200 WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT PIERCE? 666 00:27:41,220 --> 00:27:45,039 Ryan: ♪ OH WON'T YOU STAAAAAY ♪ 667 00:27:45,059 --> 00:27:47,190 ♪ JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER? ♪ 668 00:27:47,210 --> 00:27:49,059 SHUT UP. 669 00:27:49,079 --> 00:27:51,230 I THOUGHT YOU WERE FIRING HIM. IF WISHING MADE IT SO. 670 00:27:53,140 --> 00:27:54,160 DONNA! 671 00:27:54,180 --> 00:27:55,200 ♪ SAY YOU WILL... ♪ 672 00:27:55,220 --> 00:27:57,119 SEND IN ELVIS. 673 00:27:58,099 --> 00:28:00,099 WHAT'S UP? COME ON IN. 674 00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,079 TAKE A LOAD OFF. 675 00:28:03,099 --> 00:28:06,150 I WAS A LITTLE BRUSQUE WITH YOU BEFORE. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. 676 00:28:06,170 --> 00:28:08,180 OKAY. YOUR FEELINGS A LITTLE HURT? 677 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,059 NOT AT ALL. REALLY? WHY NOT? 678 00:28:11,079 --> 00:28:12,220 HMM, WOULD THIS BE EASIER IF THEY WERE? 679 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,059 I SAID I WAS GONNA FIRE YOU IF IT WASN'T FOR... 680 00:28:15,079 --> 00:28:17,220 ARE YOU FIRING ME? 681 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,059 NO. 682 00:28:19,079 --> 00:28:21,000 THEN THERE'S A "STICKS AND STONES" THING 683 00:28:21,019 --> 00:28:22,150 THAT COMES TO MIND. 684 00:28:24,230 --> 00:28:27,220 ( classical music playing ) 685 00:28:38,079 --> 00:28:41,069 FINISHING A CALL. I SPOKE TO ANDY. ANYTHING? 686 00:28:41,089 --> 00:28:45,119 NO. THE NATIONAL SECURITY CAUCUS IS SPONSORING THE DELEGATION. WE COULD TALK TO THEM. 687 00:28:45,140 --> 00:28:48,109 WE'LL DEAL WITH IT NEXT WEEK. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. 688 00:28:48,130 --> 00:28:51,000 WE GOT A NAME FOR BRADY'S SEAT. 689 00:28:51,019 --> 00:28:52,190 SOMEBODY WORKABLE? 690 00:28:52,210 --> 00:28:54,069 YOU CAN GO IN NOW. 691 00:28:54,089 --> 00:28:55,200 THANK YOU. 692 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,039 President: MULREADY?! 693 00:29:08,059 --> 00:29:10,230 NO, ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR BLOODY MIND? 694 00:29:11,009 --> 00:29:14,039 THE LAST TIME I HEARD CHRISTOPHER MULREADY'S NAME, 695 00:29:14,059 --> 00:29:15,230 IT WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH... 696 00:29:16,009 --> 00:29:17,200 ( raises volume ) 697 00:29:17,220 --> 00:29:19,190 ( President continues indistinctly ) 698 00:29:19,210 --> 00:29:24,069 AND SOME SORT OF BALONEY ABOUT THE STRANGLEHOLD THE EPA... 699 00:29:28,130 --> 00:29:29,230 RYAN HERE YET? NOT YET. 700 00:29:30,009 --> 00:29:31,160 Charlie: CHRIS MULREADY? YEAH. 701 00:29:31,180 --> 00:29:33,059 DISSENTED ON MINORITY SET ASIDES. 702 00:29:33,079 --> 00:29:34,200 STRUCK DOWN HATE CRIME LEGISLATION. 703 00:29:34,220 --> 00:29:37,029 WENT AFTER MIRANDA RIGHTS. FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THAT? 704 00:29:37,049 --> 00:29:39,049 IT'S NOT A PERFECT PLAN. I'M THE FIRST TO ADMIT. 705 00:29:39,069 --> 00:29:40,200 THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO REITERATE, HE'S NOT SPENDING 706 00:29:40,220 --> 00:29:42,160 MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES WITH THIS CLOWN. 707 00:29:42,180 --> 00:29:44,210 THE PRESS ROOM IS CLEAR. CAROL'S GONNA BABY-SIT THE FILING SHOP. 708 00:29:44,230 --> 00:29:47,089 BUT KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR ROVING REPORTERS. YOU IN ON THIS, TOO? 709 00:29:47,109 --> 00:29:51,109 WE GOT LANG COMING IN TO MEET THE PRESIDENT AT 7:00, CHRISTOPHER MULREADY'S AT 8:00. 710 00:29:51,130 --> 00:29:55,000 THE PRESS CAN'T SEE HIM. WE NEED A CLEAR SHOT FROM THE ROOSEVELT ROOM TO THE OVAL. 711 00:29:55,019 --> 00:29:57,190 HE'S ON THE SHORT LIST? HE IS IF SHE IS. WE MAY GET BOTH. 712 00:29:57,210 --> 00:29:59,170 YOU'RE PUTTING MY MOTHER'S CATS ON THE SUPREME COURT. 713 00:29:59,190 --> 00:30:01,039 YOUR WHAT? IT'S JUST AN EXPERIMENT. 714 00:30:01,059 --> 00:30:02,140 SHE'S ON SENTRY. WE'RE GOOD. 715 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,210 HI. DON'T EVER TELL ANYONE THAT STORY. 716 00:30:04,230 --> 00:30:06,150 WE ALL SET? LEFTY'S GOT THE GOODS, 717 00:30:06,170 --> 00:30:08,079 ROCKO GOT THE CALL, STINKY'S ON LOOKOUT. 718 00:30:08,099 --> 00:30:09,130 HEY! SHALL WE? 719 00:30:09,150 --> 00:30:12,079 YOUR UNCLE'S HERE?! KNOCK 'EM DEAD. 720 00:30:13,210 --> 00:30:16,109 PIERCE'LL NEVER BUY IT, WILL HE? NOPE. 721 00:30:16,130 --> 00:30:17,210 REMEMBER, HE'S ALL BARK. 722 00:30:17,230 --> 00:30:19,109 JUST LET HIM HOLLER, WEAR HIMSELF OUT. 723 00:30:19,130 --> 00:30:21,059 HE'S GOT THE STRENGTH, YOU'VE GOT THE ENDURANCE. 724 00:30:21,079 --> 00:30:23,000 HERE! USE IT WISELY, AND FOR GOD'S SAKE, 725 00:30:23,019 --> 00:30:26,089 DON'T TRY TO KEEP UP. YOU'RE WAY OUT OF YOUR LEAGUE. 726 00:30:26,109 --> 00:30:28,160 NOT NECESSARY, THANK YOU. 727 00:30:30,230 --> 00:30:33,210 AH.. GOOD TO SEE YOU, JOSH. 728 00:30:33,230 --> 00:30:36,099 SENATOR PIERCE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STOPPING IN. 729 00:30:36,119 --> 00:30:38,119 JOSH WAS PRETTY IMPRESSED WITH YOUR FLOOR SPEECH ON TUESDAY... 730 00:30:38,140 --> 00:30:41,119 JOSH CAN KISS UP ALL ON HIS OWN. GET BACK TO WORK. 731 00:30:41,140 --> 00:30:47,099 YELL IF YOU NEED ANYTHING. 732 00:30:47,119 --> 00:30:49,089 MY NEPHEW BEHAVING? HE'S A... TREAT. 733 00:30:49,109 --> 00:30:53,019 HE BETTER BE. BUGGED ME FOR TWO YEARS TO GET HIM A JOB IN THIS PLACE. 734 00:30:53,039 --> 00:30:54,099 REALLY? WATCH YOURSELF. 735 00:30:54,119 --> 00:30:55,180 HE'S THE LEAN AND HUNGRY TYPE. 736 00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,059 HAVE SOMEONE TASTE YOUR FOOD. 737 00:30:57,079 --> 00:30:58,210 RYAN? SO, CRAZIEST RUMOR 738 00:30:58,230 --> 00:31:00,099 YOU EVER HEARD RUNNING AROUND THE COMMITTEE. 739 00:31:00,119 --> 00:31:02,140 OH YEAH? CHARLIE FELSON SAYS 740 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,230 YOU WANNA PUT CHRIS MULREADY ON THE SUPREME COURT. 741 00:31:05,009 --> 00:31:07,000 I SAID ANYBODY WHO TRIES 742 00:31:07,019 --> 00:31:08,180 IS GONNA FIND HIMSELF IN A CLOSED SESSION 743 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,140 WITH MYSELF, THE MINORITY LEADER, 744 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:14,140 AND THE BUSINESS END OF A TWO-BY-FOUR. 745 00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:19,089 YOU KNOW, WE GOT A 21-YEAR-OLD GLENLIVET KNOCKIN' AROUND HERE. 746 00:31:19,109 --> 00:31:21,049 CAN I GET YOU A DRINK? 747 00:31:23,140 --> 00:31:25,190 LANG STILL IN THERE? OH, SHE'S A BIG HIT. 748 00:31:25,210 --> 00:31:28,190 SHE HAS TO LEAVE. HER EVIL TWIN, SKIPPY'S, ON HIS WAY. 749 00:31:28,210 --> 00:31:31,069 I DID OUR SECRET WRAP-IT-UP SIGN, WHICH IS, I KNOCK AND SAY 750 00:31:31,089 --> 00:31:33,069 THE DEPUTY NSA NEEDS TO TALK ABOUT JAPAN. 751 00:31:33,089 --> 00:31:35,099 AND HE SAID, "YOU TALK TO HIM, YOU'VE BEEN THERE." 752 00:31:35,119 --> 00:31:36,200 WHICH IS TRUE, BUT MAKES ME THINK 753 00:31:36,220 --> 00:31:38,150 HE'S FORGOTTEN IT'S A SECRET SIGN. 754 00:31:38,170 --> 00:31:41,000 HOW ABOUT "EXCUSE ME, MR. PRESIDENT, WE NEED TO MOVE ON"? 755 00:31:41,019 --> 00:31:43,220 IF YOU WANT THE JOB, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WORK ON YOUR TYPING. 756 00:31:51,079 --> 00:31:53,150 APOLOGIES. 757 00:31:53,170 --> 00:31:55,029 HE'S RUNNING BEHIND SCHEDULE. 758 00:31:55,049 --> 00:31:57,079 I IMAGINE THAT HAPPENS. 759 00:32:00,210 --> 00:32:02,210 YOU WANNA TELL ME WHAT I'M DOING HERE? 760 00:32:02,230 --> 00:32:04,210 OH, JUST A HELLO. 761 00:32:04,230 --> 00:32:07,059 I'M NOT BEING IMPEACHED? 762 00:32:07,079 --> 00:32:09,220 NO. THIS ISN'T A NOT- PARTICULARLY-SUBTLE 763 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:13,009 FORM OF INTIMIDATION ABOUT THE GAYS IN THE WORKPLACE CASE? 764 00:32:13,029 --> 00:32:14,049 THAT WOULD BE ILLEGAL. 765 00:32:14,069 --> 00:32:15,109 MY POINT EXACTLY. 766 00:32:15,130 --> 00:32:17,130 THE PRESIDENT WILL EXPLAIN. 767 00:32:17,150 --> 00:32:18,180 ANY MINUTE NOW. 768 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,079 HMM. 769 00:32:25,220 --> 00:32:27,019 BUT SINCE YOU MENTION IT, 770 00:32:27,039 --> 00:32:30,039 I READ YOUR ARTICLE ON BELLINGTON, 771 00:32:30,059 --> 00:32:32,200 AND I MAY BE OUT ON THE FRINGE HERE, 772 00:32:32,220 --> 00:32:36,079 BUT I DON'T SEE HOW A FAMILY VALUES CONSERVATIVE 773 00:32:36,099 --> 00:32:38,210 JUSTIFIES DENYING COMMITTED COUPLES ACCESS 774 00:32:38,230 --> 00:32:40,140 TO THE BENEFITS OF STATE SANCTIONED MONOGAMY. 775 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:42,140 HOMOSEXUAL COUPLES. COUPLES. 776 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,099 A COUPLE IS A COUPLE. 777 00:32:44,119 --> 00:32:46,170 HI. HOW WAS RYAN'S UNCLE? 778 00:32:46,190 --> 00:32:48,089 HE'S A BLAST. COME MEET HIM. 779 00:32:48,109 --> 00:32:50,049 HE'S STILL HERE? 780 00:32:50,069 --> 00:32:52,019 OH, MY GOD, YOU'RE DRUNK. 781 00:32:52,039 --> 00:32:55,039 I THINK I JUST PROMISED HIM A PORK BARREL ROADS PROJECT 782 00:32:55,059 --> 00:32:57,150 ON AN OMNIBUS BILL THAT DOESN'T EXIST. 783 00:32:57,170 --> 00:33:00,069 DON'T TRY AND KEEP UP. HE'S GOT A WOODEN-- A HOLLOW LEG. 784 00:33:00,089 --> 00:33:01,130 HE DRINKS A LOT. 785 00:33:01,150 --> 00:33:03,049 IT'S AN EQUAL PROTECTION VIOLATION. 786 00:33:03,069 --> 00:33:06,049 HOMOSEXUALS ARE NOT A SUSPECT CLASS. DOMA DENIES ACCESS... 787 00:33:06,069 --> 00:33:08,160 NO. ...TO OVER 1,000 FEDERAL PROTECTIONS. 788 00:33:08,180 --> 00:33:10,049 TO WHAT? SURVIVOR'S BENEFITS UNDER SOCIAL SECURITY. 789 00:33:10,069 --> 00:33:14,000 ( beeping ) $255? I'LL WRITE YOU A CHECK. 790 00:33:14,019 --> 00:33:16,210 HOSPITAL DECISION-MAKING. SO TALK ABOUT POWER OF ATTORNEY, NOT MARRIAGE. 791 00:33:16,230 --> 00:33:18,210 BESIDES THE FACT THAT DOMA DOESN'T RESTRICT 792 00:33:18,230 --> 00:33:20,160 ACCESS TO MARRIAGE. BUT OF COURSE 793 00:33:20,180 --> 00:33:22,200 IT RESTRICTS ACCESS-- IT RESTRICTS FULL FAITH AND CREDIT. 794 00:33:22,220 --> 00:33:24,200 SO VERMONT GETS TO STEER NATIONWIDE 795 00:33:24,220 --> 00:33:27,019 MARRIAGE LEGISLATION? 796 00:33:27,039 --> 00:33:28,109 VERMONT? 797 00:33:28,130 --> 00:33:29,210 WELL, THIS IS A SIGHT TO SEE. 798 00:33:29,230 --> 00:33:31,200 ONE OF THE MORE UNLIKELY MEETINGS 799 00:33:31,220 --> 00:33:34,049 IN THE HISTORY OF THE BARTLET WHITE HOUSE. 800 00:33:34,069 --> 00:33:36,180 IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU, EVIE. YOU TOO, CHRIS. 801 00:33:36,200 --> 00:33:38,220 I CAME TO SAY GOODBYE. I WISH I HAD A CAMERA. 802 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,140 Mulready: MR. ZIEGLER WAS TRYING TO CONVINCE ME 803 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:43,140 THE DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 804 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,190 OH. DOMA? HE WAS TRYING TO CONVINCE YOU? 805 00:33:45,210 --> 00:33:47,220 ( chuckling ) WHAT? 806 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:49,220 HE DOESN'T NEED CONVINCING. WELL, I WASN'T DOING... 807 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:51,069 HE'S YANKING YOUR CHAIN. 808 00:33:51,089 --> 00:33:53,079 HE WOULD NEVER UPHOLD DOMA. 809 00:33:53,099 --> 00:33:55,069 HE MIGHT NOT LOVE THE IDEA OF GAY MARRIAGE, 810 00:33:55,089 --> 00:33:57,109 BUT HE HATES CONGRESSIONAL OVERREACHING, 811 00:33:57,130 --> 00:33:58,220 AND CONGRESS DOESN'T HAVE THE POWER 812 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:00,049 TO LEGISLATE MARRIAGE. 813 00:34:00,069 --> 00:34:02,039 THE ISSUE ISN'T PRIVACY... OR EQUAL PROTECTION. 814 00:34:02,059 --> 00:34:04,230 Lang: IT'S ENUMERATED POWERS. HE'LL HAVE AN EASIER TIME 815 00:34:05,009 --> 00:34:06,109 KNOCKING DOWN DOMA THAN I WILL. 816 00:34:06,130 --> 00:34:07,230 A LACK OF IMAGINATION ON YOUR PART, 817 00:34:08,010 --> 00:34:10,130 IF I MAY BE SO BOLD. YOU WERE YANKING MY CHAIN? 818 00:34:10,150 --> 00:34:12,179 YOU CALL ME IN FOR A MEETING WITH A DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT 819 00:34:12,199 --> 00:34:14,190 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. ARE YOU REALLY GONNA 820 00:34:14,210 --> 00:34:16,099 TO GIVE ME CRAP ABOUT YANKING YOUR CHAIN? 821 00:34:16,119 --> 00:34:19,179 JOSH LYMAN IS GESTICULATING WILDLY. 822 00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:21,070 EXCUSE ME. 823 00:34:25,199 --> 00:34:27,099 WHERE'S THE SENATOR? HE'S WITH C.J. 824 00:34:27,119 --> 00:34:30,139 HE GOT ME A LITTLE DRUNK. IS HE LEAVING? 825 00:34:30,159 --> 00:34:32,190 I THINK HE'S GETTING C.J. A LITTLE DRUNK. 826 00:34:32,210 --> 00:34:34,219 HOW'S IT GOING? HE'S STRIKING DOWN GAY MARRIAGE BANS 827 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:37,000 AND SHE'S DEFENDING THEM, AND THEY'RE AS THICK AS THIEVES, 828 00:34:37,019 --> 00:34:38,110 AND HE'S A FAN OF CHAIN YANKING. 829 00:34:38,130 --> 00:34:41,210 SHE'S DEFENDING HIM? UP IS DOWN, DOWN IS UP. 830 00:34:41,230 --> 00:34:44,039 I AM NOT. NO I AM NOT REWRITING ARTICLE I. 831 00:34:44,059 --> 00:34:46,130 WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT A GUN-FREE SCHOOL ZONE IS... 832 00:34:46,150 --> 00:34:48,179 IS NOT A FEDERAL ISSUE. IN LOPEZ... 833 00:34:48,199 --> 00:34:50,150 LOPEZ OVERTURNED 50 YEARS OF PRECEDENT. 834 00:34:50,170 --> 00:34:52,039 TOO BAD, THEY RULED A PLAIN TEXT READING 835 00:34:52,059 --> 00:34:54,050 OF THE COMMERCE CLAUSE DOES NOT AFFORD CONGRESS... 836 00:34:54,070 --> 00:34:56,059 A PLAIN TEXT READING OF THE CONSTITUTION 837 00:34:56,079 --> 00:34:58,199 VALUES A "NEGRO" AT THREE-FIFTHS OF A MAN. 838 00:34:58,219 --> 00:35:01,000 HENCE THE 13TH, 14TH AND 15TH AMENDMENTS. 839 00:35:01,019 --> 00:35:02,159 OH, GENEROUS. THANK YOU. 840 00:35:02,179 --> 00:35:06,099 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GUNS AND SCHOOLS AND INTERSTATE COMMERCE... 841 00:35:06,119 --> 00:35:08,110 Lang: YOU DON'T THINK THAT THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION 842 00:35:08,130 --> 00:35:11,030 HAS A DIRECT AFFECT ON... 843 00:35:13,019 --> 00:35:16,079 WAITING TO MEET A MAN YOU'RE HOLDING HOSTAGE IN THE ROOSEVELT ROOM. 844 00:35:16,099 --> 00:35:20,000 Pierce/C.J.: ♪ AND WHILE THE KING WAS LOOKING DOWN ♪ 845 00:35:20,019 --> 00:35:23,070 ♪ THE JESTER STOLE HIS THORNY CROWN ♪ 846 00:35:23,090 --> 00:35:24,179 ♪ NO VERDICT WAS RETURNED... ♪ 847 00:35:24,199 --> 00:35:26,199 OKAY, EVERYONE NEEDS TO PUT DOWN THEIR GLASSES 848 00:35:26,219 --> 00:35:28,119 AND PAY ATTENTION. 849 00:35:29,190 --> 00:35:31,219 YOU LIKE HIM? I HATE HIM. 850 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:35,130 I HATE HIM-- BUT HE'S BRILLIANT. 851 00:35:35,150 --> 00:35:42,010 AND THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER, THEY'RE FIGHTING LIKE CATS AND DOGS, BUT IT WORKS. 852 00:35:42,030 --> 00:35:46,010 YOU COULDN'T FIND A SINGLE WARM-BLOODED CENTRIST TO PUT ON THE COURT? 853 00:35:46,030 --> 00:35:48,159 WE'VE GOT CENTRISTS. WE'VE GOT SIX OF 'EM, PLUS TWO STAUNCH CONSERVATIVES, 854 00:35:48,179 --> 00:35:50,139 PLUS JUSTICE ASHLAND-- 855 00:35:50,159 --> 00:35:53,179 THE ONE CLARION VOICE ARTICULATING A LIBERAL VISION. 856 00:35:53,199 --> 00:35:55,219 HE'S GONNA GO AND THEN WHAT? 857 00:35:59,030 --> 00:36:01,050 ( sighs ) 858 00:36:01,070 --> 00:36:02,090 WELL, SEND HIM IN. SIR... 859 00:36:02,110 --> 00:36:03,210 I SAID I'D LISTEN TO HIM, TOBY. 860 00:36:03,230 --> 00:36:05,230 THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO DO IT. 861 00:36:12,130 --> 00:36:13,150 TOBY. WHAT? 862 00:36:13,170 --> 00:36:15,079 NOTHING'S HAPPENING. HANG ON. 863 00:36:18,010 --> 00:36:20,170 Donna: THAT'S HIM? YEAH. 864 00:36:20,190 --> 00:36:23,179 NO TAIL, NO CLOVEN HOOVES. 865 00:36:23,199 --> 00:36:26,059 JUDGE MULREADY. 866 00:36:29,159 --> 00:36:31,139 THANKS FOR COMING IN. 867 00:36:31,159 --> 00:36:32,190 IT'S AN HONOR, SIR. 868 00:36:32,210 --> 00:36:34,030 PLEASE. 869 00:36:35,039 --> 00:36:37,059 I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU AND JUDGE LANG 870 00:36:37,079 --> 00:36:41,010 HAD A BIT OF A KNOCK-DOWN-DRAG-OUT. 871 00:36:41,030 --> 00:36:43,019 SHE WANTS TO FEDERALIZE LAW ENFORCEMENT. 872 00:36:43,039 --> 00:36:45,150 I THOUGHT IT WAS HASTY. NOT YOUR BRAND OF JUDGE. 873 00:36:45,170 --> 00:36:48,110 QUITE THE OPPOSITE. I HAVEN'T HAD THAT MUCH FUN IN MONTHS. 874 00:36:48,130 --> 00:36:51,039 REALLY? USE HER IF YOU CAN. 875 00:36:51,059 --> 00:36:53,159 I'M NOT SURE WHAT ALL THIS IS ABOUT. 876 00:36:53,179 --> 00:36:56,059 I... I SUPPOSE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE PLACATED 877 00:36:56,079 --> 00:36:58,110 BY A GLIMPSE OF SOMEONE LIKE HER 878 00:36:58,130 --> 00:37:00,110 OR SOMEONE LIKE ME IN THESE HALLS. 879 00:37:00,130 --> 00:37:03,010 I'M MOST CERTAINLY HERE FOR THAT, 880 00:37:03,030 --> 00:37:05,079 BUT IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN USE HER... 881 00:37:05,099 --> 00:37:07,090 IT'S UNLIKELY. 882 00:37:07,110 --> 00:37:09,139 WHO'S AT THE TOP OF THE LIST? 883 00:37:12,170 --> 00:37:14,179 IF I LEAKED IT, WOULD THEY BELIEVE ME? 884 00:37:15,150 --> 00:37:17,130 BRAD SHELTON. 885 00:37:19,110 --> 00:37:20,230 REALLY? YOU DON'T LIKE HIM. 886 00:37:21,010 --> 00:37:22,110 HE'S A FINE JURIST. 887 00:37:22,130 --> 00:37:24,170 AND IN THE EVENT THAT CARMINE, LAFAYETTE, HOYT, CLARK 888 00:37:24,190 --> 00:37:27,130 AND BRANNAGHAN ALL DROP DEAD, THE CENTER WILL STILL BE WELL TENDED. 889 00:37:27,150 --> 00:37:28,130 ( chuckles ) 890 00:37:28,150 --> 00:37:30,130 YOU WANT ANOTHER BRADY. 891 00:37:30,150 --> 00:37:32,130 SURE. JUST LIKE YOU'D LIKE ANOTHER ASHLAND. WHO WOULDN'T. 892 00:37:32,150 --> 00:37:35,079 THE COURT WAS AT ITS BEST WHEN BRADY WAS FIGHTING ASHLAND. 893 00:37:35,099 --> 00:37:38,099 PLENTY OF GOOD LAW WRITTEN BY THE VOICES OF MODERATION. 894 00:37:38,119 --> 00:37:41,010 WHO WRITES THE EXTRAORDINARY DISSENT? 895 00:37:41,030 --> 00:37:43,159 THE ONE MAN MINORITY OPINION WHOSE TIME HASN'T COME, 896 00:37:43,179 --> 00:37:47,010 BUT 20 YEARS LATER SOME CIRCUIT COURT CLERK 897 00:37:47,030 --> 00:37:49,159 DIGS UP AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING. 898 00:37:49,179 --> 00:37:52,039 BRENNAN RAILING AGAINST CENSORSHIP. 899 00:37:52,059 --> 00:37:54,119 HARLAN'S JEREMIAD ON JIM CROW. 900 00:37:54,139 --> 00:37:55,219 MAYBE YOU, SOMEDAY. 901 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:57,159 HMM. 902 00:37:57,179 --> 00:38:00,010 THEY CAN'T PUT ME ON THE COURT, 903 00:38:00,030 --> 00:38:03,059 JUST LIKE YOU CAN'T PUT EVELYN LANG ON THE COURT. 904 00:38:03,079 --> 00:38:06,000 IT'S SHELTONS FROM HERE ON IN. 905 00:38:06,019 --> 00:38:09,039 THERE ARE 4,000 PROTESTERS OUTSIDE THIS BUILDING, 906 00:38:09,059 --> 00:38:12,039 WORRIED ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO LAND IN THAT SEAT. 907 00:38:12,059 --> 00:38:14,159 WE CAN'T AFFORD TO ALIENATE ALL OF THEM. 908 00:38:14,179 --> 00:38:18,000 WE ALL HAVE OUR ROLES TO PLAY, SIR. 909 00:38:18,019 --> 00:38:22,030 YOURS IS TO NOMINATE SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T ALIENATE PEOPLE. 910 00:38:30,050 --> 00:38:33,079 WHERE'S TOBY? CAN YOU SEE THIS? 911 00:38:33,099 --> 00:38:35,050 YEAH. IT'S WATER, IT'LL DRY. 912 00:38:35,070 --> 00:38:37,099 OKAY. YOU READY? 913 00:38:37,119 --> 00:38:40,030 Reporter: JUSTICE ROY ASHLAND, HAVING SERVED 32 YEARS 914 00:38:40,050 --> 00:38:43,099 ON THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT, 12 OF THEM AS CHIEF, 915 00:38:43,119 --> 00:38:46,110 WILL OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE HIS RETIREMENT IN JUST A MOMENT. 916 00:38:46,130 --> 00:38:52,210 HENRY STAUB RETIRED AND I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL. 917 00:38:52,230 --> 00:38:56,150 YOU WERE PROBABLY LEARNING TO WALK. 918 00:38:56,170 --> 00:39:00,230 IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO PAUSE IN HENRY STAUB'S CHAIR, 919 00:39:01,010 --> 00:39:02,199 A JOY TO SPEND... 920 00:39:02,219 --> 00:39:06,210 HE'LL TAKE THREE QUESTIONS, AT THE MOST, AND THEN WE'RE OFF. 921 00:39:06,230 --> 00:39:09,099 YOU READY? 922 00:39:09,119 --> 00:39:11,139 THAT'S A YES. 923 00:39:11,159 --> 00:39:14,090 SO WHY A RACIAL PREFERENCE AND NOT AN ECONOMIC ONE? 924 00:39:14,110 --> 00:39:15,199 BECAUSE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION'S 925 00:39:15,219 --> 00:39:17,039 ABOUT A LEGACY OF RACIAL OPPRESSION. 926 00:39:17,059 --> 00:39:18,059 IT'S ABOUT COMPROMISING ADMISSION STANDARDS. 927 00:39:18,079 --> 00:39:20,019 THAT'S BULL... EXCUSE ME. 928 00:39:20,039 --> 00:39:22,090 IT'S ABOUT LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD AFTER 300 YEARS OF... 929 00:39:22,110 --> 00:39:24,179 SEE, THIS IS WHERE THE LIBERAL ARGUMENT GOES OFF THE RAILS. 930 00:39:24,199 --> 00:39:25,219 YOU GET STUCK IN THE PAST. 931 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:27,170 NOW, YOU WANT TO COME BACK AT ME WITH: 932 00:39:27,190 --> 00:39:29,139 GRADING IS BASED ON PAST PERFORMANCE, 933 00:39:29,159 --> 00:39:31,179 BUT ADMISSION SHOULD BE BASED ON POTENTIAL, 934 00:39:31,199 --> 00:39:34,110 ON HOW A CANDIDATE MAY THRIVE WITH THIS SORT OF OPPORTUNITY. 935 00:39:34,130 --> 00:39:36,159 AND STUDIES SHOW AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ADMITS 936 00:39:36,179 --> 00:39:40,059 HAVE A HIGHER PREDISPOSITION TO CONTRIBUTE TO SOCIETY. 937 00:39:40,079 --> 00:39:43,039 HANG ON, I GOTTA WRITE THIS DOWN. 938 00:39:48,050 --> 00:39:50,070 UH-UH. HAND IT OVER. 939 00:39:51,110 --> 00:39:53,110 TOBY HAS A DAUGHTER, MOLLY, TEN MONTHS OLD. 940 00:39:53,130 --> 00:39:55,110 SHE'S A LOOKER AND VERY BRIGHT, 941 00:39:55,130 --> 00:39:57,000 AND SOMEDAY HE'D LIKE TO GIVE HER 942 00:39:57,019 --> 00:39:58,190 THIS COPY OF THE 14TH AMENDMENT, 943 00:39:58,210 --> 00:40:02,119 SIGNED BY THE FIRST WOMAN TO EVER TO HOLD THIS JOB. 944 00:40:04,179 --> 00:40:06,079 HAVE YOU GOT A...? 945 00:40:06,099 --> 00:40:07,210 OH. 946 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:11,019 THANK YOU. 947 00:40:16,050 --> 00:40:18,019 WOULD YOU MIND ADDING THAT TITLE? 948 00:40:18,039 --> 00:40:20,070 THAT'S A BIT PREMATURE, ISN'T IT? 949 00:40:20,090 --> 00:40:21,119 NO. 950 00:40:33,210 --> 00:40:35,159 THANK YOU. 951 00:40:35,179 --> 00:40:37,150 MR. PRESIDENT. 952 00:40:37,170 --> 00:40:39,050 SHALL WE? 953 00:40:46,099 --> 00:40:47,150 C.J.: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, 954 00:40:47,170 --> 00:40:50,039 THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 955 00:40:50,059 --> 00:40:52,000 ( applause ) 956 00:41:00,130 --> 00:41:03,099 THE HONORABLE CHRISTOPHER MULREADY, 957 00:41:03,119 --> 00:41:08,219 NOMINEE FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. 958 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:12,000 THE HONORABLE EVELYN BAKER LANG, 959 00:41:12,019 --> 00:41:16,110 NOMINEE FOR CHIEF JUSTICE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. 960 00:41:17,150 --> 00:41:20,139 I LOOK FORWARD TO TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS.