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PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONES. THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE REGULARS AT THESE PROGRAMS ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS A REGULAR REGIME THAT WE FOLLOW. I WILL TALK...
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| 00:01:07 |
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BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY DO NOT KNOW WHO THEY ARE -- MANDATORY INTRODUCTIONS OF THESE PEOPLE, BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY DO NOT KNOW WHO THEY ARE. THEN WE WILL...
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| 00:10:13 |
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YOU MISTAKENLY ASSIGNED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SEATING ARRANGEMENT, LET ME TELL YOU THAT MY WIFE SAID TO ME NOBODY WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THEM. I SAID TO...
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| 00:10:35 |
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I'M GOING TO SIT IN MY REGULAR SEATS. >> THIS IS WHERE THE CHIEF JUSTICE USUALLY SETS. -- SITS. >> PITCH AND INTRODUCTIONS DONE. UP SABERS, GENTLEMEN,...
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| 00:11:01 |
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BEGIN. >> THANK
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| 00:11:05 |
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YOU AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING US TO ATTEND. WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE TO BE DISTINGUISHED JUDGES WHO ARE WILLING TO DISCUSS
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| 00:11:14 |
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PUBLICLY THEIR SOMEWHAT DIFFERING APPROACHES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATIONS. IT IS ENORMOUSLY EDUCATIONAL FOR THE PUBLIC. I FEEL LIKE I AM
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| 00:11:25 |
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PARTICIPATING IN A BEER SUMMIT WITHOUT THE BEER. I'M CERTAIN IT WILL BE A TEACHABLE MOMENT FOR ALL OF US. IN OUR COURSE AT GEORGETOWN, CIVIL LIBERTIES...
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| 00:13:33 |
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HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY THE CONSTITUTION. >> ENFORCING IT, EITHER WAY, THE PERSON PROTECTED WAS THE LEAST POPULAR PERSON IN UNITED...
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| 00:14:12 |
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JUSTICE SCALIA? >> SAME ANSWER. I DO NOT KNOW ANY JUDGE WORTH HIS SALT WOULD NOT GIVE THAT ANSWER. WHETHER WE ALL LIVE UP TO IT IS ANOTHER QUESTION....
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| 00:14:34 |
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MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE CONSTITUTION THAT IS PLACED WITHIN OUR CHART, IS A VALIDLY ANTI-DEMOCRATIC DOCUMENT WHICH TELLS THE PEOPLE THEY CANNOT DO...
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| 00:15:28 |
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BELIEVE IN OUR ORIGINAL INTENT. I BELIEVE IN THE ORIGINAL MEANING. WHAT WAS THE MEANING OF THE CONSTITUTION WHEN THE PEOPLE RATIFIED IT? YOU
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| 00:15:40 |
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QUOTED JEFFERSON. THE VALIDITY OF GOVERNMENT DEPENDS UPON THE CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED. YOU FIND THAT CONSENT IN WHAT THE PEOPLE AGREED TO. WHAT THEY AGREED...
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| 00:18:28 |
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THERE -- IT IS A DOCUMENT THAT PREDATES THE GOVERNMENT. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO CREATE A GOVERNMENT THAT WOULD WORK. THAT KIND OF WORKABLE DEMOCRACY WAS SUPPOSED...
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| 00:21:08 |
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OUT THAT INITIAL INTENT THAT THIS DOCUMENT WILL IN FACT GOVERNED A CHANGING SOCIETY AS SOCIETY CHANGES OVER THE COURSE OF CENTURIES. I DO NOT WANT TO...
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| 00:22:21 |
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HAPPENED THROUGH THE DEVICE OF LOOKING AT THE PURPOSE OF THE PROVISIONS AND SAYING WE HAVE TO KEEP THE CONSTITUTION OF TODAY. IT IS MEANT TO LAST CENTURIES....
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| 00:25:13 |
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OF CERTAIN RIGHTS SPECIFIED IN THE FIRST EIGHT. TO ME THAT WORD, LIBERTY, IS RESTRICTED TO THOSE. WHAT DOES THAT SHOW? I THINK IT SHOWS THAT THE PEOPLE...
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| 00:28:00 |
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CHANGES TO COMPORT WITH WHAT WE THINK IS A GOOD IDEA OF THE DAY, IT IS RELATIVELY NEW, AND ALL YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT TO BELIEVE THAT IS THE 19TH AMENDMENT,...
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| 00:33:12 |
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YOU COULD CHANGE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. THAT IS A THEORETICAL QUESTION. I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT COME UP, SO I DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. I THINK BASICALLY...
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| 00:38:42 |
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I SAY THE CONSTITUTION REQUIRES WHATEVER I THINK WILL PRODUCE A FAIR TRIAL? OF COURSE NOT. YOU CANNOT RUN A CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM THAT WAY. AS FOR JUSTICE...
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| 00:41:14 |
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SEE IT IN THE PAPER EVENTUALLY AND BEGIN TO TAKE IT IN. IF I AM WRITING AND TRYING TO LOOK THE HISTORY OF, I WOULD SAY YOU HAVE NOT A CLUE, AND THAT...
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| 00:44:22 |
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WHAT WE ARE REALLY WRESTLING WITH, TRYING TO RECONCILE A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROVISIONS. THEY JUST TELL YOU WHO WON, WAS IT THE IMPOVERISHED WIDOW, OR WAS...
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| 00:48:09 |
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THE SPEAKERS OF THE COUNTRY, BECAUSE THIS COURT HAS LONG SINCE READ THE WORD LIBERTY TO ENCOMPASS FREEDOM OF SPEECH, WHICH HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH GOING...
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| 00:51:47 |
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NO LAW HAS A SINGLE OVERRIDING PURPOSE. THE LIMITATIONS THAT THE
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| 00:51:52 |
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BILL CONTAINS ARE AS MUCH A PART OF THE PURPOSE OF THE BILL AS ITS GENERAL OBJECTIVE, TO HELP THE POOR, TO PROVIDE
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| 00:52:00 |
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HEALTH CARE, WHATEVER. THE LIMITATIONS ARE AS MUCH A PART OF THE PURPOSE. AND YOU CANNOT TELL THE LIMITATIONS EXCEPT FROM THE TEXT OF THE STATUETE....
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| 00:54:12 |
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OUT, THE AUDIENCE IS ASLEEP. BUT I WILL TRY. LET ME SHOW YOU. WE HAD A CASE WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO INTERPRET THE WORD "COST." THE WORD IS IN THE STATUTE....
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| 00:57:03 |
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COSTS. THE REASON THE MAJORITY CAN NOW THE OTHER WAY IS THAT ALMOST ALL OF THOSE DID NOT CONSIDER COST TO INCLUDE EXPORT FEES. >> ALL I AM SAYING IS,...
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| 00:57:36 |
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LET ME GIVE ANOTHER
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| 00:57:40 |
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EXAMPLE, A HARDER ONE. THERE IS A STATUTE, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THAT SAYS YOU CAN RECOVER IF SOMEBODY IN GOVERNMENT HEARD YOU, A TORT. YOU CAN BRING...
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| 00:58:00 |
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THERE IS AN EXCEPTION, AND THE EXCEPTION APPLIES WHERE THE HARM TO YOU CONCERNED YOUR PROPERTY. I AM NOT POSITIVE I AM REMEMBERING THIS CORRECTLY, BUT...
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| 01:00:32 |
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REMAINING FICTION IN AMERICAN LAW, A TOTAL FICTION. WE BLIND OUR EYES TO THE FACT THAT NOBODY KNEW ABOUT THIS STUFF. TO SAY THAT IT REPRESENTS THE INTENT...
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| 01:01:51 |
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GENERAL MOTORS DOES NOT KNOW EVERYTHING THAT IS GOING ON IN EVERY DEPARTMENT, BUT HE HAS A SYSTEM OF A LARGE. I WORKED IN THE SENATE FOR A WHILE. I THOUGHT...
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| 01:04:55 |
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DELEGATED, JUST AS A JUDGE CANNOT DELEGATE TO HIS LAW CLERK THE DECISION IN THIS CASE. HE CAN LET THE LAW CLERKS WRITE THE DECISION, BUT THE JUDGE HAS...
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| 01:07:06 |
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IS NOT ABOUT THE NON DELEGABLE POWER OF VOTING. OUR QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THAT WHICH WAS VOTED UPON? IN RESPECT TO WHAT IS THE MEANING...
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| 01:09:52 |
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THAT THE LAW OUGHT TO MEAN WHAT IT MOST PLAUSIBLY WOULD BE MOOT MEANT TO BE UNDERSTOOD TO MEAN BY THE PEOPLE TO WHOM IT IS PROMULGATED. JUST AS BRIAR...
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| 01:11:34 |
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IT IS MORE LIKE THE WORDS OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WERE YOU REALLY DO NOT KNOW. ON THAT KIND OF CASE, THAT POST, AND HIKING IN UP LIKE A FLAT,...
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| 01:12:18 |
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VS. WADE HAVE ADMITTED THAT THE LEGAL REASONING BEHIND IT WAS FLAWED. A LOT OF DECISIONS, ONCE YOU SAY THE WORD LIBERTY, IS NOT ACCURATE. MEANS WHATEVER...
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| 01:14:17 |
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TO SEE HOW IT IS DONE, YOU CAN LOOK A LOT OF OPINIONS OF THE COURT. THEN YOU WILL SEE. THERE WE ARE. WHAT ELSE CAN I SAY? THE BASIC VALUE OF THAT CONFRONTATION...
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| 01:15:53 |
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THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN THE TIME OUT OF YOUR ENORMOUSLY BUSY SCHEDULES TO SHARE YOUR APPROACHES TO THE CONSTITUTION. >> I THINK THAT HAVE PERSUADED HIM, I...
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| 01:16:23 |
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| 01:16:31 |
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| 01:16:36 |
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PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE] [CAPTIONS COPYRIGHT NATIONAL CABLE SATELLITE CORP. 2010] >> AS I SAT THERE, I COULD NOT HELP THINKING, WOULDN'T...
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| 01:17:17 |
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HIS HORSE, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE TIME TO GET INTO IT TONIGHT. [LAUGHTER] LET ME JUST REMIND ALL OF YOU THAT THE NEXT LECTURE IN THE 2010 ELECTORS SERIES...
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