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The honorable, the chief justice
and the associate justices
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of the Supreme Court
of the United States.
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Oyez, oyez, oyez.
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All persons having business
before the honorable,
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the Supreme Court
of the United States,
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are admonished to draw near
and give their attention,
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for the court is now sitting.
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God save the United States
and this honorable court.
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Today's orders of the court have
been certified by the chief justice,
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filed with the clerk and
will not be announced orally.
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Probably the peak of
every lawyer's career
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is that moment when he
is presented and accredited
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to plead before the
highest court in the land.
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Only lawyers ever plead
in that hallowed chamber.
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But today, all eyes are focused
on the court's newest newcomer,
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who has just received confirmation
from the Senate of the United States.
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Court watchers will be fascinated
in the weeks and months ahead
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by the figure in the leather chair
farthest to the left of the chief justice.
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How will this feminine presence
affect
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what, for two centuries, has
been an all-male preserve?
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Because so many states have
accepted pornography as a way of life
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does not mean that we are willing
to compromise our values
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in the sovereign state of Nebraska.
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Ergo, I beseech
this distinguished body,
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in its infinite and scholarly wisdom,
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to uphold the exalted
standards of morality
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which this lofty court
so fervently advocates.
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And how rare it is to find
judicial minds
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so attuned to the higher
reaches of the spirit,
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so understanding of the basic
values we so dearly cherish,