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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,
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so incredibly sensitive
to the deep strains of decency,
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which constitute the lapping
tidewaters of our heritage?
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The state of Nebraska contends
that Herbert G. Maloney
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knowing and willfully
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perpetrated an obscene and foul...
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Your time is up.
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- May I be permitted...?
- No.
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Any questions, gentlemen?
Madame Justice?
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I get the impression that the state
of Nebraska would like to see this film
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confiscated, burned
and the ashes sent into space.
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Is that the idea?
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If the court so recommended.
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Is it your contention
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that the Constitution gives
this court any such power?
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This court is the judge
of its own power.