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I am not about to bend to the will
of some pubescent queen.
:13:07
Forget about them.
They're unimportant.
:13:10
- Prepubescent.
- You need to concern yourself
:13:12
with what this matter means here,
not an ocean away.
:13:15
Someone should tell me what it means!
:13:17
Leder, you yourself
said it was meaningless.
:13:21
Well, not any more.
:13:25
- John Calhoun paid me a visit.
- Oh, God.
:13:29
To explain to me why this case
is of much greater import...
:13:33
- much greater symbolism, to use his
word - to the South than the North.
:13:37
If the Africans are executed,
:13:39
the abolitionists will
make good use of it.
:13:42
And yes, they will make
some converts.
:13:45
If, on the other hand,
they are freed,
:13:47
Calhoun says the Southern states
will so ally themselves against you
:13:52
that you can forget
about re-election.
:13:54
- Over this?
- It's worse than that.
:13:58
Worse? What could be
worse than that?
:14:01
Calhoun believes, and I am not sure
I can disagree with him,
:14:04
that this could take us all
one long step closer to civil war.
:14:09
- This?
- Yes, Mr President.
:14:12
But all is not lost.
:14:15
The jury appears likely to free them,
but juries can be dismissed.
:14:21
They can?
:14:24
But I believe we must go further
and remove the judge.
:14:27
We can do that?
:14:30
He could be prevailed upon to recuse
himself for any number of reasons.
:14:34
With that in mind,
:14:36
I've taken the liberty of
exploring possible replacements.
:14:39
I've found one I strongly
believe to be better.
:14:44
He's young, which means he has a
career before him rather than behind,
:14:48
he has yet to feel the hankering
:14:50
for magnanimous last gestures
for the sake of posterity.
:14:54
And he is monumentally insecure,
:14:56
particularly about
his Catholic heritage.