others.
Nonsense, the fresh
air will do you good.
- Alice looked awful.
- Know what burns me?
Today's Star brushed
off Stanley's life
with 2 inches and printed two
full pages of smart-ass speculation
- about his replacement.
- Been a terrible ordeal for her.
I bet it's a surprise,
somebody nobody thought of.
- She doesn't have many close friends.
- It's always a surprise.
Especially to the guy
who gets tapped.
Maybe I'll plan a dinner party
for her after a week or so.
President gave me the nod, I was
so surprised I couldn't talk.
I don't think I could stand one of
those teas, with all those wives.
Could be anybody. Lot of good
men around. Lot of lousy ones too.
If I were Alice, I'd go to Europe,
the warm part.
- How was Europe?
- Wet.
- How was your mountain?
- High.
You have any idea who's
gonna be appointed?
- To what?
- The court.
I never try to second-guess
a president.
Man moves into the White House,
you have no idea what
happens to his mind.
I just hope he has an active
membership card in the human race.
- Waldo.
- Hey, Dan.
Feels like the first day
of school, doesn't it?
- Hope I never graduate.
- Don't know what we'd do without you.
Morning, Radabaugh.
Anything happen?
All that's happened is on
your desk, Mr. Justice Snow.
- Still got the same cold?
- Sinus.
Who's that?
Mason Woods, sir.
May I come in, sir?
Of course. What the hell do
you think you're here for?
Thank you, sir.
Don't knock. It's highly unlikely
you'll ever catch me
on the couch with
Miss Radabaugh.
Yes, sir.
Well, we got one complaint about you.
You're too goddamn polite.
And stop being scared of me, Mason.
You got the job.
Yes, sir. Would you care for some tea,
Mr. Justice, or a Scotch?
Maybe I'd better have both. No, I don't
wanna overdo it. Forget the tea.
Yes, sir.
Now, this supports your position
on Abbott v. Omnitech.
Forget Omnitech.
But it's at the top of the order list.
- It's gonna get struck.
- Why?
My brave brethren on the court
are too chicken-hearted to hear it.
That's why. When I'm getting
ripped off, Mason,
I want to know who's doing the ripping.
How much can these multinational
monsters get away with?
I don't know. Neither do you,
because they hide
behind all those TV commercials,
saying how goddamn holy they are.
Even the C.J. Is scared
to hear Omnitech.
He says, "It's like telling God
you wanna examine the books."
Peace, up to a point.
Mason, the most dangerous
thing in the world is to be cautious.
People who fall down are the
ones who are afraid they'll trip.
- Take a chance.
- Yes, sir.
And don't always agree.
If you think I'm wrong and don't say so,
then what the hell good are you?
I like law clerks who argue with me.
Yes, sir. No, sir.
I mean, I'll try to do that, sir.
Not to do that, sir.
- What's this?
- Collins v. California, the kinky one
from the 9th Circuit, the Berkeley
student who wore a T-shirt that said
"Fuck the White House".
- Did he have his pants off?
- It doesn't say.
I don't see any clear and
present danger that he intended
to implement the opinion
of his T-shirt.
The 9th Circuit held it was
offensive to public sensibility.
Just being offensive
is not an offense.
One man's pornography
may be another man's poetry.
Yes, sir.
Yes, yes, yes. Lady Purity, speaking
from the cloisters of California.
"Free speech is not, ipso facto,
filthy speech.
"Dirt is a splendid
environment for earthworms,
"but it is a grave for
the human mind."
I wish to hell she didn't
write so goddamn well.
You see, Mason, that's what
this court is for,
to restrain the Ruth Loomises
of the world.
Sir, I found this opinion
on surveillance,
but you won't have to read it.
- Why not?
- You wrote it.
Well, read it to me. I might have
forgotten it or changed my mind.
"When God created the world,
"he did it alone, in private,
all by himself.
"No monitors,
no hidden microphones.
"He