for comment.
How does a newspaperman like
Jack Anderson find out what happens
in the Oval Office so fast?
Simple. He's got a friend
in the Soviet Embassy.
And I'm ten minutes late.
Only one thing, Dan.
Before you consider resigning...
Resigning?
Who the hell is gonna resign?
You think I'd leave you here alone to
get sprayed down by the Lysol Lady
of Orange County?
If that holy junta at the White House
picked her
to replace Stanley Moorehead,
who in God's name do you suppose
they'd send up to take my seat?
Shirley Temple?
- Five-two.
- Change sides.
I'll let you take the sun for a while.
Not bad for a beginner, am I?
Let me take you someplace
where I can win.
Isn't a year long enough
to be a practicing widow?
Seven months. Don't rush me.
- Am I on the list?
- You're at the top.
Judge Loomis. Telephone.
Long-distance call for Judge Loomis.
Sorry, Bill.
I'm sorry these proceedings
are taking so much time,
but we're breaking
ground here.
I trust the committee's questions aren't
embarrassing you, Judge Loomis?
I don't embarrass easily, senator.
Judge Loomis? Judge Loomis,
about your interests and equities,
would they influence your
decisions on the high court?
The financial statement in front
of you is complete, senator.
When I was appointed to the
9th Circuit, I disposed of anything
that might raise a question
of conflict of interest.
- Thank you.
- But you were still married
to a very active and successful
corporation lawyer.
Was I expected to dispose of him?
According to this FBI report,
you and your husband were partners
in the law firm of Loomis and Loomis.
Yes. Excuse me, senator.
Why do you keep bringing
up my husband?
When I was appointed to the federal
bench, he took over the practice.
It was a tremendous burden on him.
It's probably what killed him.
Did you represent
Omnitech International
or its chairman, Donald Richards?
No, senator.
- You're sure about that?
- Quite sure.
After you left, is it possible
the firm represented them?
I'd have no knowledge of that.
Since your husband's death, you've
had no contact with any firm member?
None. Oh, that's not quite true.
I do play tennis once in a while with
Bill Russell. That's William Russell.
He joined the firm
after I went to the bench.
You ever discuss legal business
with him?
No, senator.
Do you think, perhaps, you're a
little too young, Judge Loomis,
to take these responsibilities
on yourself?
As I recall, Mr. Justice Snow was
a year younger than I am
when he was appointed
to the court.
Do you feel your decisions on
the high court might be influenced
by the fact that,
well, you're a woman?
I hope so. Aren't a man's decisions
influenced by the fact that he's a man?
For two centuries, this court has
expressed men's opinions.
Perhaps it's time for the majority of the
population to have one voice in nine
in the rulings
of the Supreme Court.
Is the lady implying
that male justice is perverted?
[Skipped item nr. 319]
Haven't we outgrown those fears
about the periodic instability
of the female of the species?
Eggs are not the seeds of insanity.
A woman can ovulate
and think at the same time.
We're striving to be objective.
But, really, what does sex have
to do with being a judge?
Somebody with the capacity to
bear children is gifted, not crippled.
A uterus is like absolute pitch.
Some people have it, some don't.
Well, according to this fact sheet,
Judge Loomis has never
had any children.
Does the Constitution say a Supreme
Court justice has to be a mother?
Judge Loomis, we don't mean
to probe into your personal life.
Why not? My entire life is public.
The FBI is wrong in reporting to you
I have no children. I have hundreds.
We are the parents of our ideas.