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Brent Kendall: Randall v. Sorrell (2006)
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Page 149, Clip 1: Mr. Bopp opens his argument and proceeds without interruption.
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Page 149, Clip 2: Justice Ginsburg asks whether Bopp is arguing that spending limits can never be justified.
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Page 150, Clip 1: Justice Scalia gives Bopp an assist, but Justice Kennedy interrupts with a difficult question, which he then proceeds to answer himself.
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Page 150, Clip 2: Bopp stays clear of controversy with one exception, prompting Scalia's clever riposte.
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Page 150, Clip 3: Bopp stays focused on the case at hand.
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Page 151, Clip 1: Mr. Sorrell lacks a prepared opening statement and chooses to rekindle Kennedy's refrain that money buys access.
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Page 151, Clip 2: Chief Justice Roberts interrogates Sorrell forcing him to make a critical concession.
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Page 152, Clip 1: Roberts continues to chip away at Sorrell's case, aided by some Scalia levity.
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Page 152, Clip 2: Justice Breyer comments on Scalia's calculation.
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Page 152, Clip 3: Sorrell attempts to refocus but Roberts interrupts again.
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Page 153, Clip 1: Breyer offers a long hypothetical for Sorrell.
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Page 154, Clip 1: Sorrell fails to heed the criticisms in the lower court dissent, now voiced by the justices.
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Page 154, Clip 2: Sorrell fails to know the answer to a key question prompting yet another barb from Scalia.
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Page 155, Clip 1: Sorrell defends Vermont's electoral system with general elections close on the heels of primaries.
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Page 155, Clip 2: Souter seems to speak for his colleagues expressing doubt as to the data used by Vermont to justify the limits.
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Page 155, Clip 3: Sorrell attempts to score broad and forceful points but Breyer's interruption on a technical question exhausts the remaining time.
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Page 156, Clip 1: Ms. Wright, defending the law, faces the skeptical questioning from Scalia and Roberts.
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Page 156, Clip 2: Wright, concluding her argument, maintains that Vermont justifies its actions by the number of weighty government interests it may invoke.
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