A Good Quarrel > Dahlia Lithwick: Newdow v. Elk Grove United School District (2004)
A Good Quarrel
Dahlia Lithwick: Newdow v. Elk Grove United School District (2004)
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Page 14, Clip 1: Mr. Newdow's opening sentence.
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Page 14, Clip 2: Justice Kennedy questions the issue of standing in personal terms.
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Page 15, Clip 1: Newdow's deft response to Kennedy.
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Page 15, Clip 2: Newdow's answer to Kennedy is unequivocal.
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Page 16, Clip 1: When Justice Ginsburg questioned Newdow, his response borders on rude.
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Page 16, Clip 2: Newdow tangles with Kennedy whether the Pledge is a prayer or not.
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Page 16, Clip 3: Newdow reveals what he thinks is irrelevant.
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Page 17, Clip 1: Justice Breyer reaches out for conciliation and Newdow responds.
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Page 17, Clip 2: Newdow expresses his outrage in an unusual manner.
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Page 18, Clip 1: Breyer seeks accommodation; Newdow seeks perfection.
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Page 18, Clip 2: Chief Justice Rehnquist scores a big laugh observing congressional unanimity behind the "under God" amendment to the Pledge. Newdow cuts him off, generating applause from the gallery, a major violation of Court decorum.
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Page 18, Clip 3: Newdow takes the unusual tack of citing current political events in his argument.
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Page 19, Clip 1: Newdow brings his argument to a perfectly timed conclusion.
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