A Good Quarrel > Tim O'Brien: Forsyth County, Georgia v. The Nationalist Movement (1992)
A Good Quarrel
Tim O'Brien: Forsyth County, Georgia v. The Nationalist Movement (1992)
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Page 27, Clip 1: Chief Justice Rehnquist calls the case.
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Page 28, Clip 1: Stubbs maintains that the lower court ruling was erroneous.
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Page 28, Clip 2: Stubbs reaches the apogee of his argument when he invokes the Tenth Amendment.
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Page 28, Clip 3: Justice Scalia expresses skepticism of Stubbs' position.
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Page 29, Clip 1: Justice O'Connor interjected with problems of her own.
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Page 29, Clip 2: Justice Kennedy spars with Stubbs regarding the principle for indigent waivers.
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Page 29, Clip 3: Justice Souter, troubled by the sliding scale, exposes serious constitutional infirmities.
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Page 30, Clip 1: Scalia questions the discretion in applying administrative charges, further eviscerating Stubbs' position.
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Page 31, Clip 1: Richard Barrett's expresses the heart of his argument in his opening statement.
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Page 32, Clip 1: Barrett preaches to the wrong audience.
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Page 32, Clip 2: Rehnquist attempts to bring Barrett back to earth.
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Page 33, Clip 1: Barrett turns to the 'heckler's veto' but Rehnquist questions the applicability of the precedent.
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Page 33, Clip 2: Barrett addresses the effect of disproportionate fees on the poor. Kennedy takes up the theme pressed previously by O'Connor.
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Page 34, Clip 1: Barrett fails to identify the principle at issue but manages to step on another landmine.
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Page 34, Clip 2: Kennedy wonders when Barrett with get to the theory on which his argument rests.
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Page 35, Clip 1: Barrett's emotional appeal prompts an admonition from Rehnquist.
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Page 35, Clip 2: Barrett offers up a peroration, only to be pierced by Scalia's barb and Rehnquist's wit.
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