A Good Quarrel > Nina Totenberg: Chandler v. Miller (1997)
A Good Quarrel
Nina Totenberg: Chandler v. Miller (1997)
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Page 113, Clip 1: Justice Scalia comes to Mr. Chandler's rescue when Justices O'Connor and Kennedy and Chief Justice Rehnquist question whether his case was moot.
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Page 114, Clip 1: Justice Kennedy asks whether a required search of all state employees would be unconstitutional but Chandler misunderstands the question.
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Page 115, Clip 1: Kennedy--adopting a tone he might use with a five-year-old--explains the interest in a general principle.
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Page 115, Clip 2: Chandler mangles a precedent and then concedes a key point.
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Page 116, Clip 1: Scalia pounces at the Chandler's concession that the mandatory physical examination is not a search.
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Page 116, Clip 2: O'Connor asks Chandler about the use of an affidavit from candidates regarding drug use.
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Page 117, Clip 1: O'Connor finishes her line of questioning.
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Page 117, Clip 2: Chandler would not object to a complete financial disclosure for all candidates causing a further query from Justice Ginsburg.
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Page 118, Clip 1: Scalia again tries to come to Chandler's aid but Chandler gets tangled up.
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Page 118, Clip 2: O'Connor interjects noting that Chandler has answered the question about the search both ways.
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Page 118, Clip 3: Justice Souter throws Chandler a lifeline moving Chandler to articulate the heart of his argument.
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Page 119, Clip 1: Rehnquist asks whether the people have a right to know if their lieutenant governor is free of drug use.
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Page 119, Clip 2: Chandler's argument deteriorates further as Kennedy poses whether it would be all right for a governor to use illegal drugs.
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Page 120, Clip 1: Ms. Guilday demonstrates her befuddlement on the mootness issue.
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Page 122, Clip 1: Guilday concedes to O'Connor that there was no record of drug use among Georgia officeholders.
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Page 122, Clip 2: Justice Stevens joined by Souter questioned Guilday whether a candidate's papers could be searched to ensure compliance with the state's financial disclosure laws.
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Page 123, Clip 1: Guildray reverts to a states' rights argument prompting a dry comment from Rehnquist.
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Page 123, Clip 2: Souter avers confusion regarding Guildray's Tenth Amendment argument.
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Page 123, Clip 3: Justice Breyer wonders about the effectiveness of the any-time, any-place drug test.
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Page 123, Clip 4: Guildray's answer was gibberish.
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Page 123, Clip 5: Ginsburg offers a wry observation that puts the controversy into perspective.
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Page 124, Clip 1: On rebuttal, Chandler still standing despite his thrashing appealed to the judicial sense of humor.
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