| THIS HONORABLE COURT: Inside the Marble Temple | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 11270 |
| Catalog #: | 489483 | |
| Clip Number: | 489483-9 | |
| Orginal Film: | 61-3876 | |
| Timecode: | 01:05:56 - 01:07:04 | |
| Location: | Washington DC | |
| Year Shot: | 1988 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | GOVERNMENT: United States, Supreme Court LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. | |
| Description: | MS of white female messenger entering "New Cases" office of court, handing pile of documents to a clerk. VO says 100 cases weekly, 5,000 annually submitted. MS black male law clerk pulling cart full of documents into office. VO says most new cases request for certiorare, to prove a lower court ruling wrong, most from convicts. MS/CUs black male attorney walking between shelves filled with Court case files; he pulls one out and opens it, notes on prison stationery, scrawled notation "In Forma Pauperis", a waiver of Court's normal filing fees. MS white man at computer terminal. MS/CUs white woman at desk in library, reading large pile of documents, writing on forms. VO says potential that a Supreme Court decision will affect millions of lives. | |
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