The acme of judicial distinction means the ability to look a lawyer straight in the eyes for two hours and not hear a damned word he says. (John Marshall)

The acme of judicial distinction means the ability to look a lawyer straight in the eyes for two hours and not hear a damned word he says.

John Marshall

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