[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]1LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
We2PPwe
'll3MDwill
hear4VVhear
argument5NNargument
this6DTthis
morning7NNmorning
in8INin
Case9NPCase
17-171710CD@card@
,11,,
the12DTthe
American13JJAmerican
Legion14NNlegion
versus15INversus
the16DTthe
American17JJAmerican
Humanist18NNhumanist
Association19NPAssociation
,20,,
and21CCand
Number22NPNumber
18-1823CD@card@
,24,,
the25DTthe
consolidated26JJconsolidated
case27NNcase
,28,,
Maryland-National29NPMaryland-National
Capital30NPCapital
Park31NPPark
and32CCand
Planning33NPPlanning
Commission34NPCommission
versus35CCversus
the36DTthe
American37JJAmerican
Humanist38NNhumanist
Association39NPAssociation
.40SENT.
Mr41NPMr
.42SENT.
Katyal43NPKatyal
.44SENT.
[MR. KATYAL]45LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Thank46VVthank
you47PPyou
,48,,
Mr49NPMr
.50SENT.
Chief51NPChief
Justice52NPJustice
,53,,
and54CCand
may55MDmay
it56PPit
please57VVplease
the58DTthe
Court59NPCourt
:60::
There61EXthere
are62VBPbe
four63CDfour
important64JJimportant
facts65NNSfact
about66INabout
the67DTthe
memorial68NNmemorial
at69INat
issue70NNissue
,71,,
the72DTthe
Peace73NPPeace
Cross74NPCross
,75,,
that76WDTthat
explain77VVPexplain
why78WRBwhy
it79PPit
should80MDshould
not81RBnot
be82VBbe
dismembered83VVNdismember
or84CCor
destroyed85VVNdestroy
.86SENT.
First87RBfirst
,88,,
families89NNSfamily
and90CCand
the91DTthe
Legion92NNlegion
built93VVDbuild
it94PPit
9395CD@card@
years96NNSyear
ago97RBago
to98TOto
commemorate99VVcommemorate
49100CD@card@
brave101JJbrave
souls102NNSsoul
who103WPwho
gave104VVDgive
their105PP$their
lives106NNSlife
in107INin
World108NPWorld
War109NPWar
I110PPI
,111,,
and112CCand
it113PPit
has114VHZhave
stood115VVNstand
for116INfor
...117:...
since118INsince
that119DTthat
time120NNtime
without121INwithout
challenge122NNchallenge
.123SENT.
Second124RBsecond
,125,,
it126PPit
's127VBZbe
no128DTno
ordinary129JJordinary
cross130NNcross
.131SENT.
At132INat
its133PP$its
center134NNcenter
,135,,
in136INin
its137PP$its
heart138NNheart
,139,,
is140VBZbe
the141DTthe
American142JJAmerican
Legion143NNlegion
symbol144NNsymbol
.145SENT.
It146PPit
's147VBZbe
gigantic148JJgigantic
.149SENT.
And150CCand
at151INat
the152DTthe
base153NNbase
in154INin
four155CDfour
capital156NNcapital
...157:...
huge158JJhuge
capital159NNcapital
letters160NNSletter
are161VBPbe
words162NNSword
:163::
Valor164NNvalor
,165,,
Endurance166NNendurance
,167,,
Courage168NNcourage
,169,,
Devotion170NNdevotion
.171SENT.
Third172JJthird
,173,,
not174RBnot
a175DTa
single176JJsingle
word177NNword
of178INof
religious179JJreligious
content180NNcontent
appears181VVZappear
anywhere182RBanywhere
;183:;
rather184RBrather
,185,,
the186DTthe
base187NNbase
has188VHZhave
a189DTa
nine-foot190NNnine-foot
plaque191NNplaque
listing192VVGlist
the193DTthe
49194CD@card@
names195NNSname
with196INwith
an197DTan
inscription198NNinscription
to199TOto
them200PPthem
.201SENT.
And202CCand
,203,,
fourth204RBfourth
,205,,
the206DTthe
monument207NNmonument
is208VBZbe
situated209VVNsituate
in210INin
Veterans211NPSVeterans
Memorial212NPMemorial
Park213NPPark
alongside214INalongside
other215JJother
war216NNwar
memorials217NNSmemorial
.218SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]219LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Do220VVPdo
you221PPyou
know222VVPknow
how223WRBhow
many224JJmany
other225JJother
parks226NNSpark
are227VBPbe
like228INlike
this229DTthis
one230CDone
?231SENT?
I232PPI
've233VHPhave
looked234VVNlook
at235INat
pictures236NNSpicture
,237,,
and238CCand
this239DTthis
is240VBZbe
an241DTan
unusual242JJunusual
park243NNpark
because244INbecause
there245EXthere
's246VBZbe
major247JJmajor
highways248NNShighway
dividing249VVGdivide
it250PPit
up251RPup
.252SENT.
It253PPit
's254VBZbe
almost255RBalmost
as256RBas
if257INif
the258DTthe
city259NNcity
artificially260RBartificially
designed261VVNdesign
an262DTan
area263NNarea
that264WDTthat
's265VBZbe
huge266JJhuge
to267TOto
encompass268VVencompass
other269JJother
plaques270NNSplaque
and271CCand
declared272VVDdeclare
it273PPit
a274DTa
park275NNpark
.276SENT.
But277CCbut
you278PPyou
can279MDcan
't280RB't
really281RBreally
tell282VVtell
that283IN/thatthat
this284DTthis
cross285NNcross
is286VBZbe
with287INwith
anything288NNanything
else289RBelse
.290SENT.
There291EXthere
's292VBZbe
three293CDthree
or294CCor
four295CDfour
...296:...
six-lane297NNsix-lane
highway298NNhighway
on299INon
one300CDone
side301NNside
.302SENT.
There303EXthere
's304VBZbe
another305DTanother
highway306NNhighway
on307INon
the308DTthe
other309JJother
.310SENT.
I311PPI
'm312VBPbe
told313VVNtell
you314PPyou
can315MDcan
't316RB't
even317RBeven
get318VVget
off319RPoff
the320DTthe
highways321NNShighway
to322TOto
walk323VVwalk
to324TOto
this325DTthis
cross326NNcross
.327SENT.
So328RBso
...329:...
[MR. KATYAL]330LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Oh331UHoh
,332,,
no333UHno
,334,,
you335PPyou
actually336RBactually
can337MDcan
.338SENT.
I339PPI
've340VHPhave
done341VVNdo
it342PPit
.343SENT.
There344EXthere
's345VBZbe
parking346NNparking
and347CCand
so348RBso
on349INon
.350SENT.
So351INso
I352PPI
...353:...
I354PPI
disagree355VVPdisagree
with356INwith
that357DTthat
representation358NNrepresentation
.359SENT.
Veterans360NPSVeterans
Memorial361NPMemorial
Park362NPPark
has363VHZhave
been364VBNbe
there365RBthere
for366INfor
a367DTa
long368JJlong
time369NNtime
,370,,
the371DTthe
record372NNrecord
shows373VVZshow
at374INat
least375JJSleast
since376INsince
1983377CD@card@
.378SENT.
So379RBso
this380DTthis
is381VBZbe
n't382RBn't
like383INlike
McCreary384NPMcCreary
,385,,
in386INin
which387WDTwhich
there388EXthere
's389VBZbe
some390DTsome
pretextual391JJpretextual
stuff392NNstuff
added393VVDadd
later394RBRlater
...395:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]396LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
All397DTall
right398NNright
.399SENT.
[MR. KATYAL]400LOC[MR. KATYAL]
...401:...
Justice402NPJustice
Sotomayor403NPSotomayor
.404SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]405LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
And406CCand
you407PPyou
said408VVDsay
"409``"
dismember410VVdismember
or411CCor
destroy412VVdestroy
.413SENT.
"414``"
You415PPyou
can416MDcan
move417VVmove
it418PPit
.419SENT.
[MR. KATYAL]420LOC[MR. KATYAL]
You421PPyou
could422MDcould
...423:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]424LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
You425PPyou
could426MDcould
transfer427VVtransfer
the428DTthe
land429NNland
to430TOto
private431JJprivate
entities432NNSentity
,433,,
correct434JJcorrect
?435SENT?
[MR. KATYAL]436LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Well437UHwell
,438,,
you439PPyou
could440MDcould
...441:...
those442DTthose
...443:...
those444DTthose
would445MDwould
be446VBbe
hypothetically447RBhypothetically
possible448JJpossible
,449,,
but450CCbut
the451DTthe
record452NNrecord
shows453VVZshow
that454IN/thatthat
both455DTboth
...456:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]457LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
So458RBso
is459VBZbe
destruction460NNdestruction
and461CCand
...462:...
and463CCand
anything464NNanything
else465RBelse
.466SENT.
[MR. KATYAL]467LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Well468UHwell
...469:...
well470RBwell
,471,,
Justice472NPJustice
Sotomayor473NPSotomayor
,474,,
the475DTthe
record476NNrecord
...477:...
this478DTthis
is479VBZbe
at480INat
Court481NPCourt
of482INof
Appeals483NPAppeals
Appendix484NPAppendix
Joint485NPJoint
...486:...
Joint487JJjoint
Appendix488NPAppendix
623489CD@card@
and490CCand
1585491CD@card@
...492:...
say493VVPsay
if494INif
you495PPyou
move496VVPmove
it497PPit
,498,,
because499INbecause
of500INof
the501DTthe
cracks502NNScrack
in503INin
this504DTthis
cross505NNcross
,506,,
it507PPit
very508RBvery
well509RBwell
may510MDmay
be511VBbe
destroyed512VVNdestroy
.513SENT.
And514CCand
as515RBas
far516RBfar
...517:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]518LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Then519RBthen
give520VVgive
it521PPit
back522RBback
to523TOto
the524DTthe
Legion525NNlegion
.526SENT.
[MR. KATYAL]527LOC[MR. KATYAL]
And528CCand
give529VVgive
it530PPit
back531RBback
to532TOto
the533DTthe
Legion534NNlegion
.535SENT.
As536INas
our537PP$our
...538:...
as539INas
our540PP$our
petition541NNpetition
reply542NNreply
brief543NNbrief
at544INat
page545NNpage
12546CD@card@
points547NNSpoint
out548RBout
,549,,
they550PPthey
have551VHPhave
an552DTan
e-mail553NPe-mail
in554INin
this555DTthis
case556NNcase
saying557VVGsay
they558PPthey
know559VVPknow
that560IN/thatthat
Maryland561NPMaryland
can562MDcan
't563RB't
do564VVPdo
that565IN/thatthat
because566INbecause
of567INof
the568DTthe
traffic569NNtraffic
concerns570NNSconcern
.571SENT.
They572PPthey
can573MDcan
't574RB't
give575VVgive
it576PPit
to577TOto
a578DTa
private579JJprivate
entity580NNentity
.581SENT.
The582DTthe
Maryland583NPMaryland
brief584NNbrief
before585INbefore
this586DTthis
Court587NPCourt
also588RBalso
makes589VVZmake
the590DTthe
same591JJsame
claim592NNclaim
.593SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]594LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
They595PPthey
could596MDcould
...597:...
they598PPthey
could599MDcould
speak600VVspeak
to601TOto
that602DTthat
.603SENT.
But604CCbut
putting605VVGput
that606IN/thatthat
aside607RBaside
,608,,
are609VBPbe
you610PPyou
relying611VVGrely
on612INon
the613DTthe
fact614NNfact
that615WDTthat
...616:...
at617INat
all618DTall
,619,,
that620WDTthat
...621:...
at622INat
least623JJSleast
one624CDone
brief625JJbrief
claims626NNSclaim
that627IN/thatthat
all628DTall
49629CD@card@
soldiers630NNSsoldier
named631VVNname
on632INon
this633DTthis
plaque634NNplaque
or635CCor
for636INfor
whom637WPwhom
this638DTthis
plaque639NNplaque
were640VBDbe
were641VBDbe
Christian642JJChristian
?643SENT?
[MR. KATYAL]644LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Not645RBnot
at646INat
all647DTall
,648,,
Your649PP$your
Honor650NPHonor
.651SENT.
We652PPwe
think653VVPthink
this654DTthis
memorial655NNmemorial
,656,,
from657INfrom
start658NNstart
to659TOto
finish660VVfinish
,661,,
has662VHZhave
been663VBNbe
about664RBabout
honoring665VVGhonor
those666DTthose
49667CD@card@
,668,,
plus669CCplus
all670DTall
World671NPWorld
War672NPWar
I673NNI
veterans674NNSveteran
.675SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]676LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Is677VBZbe
it678PPit
...679:...
are680VBPbe
you681PPyou
just682RBjust
grandfathering683VVGgrandfather
this684DTthis
,685,,
or686CCor
are687VBPbe
you688PPyou
claiming689VVGclaim
that690DTthat
today691NNtoday
,692,,
let693VVNlet
's694POS's
say695NNsay
,696,,
for697INfor
the698DTthe
Vietnam699NPVietnam
War700NPWar
,701,,
that702IN/thatthat
any703DTany
government704NNgovernment
,705,,
local706JJlocal
or707CCor
state708NNstate
,709,,
could710MDcould
build711VVbuild
a712DTa
cross713NNcross
40714CD@card@
feet715NNSfoot
high716JJhigh
,717,,
not718RBnot
put719VVDput
any720DTany
emblem721NNemblem
on722INon
or723CCor
some724DTsome
sectarian725JJsectarian
emblem726NNemblem
,727,,
and728CCand
say729VVPsay
we730PPwe
are731VBPbe
dedicating732VVGdedicate
this733DTthis
to734TOto
all735PDTall
the736DTthe
soldiers737NNSsoldier
who738WPwho
have739VHPhave
died740VVNdie
in741INin
the742DTthe
Vietnam743NPVietnam
War744NPWar
?745SENT?
[MR. KATYAL]746LOC[MR. KATYAL]
So747INso
we748PPwe
're749VBPbe
not750RBnot
at751INat
all752DTall
saying753NNsaying
that754IN/thatthat
,755,,
grandfathering756VVGgrandfather
or757CCor
anything758NNanything
like759INlike
that760DTthat
.761SENT.
This762DTthis
case763NNcase
,764,,
because765INbecause
of766INof
its767PP$its
93-year768NN93-year
tradition769NNtradition
,770,,
is771VBZbe
an772DTan
easy773JJeasy
one774CDone
and775CCand
for776INfor
reasons777NNSreason
Justice778NPJustice
Breyer779NPBreyer
said780VVDsay
in781INin
Van782NPVan
Orden783NPOrden
...784:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]785LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
No786NPNo
,787,,
no788RBno
,789,,
but790CCbut
answer791VVanswer
my792PP$my
question793NNquestion
.794SENT.
What795WPWhat
is796VBZbe
the797DTthe
tradition798NNtradition
?799SENT?
Is800VBZbe
the801DTthe
tradition802NNtradition
that803IN/thatthat
,804,,
in805INin
World806NPWorld
War807NPWar
II808NPII
,809,,
a810DTa
cross811NNcross
was812VBDbe
used813VVNuse
,814,,
or815CCor
is816VBZbe
the817DTthe
tradition818NNtradition
that819IN/thatthat
the820DTthe
government821NNgovernment
can822MDcan
put823VVput
up824RPup
sectarian825JJsectarian
symbols826NNSsymbol
,827,,
like828INlike
crosses829NNScrosse
or830CCor
a831DTa
picture832NNpicture
of833INof
Jesus834NPJesus
Christ835NPChrist
,836,,
in837INin
honor838NNhonor
of839INof
anyone840NNanyone
because841INbecause
that842WDTthat
's843VBZbe
within844INwithin
the845DTthe
nation846NNnation
's847POS's
tradition848NNtradition
?849SENT?
[MR. KATYAL]850LOC[MR. KATYAL]
So851RBso
,852,,
Justice853NPJustice
Sotomayor854NPSotomayor
,855,,
I856PPI
'll857MDwill
make858VVmake
two859CDtwo
different860JJdifferent
arguments861NNSargument
.862SENT.
One863PPone
is864VBZbe
with865INwith
respect866NNrespect
to867TOto
this868DTthis
cross869NNcross
,870,,
which871WDTwhich
has872VHZhave
stood873VVNstand
for874INfor
93875CD@card@
years876NNSyear
,877,,
86878CD@card@
of879INof
them880PPthem
without881INwithout
challenge882NNchallenge
,883,,
and884CCand
for885INfor
reasons886NNSreason
Justice887NPJustice
Breyer888NPBreyer
's889POS's
opinion890NNopinion
in891INin
Van892NPVan
Orden893NPOrden
said894VVDsay
...895:...
and896CCand
the897DTthe
Buono898NPBuono
plurality899NNplurality
...900:...
that901WDTthat
would902MDwould
make903VVmake
this904DTthis
cross905NNcross
constitutional906JJconstitutional
.907SENT.
Now908RBnow
your909PP$your
question910NNquestion
is911VBZbe
,912,,
well913UHwell
,914,,
what915WPwhat
about916INabout
this917DTthis
tradition918NNtradition
of919INof
crosses920NNScrosse
in921INin
general922NNgeneral
?923SENT?
And924CCand
it925PPit
's926VBZbe
true927JJtrue
we928PPwe
have929VHPhave
a930DTa
second931JJsecond
argument932NNargument
about933INabout
Town934NPTown
of935INof
Greece936NPGreece
,937,,
which938WDTwhich
says939VVZsay
that940IN/thatthat
,941,,
if942INif
there943EXthere
is944VBZbe
a945DTa
long946JJlong
tradition947NNtradition
of948INof
the949DTthe
type950NNtype
of951INof
displays952NNSdisplay
,953,,
that954WDTthat
would955MDwould
make956VVmake
it957PPit
constitutional958JJconstitutional
.959SENT.
Notably960RBnotably
,961,,
however962RBhowever
,963,,
it964PPit
does965VVZdo
n't966RBn't
make967VVmake
your968PP$your
hypothetical969JJhypothetical
constitutional970NNconstitutional
.971SENT.
Your972PP$your
hypothetical973JJhypothetical
's974VBZbe
actually975RBactually
a976DTa
real977JJreal
case978NNcase
.979SENT.
Lake980NPLake
County981NPCounty
,982,,
the983DTthe
Seventh984NPSeventh
Circuit985NPCircuit
case986NNcase
in987INin
1993988CD@card@
,989,,
is990VBZbe
a991DTa
huge992JJhuge
cross993NNcross
with994INwith
Jesus995NPJesus
Christ996NPChrist
nailed997VVDnail
in998INin
the999DTthe
center1000NNcenter
of1001INof
it1002PPit
,1003,,
in1004INin
a1005DTa
public1006JJpublic
park1007NNpark
.1008SENT.
It1009PPit
's1010VHZhave
been1011VBNbe
there1012RBthere
since1013INsince
19551014CD@card@
.1015SENT.
And1016CCand
it1017PPit
was1018VBDbe
protested1019VVNprotest
right1020RBright
then1021RBthen
.1022SENT.
And1023CCand
the1024DTthe
Seventh1025NPSeventh
Circuit1026NPCircuit
said1027VVDsay
that1028DTthat
is1029VBZbe
unconstitutional1030JJunconstitutional
.1031SENT.
And1032CCand
we1033PPwe
agree1034VVPagree
.1035SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]1036LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
What1037WPWhat
would1038MDwould
happen1039VVhappen
if1040INif
all1041PDTall
the1042DTthe
facts1043NNSfact
that1044IN/thatthat
you1045PPyou
gave1046VVDgive
were1047VBDbe
the1048DTthe
same1049JJsame
,1050,,
except1051INexcept
for1052INfor
the1053DTthe
931054CD@card@
years1055NNSyear
?1056SENT?
In1057INin
other1058JJother
words1059NNSword
,1060,,
a1061DTa
community1062NNcommunity
decides1063VVZdecide
,1064,,
for1065INfor
whatever1066WDTwhatever
reason1067NNreason
,1068,,
we1069PPwe
do1070VVPdo
n't1071RBn't
have1072VHhave
a1073DTa
World1074NPWorld
War1075NPWar
I1076NNI
memorial1077NNmemorial
;1078:;
we1079PPwe
want1080VVPwant
to1081TOto
put1082VVput
up1083RPup
exactly1084RBexactly
this1085DTthis
to1086TOto
memorialize1087VVmemorialize
the1088DTthe
...1089:...
the1090DTthe
...1091:...
the1092DTthe
war1093NNwar
dead1094JJdead
from1095INfrom
...1096:...
from1097INfrom
World1098NPWorld
War1099NPWar
I1100PPI
,1101,,
but1102CCbut
now1103RBnow
.1104SENT.
[MR. KATYAL]1105LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Right1106RBright
.1107SENT.
So1108RBso
,1109,,
if1110INif
it1111PPit
's1112VBZbe
a1113DTa
war1114NNwar
memorial1115NNmemorial
,1116,,
we1117PPwe
do1118VVPdo
think1119VVthink
that1120IN/thatthat
it1121PPit
would1122MDwould
be1123VBbe
constitutional1124JJconstitutional
.1125SENT.
We1126PPwe
think1127VVPthink
that1128IN/thatthat
there1129EXthere
might1130MDmight
be1131VBbe
some1132DTsome
skepticism1133NNskepticism
.1134SENT.
You1135PPyou
'd1136MDwould
just1137RBjust
want1138VVwant
to1139TOto
make1140VVmake
sure1141JJsure
that1142IN/thatthat
it1143PPit
was1144VBDbe
n't1145RBn't
a1146DTa
pretext1147NNpretext
and1148CCand
it1149PPit
did1150VVDdo
n't1151RBn't
look1152VVlook
like1153INlike
that1154DTthat
cross1155NNcross
as1156INas
I1157PPI
was1158VBDbe
describing1159VVGdescribe
about1160INabout
Lake1161NPLake
County1162NPCounty
.1163SENT.
But1164CCbut
,1165,,
if1166INif
it1167PPit
was1168VBDbe
a1169DTa
cross1170NNcross
like1171INlike
this1172DTthis
one1173CDone
,1174,,
same1175JJsame
facts1176NNSfact
,1177,,
Justice1178NPJustice
Kagan1179NPKagan
,1180,,
we1181PPwe
do1182VVPdo
think1183VVthink
that1184WDTthat
would1185MDwould
be1186VBbe
constitutional1187JJconstitutional
.1188SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]1189LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
And1190CCand
...1191:...
and1192CCand
does1193VVZdo
that1194DTthat
answer1195NNanswer
apply1196VVapply
not1197RBnot
just1198RBjust
to1199TOto
memorials1200NNSmemorial
for1201INfor
World1202NPWorld
War1203NPWar
I1204NNI
soldiers1205NNSsoldier
but1206CCbut
to1207TOto
memorials1208NNSmemorial
for1209INfor
soldiers1210NNSsoldier
from1211INfrom
any1212DTany
armed1213JJarmed
conflict1214NNconflict
?1215SENT?
[MR. KATYAL]1216LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Well1217UHwell
,1218,,
I1219PPI
think1220VVPthink
that1221DTthat
...1222:...
I1223PPI
think1224VVPthink
that1225IN/thatthat
it1226PPit
probably1227RBprobably
would1228MDwould
,1229,,
that1230IN/thatthat
there1231EXthere
's1232VBZbe
a1233DTa
tradition1234NNtradition
of1235INof
using1236VVGuse
these1237DTthese
crosses1238NNScrosse
with1239INwith
respect1240NNrespect
to1241TOto
any1242DTany
conflict1243NNconflict
,1244,,
but1245CCbut
it1246PPit
would1247MDwould
have1248VHhave
to1249TOto
look1250VVlook
like1251INlike
this1252DTthis
one1253CDone
.1254SENT.
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]1255LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
But1256CCbut
,1257,,
Mr1258NPMr
.1259SENT.
Katyal1260NPKatyal
,1261,,
what1262WPwhat
about1263RBabout
,1264,,
not1265RBnot
a1266DTa
World1267NPWorld
...1268:...
World1269NPWorld
War1270NPWar
or1271CCor
any1272DTany
war1273NNwar
memorial1274NNmemorial
,1275,,
but1276CCbut
a1277DTa
memorial1278NNmemorial
to1279TOto
a1280DTa
tragic1281JJtragic
event1282NNevent
,1283,,
let1284VVNlet
's1285POS's
say1286NNsay
,1287,,
a1288DTa
mass1289JJmass
shooting1290NNshooting
at1291INat
a1292DTa
school1293NNschool
?1294SENT?
Could1295MDcould
the1296DTthe
local1297JJlocal
community1298NNcommunity
then1299RBthen
decide1300VVPdecide
it1301PPit
wants1302VVZwant
to1303TOto
put1304VVput
up1305RPup
a1306DTa
cross1307NNcross
in1308INin
front1309NNfront
of1310INof
that1311DTthat
school1312NNschool
to1313TOto
honor1314VVhonor
the1315DTthe
children1316NNSchild
and1317CCand
the1318DTthe
teachers1319NNSteacher
who1320WPwho
died1321VVDdie
in1322INin
the1323DTthe
mass1324JJmass
shooting1325NNshooting
?1326SENT?
[MR. KATYAL]1327LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Well1328UHwell
,1329,,
I1330PPI
think1331VVPthink
the1332DTthe
test1333NNtest
,1334,,
Justice1335NPJustice
Ginsburg1336NPGinsburg
,1337,,
would1338MDwould
be1339VBbe
whether1340INwhether
there1341EXthere
is1342VBZbe
a1343DTa
independent1344JJindependent
secular1345JJsecular
purpose1346NNpurpose
.1347SENT.
So1348RBso
take1349VVtake
a1350DTa
real1351JJreal
case1352NNcase
,1353,,
like1354INlike
the1355DTthe
one1356CDone
that1357WDTthat
came1358VVDcome
out1359RPout
of1360INof
the1361DTthe
World1362NPWorld
Trade1363NPTrade
Centers1364NPSCenters
,1365,,
the1366DTthe
Second1367NPSecond
Circuit1368NPCircuit
case1369NNcase
from1370INfrom
20141371CD@card@
,1372,,
where1373WRBwhere
two1374CDtwo
steel1375NNsteel
beams1376NNSbeam
were1377VBDbe
discovered1378VVNdiscover
in1379INin
the1380DTthe
rubble1381NNrubble
,1382,,
and1383CCand
they1384PPthey
were1385VBDbe
put1386VVNput
up1387RPup
in1388INin
the1389DTthe
shape1390NNshape
...1391:...
they1392PPthey
were1393VBDbe
put1394VVNput
up1395RPup
in1396INin
the1397DTthe
shape1398NNshape
of1399INof
a1400DTa
cross1401NNcross
.1402SENT.
Now1403RBnow
,1404,,
if1405INif
that1406WDTthat
were1407VBDbe
in1408INin
a1409DTa
public1410JJpublic
park1411NNpark
,1412,,
I1413PPI
think1414VVPthink
that1415IN/thatthat
that1416WDTthat
would1417MDwould
be1418VBbe
permissible1419JJpermissible
because1420INbecause
it1421PPit
has1422VHZhave
independent1423JJindependent
historic1424JJhistoric
value1425NNvalue
and1426CCand
independent1427JJindependent
secular1428JJsecular
value1429NNvalue
,1430,,
showing1431VVGshow
values1432NNSvalue
of1433INof
resilience1434NNresilience
and1435CCand
courage1436NNcourage
.1437SENT.
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]1438LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
But1439CCbut
my1440PP$my
...1441:...
my1442PP$my
example1443NNexample
was1444VBDbe
nothing1445NNnothing
that1446WDTthat
was1447VBDbe
found1448VVNfind
in1449INin
the1450DTthe
rubble1451NNrubble
.1452SENT.
It1453PPit
's1454VBZbe
just1455RBjust
the1456DTthe
local1457JJlocal
community1458NNcommunity
decides1459VVZdecide
it1460PPit
wants1461VVZwant
to1462TOto
honor1463VVhonor
the1464DTthe
dead1465NNdead
in1466INin
this1467DTthis
terrible1468JJterrible
tragedy1469NNtragedy
.1470SENT.
[MR. KATYAL]1471LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Right1472NPRight
.1473SENT.
The1474DTthe
test1475NNtest
would1476MDwould
be1477VBbe
whether1478INwhether
or1479CCor
not1480RBnot
there1481EXthere
's1482VBZbe
an1483DTan
independent1484JJindependent
secular1485JJsecular
purpose1486NNpurpose
.1487SENT.
I1488PPI
do1489VVPdo
n't1490RBn't
think1491VVthink
you1492PPyou
could1493MDcould
probably1494RBprobably
harken1495VVharken
back1496RBback
to1497TOto
the1498DTthe
same1499JJsame
tradition1500NNtradition
that1501IN/thatthat
you1502PPyou
could1503MDcould
with1504INwith
respect1505NNrespect
to1506TOto
,1507,,
for1508INfor
example1509NNexample
,1510,,
these1511DTthese
World1512NPWorld
War1513NPWar
I1514PPI
crosses1515VVZcross
,1516,,
Fields1517NPFields
of1518INof
Flanders1519NPFlanders
...1520:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]1521LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
The1522DTthe
purpose1523NNpurpose
...1524:...
the1525DTthe
purpose1526NNpurpose
is1527VBZbe
to1528TOto
honor1529VVhonor
those1530DTthose
who1531WPwho
died1532VVDdie
in1533INin
the1534DTthe
tragedy1535NNtragedy
.1536SENT.
[MR. KATYAL]1537LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Yes1538NPYes
.1539SENT.
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]1540LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
So1541RBso
...1542:...
yeah1543RByeah
,1544,,
so1545RBso
,1546,,
no1547RBno
,1548,,
could1549MDcould
you1550PPyou
...1551:...
[MR. KATYAL]1552LOC[MR. KATYAL]
I1553PPI
do1554VVPdo
n't1555RBn't
think1556VVthink
purpose1557NNpurpose
is1558VBZbe
what1559WPwhat
this1560DTthis
Court1561NPCourt
's1562POS's
decisions1563NNSdecision
turn1564VVPturn
on1565INon
.1566SENT.
Van1567NPVan
Orden1568NPOrden
,1569,,
the1570DTthe
Buono1571NPBuono
plurality1572NNplurality
say1573VVPsay
that1574IN/thatthat
it1575PPit
's1576VBZbe
...1577:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]1578LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Well1579UHwell
,1580,,
I1581PPI
'm1582VBPbe
sorry1583JJsorry
,1584,,
but1585CCbut
I1586PPI
...1587:...
[MR. KATYAL]1588LOC[MR. KATYAL]
...1589:...
objective1590JJobjective
meaning1591NNmeaning
.1592SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]1593LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
...1594:...
I1595PPI
thought1596VVDthink
you1597PPyou
just1598RBjust
said1599VVDsay
that1600IN/thatthat
the1601DTthe
test1602NNtest
is1603VBZbe
whether1604INwhether
there1605EXthere
's1606VBZbe
a1607DTa
secular1608JJsecular
purpose1609NNpurpose
.1610SENT.
[MR. KATYAL]1611LOC[MR. KATYAL]
I1612PPI
meant1613VVDmean
objective1614JJobjective
meaning1615NNmeaning
,1616,,
I1617PPI
'm1618VBPbe
sorry1619JJsorry
,1620,,
Mr1621NPMr
.1622SENT.
Chief1623NPChief
Justice1624NPJustice
.1625SENT.
The1626DTthe
test1627NNtest
is1628VBZbe
,1629,,
as1630RBas
...1631:...
as1632INas
your1633PP$your
opinion1634NNopinion
that1635IN/thatthat
you1636PPyou
joined1637VVDjoin
in1638INin
Buono1639NPBuono
said1640VVDsay
,1641,,
what1642WPwhat
is1643VBZbe
the1644DTthe
objective1645JJobjective
meaning1646NNmeaning
of1647INof
this1648DTthis
display1649NNdisplay
?1650SENT?
Now1651RBnow
sometimes1652RBsometimes
purpose1653NNpurpose
is1654VBZbe
relevant1655JJrelevant
to1656TOto
that1657DTthat
,1658,,
and1659CCand
the1660DTthe
Court1661NPCourt
has1662VHZhave
looked1663VVNlook
to1664TOto
it1665PPit
,1666,,
but1667CCbut
the1668DTthe
test1669NNtest
is1670VBZbe
always1671RBalways
that1672RBthat
.1673SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]1674LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Well1675UHWell
,1676,,
would1677MDwould
that1678RBthat
be1679VBbe
...1680:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]1681LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
So1682INso
it1683PPit
would1684MDwould
be1685VBbe
okay1686JJokay
then1687RBthen
...1688:...
it1689PPit
would1690MDwould
be1691VBbe
okay1692JJokay
to1693TOto
put1694VVput
up1695RPup
in1696INin
front1697NNfront
of1698INof
the1699DTthe
public1700JJpublic
school1701NNschool
...1702:...
[MR. KATYAL]1703LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Well1704UHwell
,1705,,
I1706PPI
think1707VVPthink
we1708PPwe
'd1709MDwould
need1710VVneed
to1711TOto
know1712VVknow
more1713JJRmore
about1714INabout
the1715DTthe
facts1716NNSfact
of1717INof
that1718DTthat
particular1719JJparticular
hypothetical1720JJhypothetical
,1721,,
but1722CCbut
...1723:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]1724LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
Well1725UHWell
,1726,,
here1727RBhere
are1728VBPbe
some1729DTsome
facts1730NNSfact
,1731,,
Mr1732NPMr
.1733SENT.
Katyal1734NPKatyal
,1735,,
from1736INfrom
that1737WDTthat
hypothetical1738JJhypothetical
.1739SENT.
And1740CCand
you1741PPyou
can1742MDcan
understand1743VVunderstand
how1744WRBhow
something1745NNsomething
like1746INlike
this1747DTthis
can1748MDcan
come1749VVcome
about1750RBabout
,1751,,
that1752IN/thatthat
people1753NNSpeople
want1754VVPwant
to1755TOto
memorialize1756VVmemorialize
the1757DTthe
dead1758JJdead
,1759,,
and1760CCand
in1761INin
one1762CDone
religious1763JJreligious
tradition1764NNtradition
,1765,,
and1766CCand
a1767DTa
dominant1768JJdominant
one1769CDone
in1770INin
many1771JJmany
,1772,,
many1773JJmany
communities1774NNScommunity
of1775INof
this1776DTthis
country1777NNcountry
,1778,,
the1779DTthe
preeminent1780JJpreeminent
symbol1781NNsymbol
to1782TOto
memorialize1783VVmemorialize
the1784DTthe
dead1785NNdead
is1786VBZbe
the1787DTthe
Latin1788JJLatin
cross1789NNcross
.1790SENT.
And1791CCand
...1792:...
and1793CCand
so1794RBso
they1795PPthey
gravitate1796VVPgravitate
toward1797INtoward
that1798DTthat
symbol1799NNsymbol
as1800INas
a1801DTa
way1802NNway
to1803TOto
memorialize1804VVmemorialize
the1805DTthe
dead1806NNdead
.1807SENT.
But1808CCbut
,1809,,
at1810INat
the1811DTthe
same1812JJsame
time1813NNtime
,1814,,
for1815INfor
members1816NNSmember
of1817INof
other1818JJother
faiths1819NNSfaith
,1820,,
that1821DTthat
symbol1822NNsymbol
is1823VBZbe
not1824RBnot
a1825DTa
way1826NNway
to1827TOto
memorialize1828VVmemorialize
the1829DTthe
dead1830JJdead
and1831CCand
does1832VVZdo
not1833RBnot
have1834VHhave
that1835DTthat
meaning1836NNmeaning
.1837SENT.
So1838RBso
I1839PPI
think1840VVPthink
that1841IN/thatthat
the1842DTthe
question1843NNquestion
that1844IN/thatthat
Justice1845NPJustice
Ginsburg1846NPGinsburg
is1847VBZbe
asking1848VVGask
,1849,,
you1850PPyou
know1851VVPknow
,1852,,
for1853INfor
many1854JJmany
people1855NNSpeople
,1856,,
this1857DTthis
is1858VBZbe
a1859DTa
very1860RBvery
natural1861JJnatural
way1862NNway
to1863TOto
do1864VVdo
exactly1865RBexactly
what1866WPwhat
they1867PPthey
want1868VVPwant
to1869TOto
do1870VVdo
.1871SENT.
For1872INfor
others1873NNSother
,1874,,
not1875RBnot
.1876SENT.
[MR. KATYAL]1877LOC[MR. KATYAL]
And1878CCand
,1879,,
Justice1880NPJustice
Kagan1881NPKagan
,1882,,
if1883INif
it1884PPit
does1885VVZdo
have1886VHPhave
the1887DTthe
same1888JJsame
hallmarks1889NNShallmark
as1890INas
this1891DTthis
type1892NNtype
of1893INof
cross1894NNcross
,1895,,
we1896PPwe
think1897VVPthink
that1898IN/thatthat
that1899WDTthat
would1900MDwould
be1901VBbe
permissible1902JJpermissible
,1903,,
that1904WDTthat
is1905VBZbe
...1906:...
and1907CCand
I1908PPI
think1909VVPthink
that1910DTthat
's1911VBZbe
a1912DTa
natural1913JJnatural
consequence1914NNconsequence
of1915INof
what1916WPwhat
this1917DTthis
Court1918NPCourt
's1919POS's
already1920RBalready
said1921VVDsay
in1922INin
Buono1923NPBuono
in1924INin
the1925DTthe
plurality1926NNplurality
and1927CCand
the1928DTthe
Van1929NPVan
Orden1930NPOrden
opinion1931NNopinion
.1932SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]1933LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
I1934PPI
thought1935VVDthink
...1936:...
I1937PPI
read1938VVPread
your1939PP$your
brief1940NNbrief
to1941TOto
put1942VVput
a1943DTa
lot1944NNlot
of1945INof
weight1946NNweight
on1947INon
the1948DTthe
fact1949NNfact
that1950IN/thatthat
the1951DTthe
cross1952NNcross
here1953RBhere
has1954VHZhave
more1955JJRmore
than1956INthan
a1957DTa
sectarian1958JJsectarian
meaning1959NNmeaning
,1960,,
because1961RBbecause
,1962,,
as1963INas
your1964PP$your
history1965NNhistory
sets1966NNSset
forth1967RBforth
,1968,,
the1969DTthe
cross1970NNcross
was1971VBDbe
a1972DTa
symbol1973NNsymbol
throughout1974INthroughout
the1975DTthe
battlefields1976NNSbattlefield
in1977INin
World1978NPWorld
War1979NPWar
I1980PPI
.1981SENT.
Now1982RBnow
I1983PPI
'm1984VBPbe
wondering1985VVGwonder
why1986WRBwhy
that1987DTthat
does1988VVZdo
n't1989RBn't
limit1990VVlimit
your1991PP$your
argument1992NNargument
in1993INin
...1994:...
so1995RBso
that1996IN/thatthat
,1997,,
in1998INin
such1999PDTsuch
a2000DTa
case2001NNcase
,2002,,
as2003INas
Justice2004NPJustice
Kagan2005NPKagan
hypothesized2006VVDhypothesize
,2007,,
you2008PPyou
would2009MDwould
not2010RBnot
accept2011VVaccept
that2012DTthat
?2013SENT?
[MR. KATYAL]2014LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Mr2015NPMr
.2016SENT.
Chief2017NPChief
Justice2018NPJustice
,2019,,
we2020PPwe
certainly2021RBcertainly
agree2022VVPagree
that2023IN/thatthat
all2024DTall
of2025INof
that2026DTthat
tradition2027NNtradition
,2028,,
the2029DTthe
Fields2030NPSFields
of2031INof
Flanders2032NPFlanders
and2033CCand
stuff2034NNstuff
,2035,,
make2036VVPmake
this2037DTthis
a2038DTa
very2039RBvery
easy2040JJeasy
case2041NNcase
.2042SENT.
And2043CCand
we2044PPwe
do2045VVPdo
n't2046RBn't
think2047VVthink
you2048PPyou
need2049VVPneed
to2050TOto
go2051VVgo
further2052JJRfurther
than2053INthan
that2054DTthat
.2055SENT.
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]2056LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
In2057INin
the2058DTthe
Field2059NPField
of2060INof
Flanders2061NPFlanders
,2062,,
are2063VBPbe
all2064RBall
of2065INof
the2066DTthe
graves2067NNSgrave
marked2068VVNmark
by2069INby
crosses2070NNScrosse
?2071SENT?
Are2072VBPbe
there2073RBthere
not2074RBnot
graves2075VVZgrave
marked2076VVNmark
by2077INby
Stars2078NPStars
of2079INof
David2080NPDavid
?2081SENT?
[MR. KATYAL]2082LOC[MR. KATYAL]
There2083EXthere
certainly2084RBcertainly
are2085VBPbe
some2086DTsome
.2087SENT.
But2088CCbut
I2089PPI
think2090VVPthink
the2091DTthe
dominant2092JJdominant
image2093NNimage
of2094INof
the2095DTthe
time2096NNtime
,2097,,
everything2098NNeverything
from2099INfrom
that2100DTthat
poem2101NNpoem
to2102TOto
art2103NNart
,2104,,
to2105TOto
the2106DTthe
war2107NNwar
bond2108NNbond
advertisements2109NNSadvertisement
that2110IN/thatthat
the2111DTthe
United2112NPUnited
States2113NPSStates
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put2115VVDput
,2116,,
to2117TOto
the2118DTthe
19242119CD@card@
congressional2120JJcongressional
resolution2121NNresolution
,2122,,
all2123RBall
did2124VVDdo
use2125VVuse
this2126DTthis
cross2127NNcross
.2128SENT.
And2129CCand
that2130DTthat
's2131VBZbe
why2132WRBwhy
we2133PPwe
agree2134VVPagree
,2135,,
Justice2136NPJustice
Ginsburg2137NPGinsburg
...2138:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]2139LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
And2140CCand
I2141PPI
visited2142VVDvisit
some2143DTsome
of2144INof
those2145DTthose
battlefields2146NNSbattlefield
,2147,,
and2148CCand
there2149EXthere
are2150VBPbe
Stars2151NPStars
of2152INof
Davids2153NPSDavid
marking2154VVGmark
the2155DTthe
graves2156NNSgrave
of2157INof
Jewish2158JJJewish
...2159:...
[MR. KATYAL]2160LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Quite2161RBquite
...2162:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]2163LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
...2164:...
soldiers2165NNSsoldier
.2166SENT.
[MR. KATYAL]2167LOC[MR. KATYAL]
...2168:...
quite2169RBquite
true2170JJtrue
.2171SENT.
We2172PPwe
're2173VBPbe
not2174RBnot
disagreeing2175VVGdisagree
with2176INwith
that2177DTthat
.2178SENT.
We2179PPwe
're2180VBPbe
just2181RBjust
saying2182VVGsay
that2183IN/thatthat
here2184RBhere
...2185:...
and2186CCand
this2187DTthis
is2188VBZbe
what2189WPwhat
the2190DTthe
Buono2191NPBuono
plurality2192NNplurality
recognized2193VVDrecognize
,2194,,
and2195CCand
Justice2196NPJustice
Alito2197NPAlito
's2198POS's
separate2199JJseparate
opinion2200NNopinion
...2201:...
that2202IN/thatthat
there2203EXthere
is2204VBZbe
a2205DTa
secular2206JJsecular
meaning2207NNmeaning
with2208INwith
respect2209NNrespect
to2210TOto
these2211DTthese
crosses2212NNScrosse
.2213SENT.
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]2214LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
What2215WPWhat
do2216VVPdo
you2217PPyou
say2218VVPsay
to2219TOto
the2220DTthe
Jewish2221JJJewish
war2222NNwar
veterans2223NNSveteran
brief2224NNbrief
that2225WDTthat
say2226VVPsay
and2227CCand
for2228INfor
those2229DTthose
Jewish2230JJJewish
soldiers2231NNSsoldier
,2232,,
the2233DTthe
government2234NNgovernment
's2235POS's
decision2236NNdecision
to2237TOto
honor2238VVhonor
only2239RBonly
the2240DTthe
salvation2241NNsalvation
that2242IN/thatthat
Christians2243NNSChristian
believe2244VVPbelieve
is2245VBZbe
hurtful2246JJhurtful
,2247,,
wrong2248JJwrong
,2249,,
and2250CCand
not2251RBnot
in2252INin
keeping2253VVGkeep
with2254INwith
the2255DTthe
promise2256NNpromise
of2257INof
the2258DTthe
Constitution2259NPConstitution
?2260SENT?
What2261WPWhat
do2262VVPdo
you2263PPyou
say2264VVPsay
to2265TOto
them2266PPthem
?2267SENT?
[MR. KATYAL]2268LOC[MR. KATYAL]
I2269PPI
...2270:...
I2271PPI
'd2272MDwould
say2273VVsay
three2274CDthree
things2275NNSthing
,2276,,
Justice2277NPJustice
Kavanaugh2278NPKavanaugh
,2279,,
and2280CCand
then2281RBthen
if2282INif
I2283PPI
could2284MDcould
reserve2285VVreserve
the2286DTthe
balance2287NNbalance
of2288INof
my2289PP$my
time2290NNtime
.2291SENT.
The2292DTthe
first2293JJfirst
is2294VBZbe
that2295IN/thatthat
,2296,,
factually2297RBfactually
,2298,,
one2299CDone
of2300INof
the2301DTthe
main2302JJmain
proponents2303NNSproponent
in2304INin
fundraisers2305NNSfundraiser
of2306INof
this2307DTthis
particular2308JJparticular
cross2309NNcross
was2310VBDbe
J2311NPJ
.2312SENT.
Moses2313NPMoses
Eldovich2314NPEldovich
,2315,,
who2316WPwho
himself2317PPhimself
was2318VBDbe
a2319DTa
Jewish2320JJJewish
veteran2321NNveteran
.2322SENT.
Second2323RBsecond
,2324,,
there2325EXthere
's2326VBZbe
a2327DTa
...2328:...
there2329EXthere
's2330VBZbe
a2331DTa
contrary2332JJcontrary
tradition2333NNtradition
that2334IN/thatthat
the2335DTthe
Retired2336VVNretire
Flag2337NNflag
Officers2338NNSofficer
brief2339JJbrief
at2340INat
page2341NNpage
92342CD9
says2343VVZsay
that2344IN/thatthat
some2345DTsome
Jewish2346JJJewish
vets2347NNSvet
were2348VBDbe
actually2349RBactually
put2350VVNput
and2351CCand
buried2352VVNbury
under2353INunder
the2354DTthe
cross2355NNcross
and2356CCand
wanted2357VVDwant
to2358TOto
be2359VBbe
.2360SENT.
And2361CCand
,2362,,
third2363JJthird
,2364,,
I2365PPI
do2366VVPdo
n't2367RBn't
think2368VVthink
this2369DTthis
Court2370NPCourt
has2371VHZhave
ever2372RBever
adopted2373VVNadopt
the2374DTthe
view2375NNview
that2376IN/thatthat
,2377,,
if2378INif
some2379DTsome
people2380NNSpeople
disagree2381VVPdisagree
with2382INwith
something2383NNsomething
,2384,,
that2385IN/thatthat
that2386WDTthat
itself2387PPitself
creates2388VVZcreate
an2389DTan
Establishment2390NNestablishment
Clause2391NNclause
violation2392NNviolation
.2393SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]2394LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
If2395INif
...2396:...
if2397INif
the2398DTthe
Chief2399NPChief
would2400MDwould
per2401INper
...2402:...
[MR. KATYAL]2403LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Rather2404NPRather
,2405,,
the2406DTthe
test2407NNtest
is2408VBZbe
objective2409JJobjective
meaning2410NNmeaning
.2411SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]2412LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
If2413INif
the2414DTthe
Chief2415NPChief
would2416MDwould
permit2417VVpermit
me2418PPme
.2419SENT.
There2420EXthere
is2421VBZbe
a2422DTa
brief2423NNbrief
here2424RBhere
that2425RBthat
says2426VVZsay
that2427IN/thatthat
,2428,,
to2429TOto
deeply2430RBdeeply
religious2431JJreligious
Christians2432NNSChristian
,2433,,
secularizing2434VVGsecularize
the2435DTthe
cross2436NNcross
is2437VBZbe
blasphemy2438NNblasphemy
.2439SENT.
Christ2440NPChrist
died2441VVDdie
on2442INon
the2443DTthe
cross2444NNcross
.2445SENT.
He2446PPhe
was2447VBDbe
resurrected2448VVNresurrect
from2449INfrom
his2450PP$his
grave2451NNgrave
.2452SENT.
So2453INso
those2454DTthose
people2455NNSpeople
do2456VVPdo
n't2457RBn't
view2458VVview
secularizing2459VVGsecularize
the2460DTthe
cross2461NNcross
as2462INas
something2463NNsomething
...2464:...
it2465PPit
's2466VBZbe
not2467RBnot
just2468RBjust
Jewish2469JJJewish
people2470NNSpeople
or2471CCor
Hindu2472JJHindu
people2473NNSpeople
who2474WPwho
might2475MDmight
be2476VBbe
offended2477VVNoffend
.2478SENT.
It2479PPit
could2480MDcould
be2481VBbe
Christians2482NNSChristian
as2483INas
well2484RBwell
.2485SENT.
[MR. KATYAL]2486LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Justice2487NPJustice
Sotomayor2488NPSotomayor
,2489,,
my2490PP$my
answer2491NNanswer
would2492MDwould
be2493VBbe
the2494DTthe
same2495JJsame
as2496INas
the2497DTthe
third2498JJthird
part2499NNpart
to2500TOto
Justice2501NPJustice
Kavanaugh2502NPKavanaugh
.2503SENT.
I2504PPI
do2505VVPdo
n't2506RBn't
think2507VVthink
we2508PPwe
let2509VVlet
those2510DTthose
objectors2511NNSobjector
dictate2512VVPdictate
that2513DTthat
.2514SENT.
If2515INif
that2516DTthat
were2517VBDbe
the2518DTthe
rule2519NNrule
,2520,,
you2521PPyou
'd2522MDwould
be2523VBbe
tearing2524VVGtear
down2525RPdown
crosses2526NNScrosse
at2527INat
Arlington2528NPArlington
Cemetery2529NPCemetery
and2530CCand
nationwide2531JJnationwide
.2532SENT.
The2533DTthe
U2534NPU
.2535SENT.
S2536NPS
.2537SENT.
brief2538NNbrief
at2539INat
page2540NNpage
292541CD@card@
says2542VVZsay
that2543DTthat
.2544SENT.
And2545CCand
I2546PPI
think2547VVPthink
that2548IN/thatthat
would2549MDwould
actually2550RBactually
inject2551VVinject
this2552DTthis
Court2553NPCourt
and2554CCand
create2555VVcreate
more2556JJRmore
of2557INof
an2558DTan
Establishment2559NNestablishment
Clause2560NNclause
problem2561NNproblem
and2562CCand
sew2563VVsew
religious2564JJreligious
divisions2565NNSdivision
.2566SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]2567LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Thank2568VVthank
you2569PPyou
,2570,,
counsel2571NNcounsel
.2572SENT.
Mr2573NPMr
.2574SENT.
Carvin2575NPCarvin
.2576SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]2577LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Mr2578NPMr
.2579SENT.
Chief2580NPChief
Justice2581NPJustice
,2582,,
and2583CCand
may2584MDmay
it2585PPit
please2586VVplease
the2587DTthe
Court2588NPCourt
:2589::
While2590INwhile
the2591DTthe
Peace2592NPPeace
Cross2593NPCross
should2594MDshould
be2595VBbe
upheld2596VVNuphold
under2597INunder
any2598DTany
sensible2599JJsensible
Establishment2600NNestablishment
Clause2601NNclause
analysis2602NNanalysis
,2603,,
we2604PPwe
submit2605VVPsubmit
the2606DTthe
Court2607NPCourt
should2608MDshould
analyze2609VVanalyze
it2610PPit
under2611INunder
the2612DTthe
Town2613NPTown
of2614INof
Greece2615NPGreece
coercion2616NNcoercion
test2617NNtest
,2618,,
which2619WDTwhich
prohibits2620VVZprohibit
tangible2621JJtangible
interference2622NNinterference
with2623INwith
religious2624JJreligious
liberty2625NNliberty
,2626,,
as2627RBas
well2628RBwell
as2629INas
proselytizing2630VVGproselytize
,2631,,
for2632INfor
a2633DTa
number2634NNnumber
of2635INof
reasons2636NNSreason
.2637SENT.
We2638PPwe
think2639VVPthink
this2640DTthis
is2641VBZbe
the2642DTthe
simplest2643JJSsimple
route2644NNroute
.2645SENT.
You2646PPyou
would2647MDwould
simply2648RBsimply
extend2649VVextend
Town2650NPTown
of2651INof
Greece2652NPGreece
rule2653NNrule
for2654INfor
religious2655JJreligious
speech2656NNspeech
to2657TOto
symbolic2658JJsymbolic
speech2659NNspeech
and2660CCand
it2661PPit
would2662MDwould
provide2663VVprovide
,2664,,
in2665INin
a2666DTa
situation2667NNsituation
where2668WRBwhere
the2669DTthe
chances2670NNSchance
for2671INfor
coercion2672NNcoercion
and2673CCand
proselytization2674NNproselytization
are2675VBPbe
much2676RBmuch
less2677JJRless
than2678INthan
in2679INin
the2680DTthe
communal2681JJcommunal
prayer2682NNprayer
...2683:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]2684LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
Mr2685NPMr
.2686SENT.
Carvin2687NPCarvin
,2688,,
could2689MDcould
you2690PPyou
explain2691VVexplain
...2692:...
you2693PPyou
have2694VHPhave
this2695DTthis
coercion2696NNcoercion
theory2697NNtheory
that2698IN/thatthat
you2699PPyou
think2700VVPthink
you2701PPyou
're2702VBPbe
urging2703VVGurge
us2704PPus
to2705TOto
adopt2706VVadopt
.2707SENT.
But2708CCbut
,2709,,
if2710INif
that2711WDTthat
's2712VBZbe
what2713WPwhat
the2714DTthe
Establishment2715NNestablishment
Clause2716NNclause
prohibits2717VVZprohibit
,2718,,
only2719JJonly
coercion2720NNcoercion
,2721,,
how2722WRBhow
does2723VVZdo
this2724DTthis
offer2725NNoffer
...2726:...
how2727WRBhow
does2728VVZdo
this2729DTthis
office2730NNoffice
differ2731VVPdiffer
from2732INfrom
the2733DTthe
Free2734NPFree
Exercise2735NNexercise
Clause2736NNclause
?2737SENT?
That2738DTthat
is2739VBZbe
,2740,,
can2741MDcan
you2742PPyou
suggest2743VVsuggest
a2744DTa
practice2745NNpractice
that2746WDTthat
would2747MDwould
be2748VBbe
unconstitutionally2749RBunconstitutionally
coercive2750JJcoercive
under2751INunder
the2752DTthe
Establishment2753NNestablishment
Clause2754NNclause
and2755CCand
yet2756RByet
be2757VBbe
inoffensive2758JJinoffensive
under2759INunder
the2760DTthe
Free2761NPFree
Exercise2762NNexercise
Clause2763NNclause
?2764SENT?
[MR. CARVIN]2765LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Yes2766NPYes
,2767,,
Your2768PP$your
Honor2769NPHonor
,2770,,
forcing2771VVGforce
us2772PPus
to2773TOto
pay2774VVpay
threepence2775NNthreepence
to2776TOto
a2777DTa
minister2778NNminister
.2779SENT.
That2780DTthat
would2781MDwould
violate2782VVviolate
my2783PP$my
negative2784JJnegative
liberty2785NNliberty
not2786RBnot
to2787TOto
support2788VVsupport
a2789DTa
church2790NNchurch
I2791PPI
do2792VVPdo
n't2793RBn't
want2794VVwant
to2795TOto
,2796,,
but2797CCbut
it2798PPit
would2799MDwould
n't2800RBn't
violate2801VVviolate
any2802DTany
religious2803JJreligious
tenets2804NNStenet
or2805CCor
my2806PP$my
ability2807NNability
to2808TOto
pursue2809VVpursue
the2810DTthe
religion2811NNreligion
I2812PPI
do2813VVPdo
want2814VVwant
to2815TOto
.2816SENT.
So2817RBso
it2818PPit
creates2819VVZcreate
a2820DTa
negative2821JJnegative
liberty2822NNliberty
not2823RBnot
to2824TOto
support2825VVsupport
coercively2826RBcoercively
religions2827NNSreligion
which2828WDTwhich
you2829PPyou
do2830VVPdo
not2831RBnot
support2832VVsupport
.2833SENT.
I2834PPI
would2835MDwould
also2836RBalso
point2837VVpoint
out2838RPout
that2839IN/thatthat
this2840DTthis
standard2841NNstandard
is2842VBZbe
completely2843RBcompletely
the2844DTthe
correct2845JJcorrect
one2846CDone
under2847INunder
the2848DTthe
text2849NNtext
and2850CCand
history2851NNhistory
of2852INof
the2853DTthe
Establishment2854NNestablishment
Clause2855NNclause
because2856RBbecause
,2857,,
when2858WRBwhen
they2859PPthey
were2860VBDbe
discussing2861VVGdiscuss
all2862PDTall
the2863DTthe
hallmarks2864NNShallmark
of2865INof
establishment2866NNestablishment
,2867,,
what2868WPwhat
they2869PPthey
were2870VBDbe
talking2871VVGtalk
about2872RBabout
was2873VBDbe
tangible2874JJtangible
interference2875NNinterference
.2876SENT.
It2877PPit
also2878RBalso
extends2879VVZextend
to2880TOto
proselytizing2881VVGproselytize
under2882INunder
this2883DTthis
Court2884NPCourt
's2885POS's
decisions2886NNSdecision
in2887INin
both2888DTboth
Town2889NPTown
of2890INof
Greece2891NPGreece
and2892CCand
the2893DTthe
Allegheny2894NPAllegheny
County2895NPCounty
dissent2896NNdissent
,2897,,
which2898WDTwhich
is2899VBZbe
what2900WPwhat
we2901PPwe
're2902VBPbe
asking2903VVGask
the2904DTthe
Court2905NPCourt
to2906TOto
adopt2907VVadopt
.2908SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]2909LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
What2910WDTwhat
...2911:...
what2912WPwhat
counts2913VVZcount
as2914INas
proselytizing2915VVGproselytize
?2916SENT?
I2917PPI
think2918VVPthink
I2919PPI
understand2920VVPunderstand
what2921WPwhat
coercion2922NNcoercion
means2923VVZmean
better2924JJRgood
than2925INthan
what2926WPwhat
proselytizing2927VVGproselytize
means2928NNSmean
.2929SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]2930LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Well2931UHwell
,2932,,
I2933PPI
think2934VVPthink
it2935PPit
's2936VBZbe
actually2937RBactually
very2938RBvery
straightforward2939JJstraightforward
.2940SENT.
The2941DTthe
definition2942NNdefinition
is2943VBZbe
preaching2944VVGpreach
conversion2945NNconversion
.2946SENT.
The2947DTthe
lower2948JJRlow
courts2949NNScourt
have2950VHPhave
said2951VVNsay
this2952DTthis
is2953VBZbe
add2954VVadd
...2955:...
aggressively2956RBaggressively
advocating2957VVGadvocate
conversion2958NNconversion
from2959INfrom
one2960CDone
sect2961NNsect
to2962TOto
another2963DTanother
.2964SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]2965LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
What2966WPWhat
's2967VBZbe
the2968DTthe
difference2969NNdifference
between2970INbetween
that2971WDTthat
and2972CCand
an2973DTan
endorsement2974NNendorsement
?2975SENT?
[MR. CARVIN]2976LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Well2977UHwell
,2978,,
there2979EXthere
's2980VBZbe
...2981:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]2982LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
You2983PPyou
tell2984VVPtell
us2985PPus
we2986PPwe
should2987MDshould
abandon2988VVabandon
Lemon2989NPLemon
's2990POS's
endorsement2991NNendorsement
test2992NNtest
because2993INbecause
it2994PPit
's2995VHZhave
become2996VVNbecome
a2997DTa
dog2998NNdog
's2999POS's
breakfast3000NNbreakfast
.3001SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]3002LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Right3003NPRight
.3004SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]3005LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
And3006CCand
nobody3007NNnobody
knows3008VVZknow
how3009WRBhow
to3010TOto
apply3011VVapply
it3012PPit
.3013SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]3014LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Right3015NPRight
.3016SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]3017LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
The3018DTthe
circuit3019NNcircuit
courts3020NNScourt
are3021VBPbe
confused3022VVNconfuse
,3023,,
you3024PPyou
tell3025VVPtell
us3026PPus
.3027SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]3028LOC[MR. CARVIN]
It3029PPit
's3030VBZbe
not3031RBnot
that3032DTthat
...3033:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]3034LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
And3035CCand
then3036RBthen
you3037PPyou
replace3038VVreplace
it3039PPit
with3040INwith
coercion3041NNcoercion
but3042CCbut
now3043RBnow
maybe3044RBmaybe
proselytizing3045VVGproselytize
in3046INin
the3047DTthe
reply3048NNreply
brief3049NNbrief
.3050SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]3051LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Right3052NPRight
.3053SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]3054LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
I'm3055NPI'm
...3056:...
I3057PPI
...3058:...
I3059PPI
do3060VVPdo
n't3061RBn't
see3062VVsee
the3063DTthe
daylight3064NNdaylight
between3065INbetween
proselytizing3066VVGproselytize
and3067CCand
endorsement3068NNendorsement
.3069SENT.
Can3070MDcan
you3071PPyou
help3072VVhelp
me3073PPme
out3074RPout
?3075SENT?
[MR. CARVIN]3076LOC[MR. CARVIN]
We3077PPwe
think3078VVPthink
there3079EXthere
's3080VBZbe
a3081DTa
fundamental3082JJfundamental
difference3083NNdifference
,3084,,
Justice3085NPJustice
Gorsuch3086NPGorsuch
.3087SENT.
Under3088INunder
our3089PP$our
test3090NNtest
,3091,,
all3092DTall
symbolic3093JJsymbolic
,3094,,
including3095VVGinclude
sectarian3096JJsectarian
,3097,,
symbols3098NNSsymbol
would3099MDwould
be3100VBbe
presumptively3101RBpresumptively
valid3102JJvalid
,3103,,
except3104INexcept
in3105INin
the3106DTthe
rare3107JJrare
circumstances3108NNScircumstance
where3109WRBwhere
they3110PPthey
've3111VHPhave
been3112VBNbe
misused3113VVNmisuse
to3114TOto
proselytize3115VVproselytize
,3116,,
whereas3117INwhereas
,3118,,
under3119INunder
the3120DTthe
endorsement3121NNendorsement
test3122NNtest
,3123,,
all3124RBall
...3125:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]3126LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
Well3127UHWell
,3128,,
suppose3129VVPsuppose
a3130DTa
city3131NNcity
...3132:...
[MR. CARVIN]3133LOC[MR. CARVIN]
...3134:...
all3135DTall
sectarian3136JJsectarian
symbols3137NNSsymbol
are3138VBPbe
unconstitutional3139JJunconstitutional
.3140SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]3141LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
...3142:...
suppose3143VVPsuppose
a3144DTa
city3145NNcity
erected3146VVDerect
a3147DTa
cross3148NNcross
not3149RBnot
for3150INfor
purposes3151NNSpurpose
of3152INof
memorializing3153VVGmemorialize
the3154DTthe
war3155NNwar
dead3156RBdead
or3157CCor
...3158:...
but3159CCbut
just3160RBjust
to3161TOto
emphasize3162VVemphasize
the3163DTthe
values3164NNSvalue
of3165INof
Christianity3166NNChristianity
.3167SENT.
Would3168MDwould
...3169:...
would3170MDwould
that3171RBthat
be3172VBbe
proselytizing3173VVGproselytize
,3174,,
or3175CCor
would3176MDwould
that3177RBthat
not3178RBnot
be3179VBbe
proselytizing3180VVGproselytize
?3181SENT?
[MR. CARVIN]3182LOC[MR. CARVIN]
I3183PPI
think3184VVPthink
,3185,,
again3186RBagain
,3187,,
that3188WDTthat
stays3189VVZstay
very3190RBvery
close3191VVclose
to3192TOto
the3193DTthe
hypothetical3194JJhypothetical
that3195IN/thatthat
Justice3196NPJustice
Kennedy3197NPKennedy
put3198VVDput
in3199INin
the3200DTthe
Allegheny3201NPAllegheny
County3202NPCounty
dissent3203NNdissent
where3204WRBwhere
you3205PPyou
've3206VHPhave
got3207VVNget
a3208DTa
permanent3209JJpermanent
Latin3210JJLatin
cross3211NNcross
on3212INon
top3213NNtop
of3214INof
City3215NPCity
Hall3216NPHall
.3217SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]3218LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
Right3219NPRight
.3220SENT.
This3221DTthis
one3222CDone
is3223VBZbe
not3224RBnot
...3225:...
[MR. CARVIN]3226LOC[MR. CARVIN]
I3227PPI
think3228VVPthink
...3229:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]3230LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
...3231:...
on3232INon
top3233NNtop
of3234INof
City3235NPCity
Hall3236NPHall
.3237SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]3238LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Yes3239NPYes
.3240SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]3241LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
This3242DTthis
one3243CDone
is3244VBZbe
,3245,,
you3246PPyou
know3247VVPknow
,3248,,
in3249INin
a3250DTa
park3251NNpark
.3252SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]3253LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Oh3254NPOh
.3255SENT.
Well3256UHwell
,3257,,
then3258RBthen
I3259PPI
think3260VVPthink
it3261PPit
's3262VBZbe
very3263RBvery
much3264JJmuch
like3265INlike
Penn3266NPPenn
Ed3267NPEd
.3268SENT.
If3269INif
they3270PPthey
've3271VHPhave
got3272VVNget
other3273JJother
symbols3274NNSsymbol
there3275RBthere
and3276CCand
they3277PPthey
...3278:...
and3279CCand
they3280PPthey
allow3281VVPallow
...3282:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]3283LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
It3284PPit
's3285VBZbe
just3286RBjust
a3287DTa
cross3288NNcross
.3289SENT.
This3290DTthis
is3291VBZbe
...3292:...
they3293PPthey
want3294VVPwant
to3295TOto
emphasize3296VVemphasize
the3297DTthe
values3298NNSvalue
of3299INof
Christianity3300NNChristianity
,3301,,
so3302RBso
they3303PPthey
put3304VVDput
up3305RPup
a3306DTa
cross3307NNcross
.3308SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]3309LOC[MR. CARVIN]
I3310PPI
think3311VVPthink
it3312PPit
would3313MDwould
be3314VBbe
a3315DTa
very3316RBvery
rare3317JJrare
case3318NNcase
,3319,,
or3320CCor
unless3321INunless
you3322PPyou
were3323VBDbe
sort3324NNsort
of3325INof
conditioning3326NNconditioning
access3327NNaccess
to3328TOto
government3329NNgovernment
services3330NNSservice
,3331,,
like3332INlike
the3333DTthe
one3334CDone
on3335INon
City3336NPCity
Hall3337NPHall
would3338MDwould
certainly3339RBcertainly
suggest3340VVsuggest
,3341,,
that3342IN/thatthat
that3343WDTthat
would3344MDwould
either3345CCeither
constitute3346VVPconstitute
de3347FWde
facto3348FWfacto
establishment3349NNestablishment
or3350CCor
de3351FWde
facto3352FWfacto
coercion3353NNcoercion
.3354SENT.
And3355CCand
I3356PPI
do3357VVPdo
n't3358RBn't
think3359VVthink
the3360DTthe
other3361JJother
side3362NNside
can3363MDcan
provide3364VVprovide
a3365DTa
real-world3366NNreal-world
hypothetical3367JJhypothetical
involving3368VVGinvolve
a3369DTa
cross3370NNcross
that3371WDTthat
could3372MDcould
be3373VBbe
misused3374VVNmisuse
for3375INfor
proselytizing3376VVGproselytize
purposes3377NNSpurpose
,3378,,
which3379WDTwhich
is3380VBZbe
why3381WRBwhy
I3382PPI
think3383VVPthink
the3384DTthe
endorsement3385NNendorsement
standard3386NNstandard
is3387VBZbe
...3388:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]3389LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
Well3390UHwell
,3391,,
I3392PPI
guess3393VVPguess
what3394WPwhat
...3395:...
what3396WPwhat
...3397:...
what3398WPwhat
I3399PPI
was3400VBDbe
trying3401VVGtry
to3402TOto
suggest3403VVsuggest
was3404VBDbe
that3405IN/thatthat
this3406DTthis
was3407VBDbe
something3408NNsomething
that3409WDTthat
indicated3410VVDindicate
that3411IN/thatthat
the3412DTthe
city3413NNcity
was3414VBDbe
aligning3415VVGalign
itself3416PPitself
with3417INwith
one3418CDone
particular3419JJparticular
religion3420NNreligion
.3421SENT.
We3422PPwe
're3423VBPbe
putting3424VVGput
up3425RPup
a3426DTa
cross3427NNcross
.3428SENT.
We3429PPwe
're3430VBPbe
not3431RBnot
putting3432VVGput
up3433RPup
any3434DTany
other3435JJother
religious3436JJreligious
symbols3437NNSsymbol
because3438INbecause
we3439PPwe
believe3440VVPbelieve
in3441INin
the3442DTthe
values3443NNSvalue
that3444IN/thatthat
the3445DTthe
cross3446NNcross
indicates3447VVZindicate
.3448SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]3449LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Again3450NPAgain
...3451:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]3452LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
But3453CCbut
it3454PPit
's3455VBZbe
...3456:...
it3457PPit
's3458VBZbe
not3459RBnot
on3460INon
top3461NNtop
of3462INof
City3463NPCity
Hall3464NPHall
.3465SENT.
It3466PPit
's3467VBZbe
on3468INon
a3469DTa
street3470NNstreet
.3471SENT.
It3472PPit
's3473VBZbe
in3474INin
a3475DTa
park3476NNpark
.3477SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]3478LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Well3479UHWell
...3480:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]3481LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
Maybe3482RBmaybe
there3483EXthere
are3484VBPbe
two3485CDtwo
crosses3486NNScrosse
.3487SENT.
Maybe3488RBmaybe
there3489EXthere
could3490MDcould
be3491VBbe
103492CD@card@
crosses3493NNScrosse
,3494,,
you3495PPyou
know3496VVPknow
,3497,,
in3498INin
different3499JJdifferent
parts3500NNSpart
of3501INof
the3502DTthe
city3503NNcity
.3504SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]3505LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Well3506UHWell
...3507:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]3508LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
But3509CCbut
that3510DTthat
's3511VBZbe
why3512WRBwhy
the3513DTthe
...3514:...
the3515DTthe
...3516:...
the3517DTthe
city3518NNcity
is3519VBZbe
doing3520VVGdo
it3521PPit
.3522SENT.
And3523CCand
,3524,,
of3525INof
course3526NNcourse
,3527,,
everybody3528NNeverybody
recognizes3529VVZrecognize
what3530WPwhat
a3531DTa
cross3532NNcross
is3533VBZbe
.3534SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]3535LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Right3536NPRight
.3537SENT.
It3538PPit
's3539VBZbe
a3540DTa
relatively3541RBrelatively
straightforward3542JJstraightforward
inquiry3543NNinquiry
,3544,,
Justice3545NPJustice
Kagan3546NPKagan
.3547SENT.
Is3548VBZbe
the3549DTthe
religion3550NNreligion
of3551INof
it3552PPit
a3553DTa
non-proselytizing3554JJnon-proselytizing
purpose3555NNpurpose
that3556WDTthat
...3557:...
that3558WDTthat
could3559MDcould
be3560VBbe
concerned3561VVNconcern
.3562SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]3563LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
Well3564UHWell
,3565,,
is3566VBZbe
there3567RBthere
?3568SENT?
[MR. CARVIN]3569LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Again3570NPAgain
,3571,,
in3572INin
these3573DTthese
circumstances3574NNScircumstance
,3575,,
I3576PPI
need3577VVPneed
to3578TOto
know3579VVknow
was3580VBDbe
this3581DTthis
,3582,,
for3583INfor
example3584NNexample
,3585,,
suggested3586VVNsuggest
by3587INby
people3588NNSpeople
who3589WPwho
were3590VBDbe
honoring3591VVGhonor
the3592DTthe
victims3593NNSvictim
of3594INof
a3595DTa
school3596NNschool
shooting3597NNshooting
.3598SENT.
Was3599VBDbe
it3600PPit
simply3601RBsimply
...3602:...
what3603WPwhat
was3604VBDbe
the3605DTthe
genesis3606NNgenesis
?3607SENT?
You3608PPyou
need3609VVPneed
to3610TOto
look3611VVlook
at3612INat
...3613:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]3614LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
It3615PPit
's3616VBZbe
just3617RBjust
a3618DTa
...3619:...
it3620PPit
's3621VBZbe
just3622RBjust
a3623DTa
cross3624NNcross
.3625SENT.
It3626PPit
really3627RBreally
is3628VBZbe
.3629SENT.
So3630RBso
it3631PPit
's3632VBZbe
...3633:...
it3634PPit
's3635VBZbe
...3636:...
it3637PPit
's3638VBZbe
...3639:...
you3640PPyou
know3641VVPknow
,3642,,
these3643DTthese
values3644NNSvalue
are3645VBPbe
important3646JJimportant
to3647TOto
this3648DTthis
community3649NNcommunity
,3650,,
the3651DTthe
values3652NNSvalue
of3653INof
Christianity3654NNChristianity
,3655,,
so3656RBso
we3657PPwe
would3658MDwould
like3659VVlike
to3660TOto
put3661VVput
up3662RPup
some3663DTsome
crosses3664NNScrosse
around3665INaround
town3666NNtown
.3667SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]3668LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Oh3669NPOh
,3670,,
again3671RBagain
,3672,,
if3673INif
that3674WDTthat
's3675VBZbe
the3676DTthe
...3677:...
if3678INif
that3679WDTthat
's3680VBZbe
the3681DTthe
announced3682JJannounced
purpose3683NNpurpose
and3684CCand
effect3685NNeffect
,3686,,
of3687INof
aligning3688VVGalign
ourselves3689PPourselves
with3690INwith
Christianity3691NNChristianity
,3692,,
then3693RBthen
I3694PPI
would3695MDwould
think3696VVthink
it3697PPit
would3698MDwould
sound3699VVsound
...3700:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]3701LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
Well3702UHWell
,3703,,
suppose3704VVPsuppose
...3705:...
[MR. CARVIN]3706LOC[MR. CARVIN]
...3707:...
much3708RBmuch
like3709INlike
proselytizing3710VVGproselytize
.3711SENT.
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]3712LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
...3713:...
suppose3714VVPsuppose
after3715INafter
this3716DTthis
case3717NNcase
Hyattsville3718NPHyattsville
puts3719VVZput
up3720RPup
a3721DTa
cross3722NNcross
and3723CCand
College3724NPCollege
Park3725NPPark
puts3726VVZput
up3727RPup
a3728DTa
cross3729NNcross
and3730CCand
the3731DTthe
surrounding3732VVGsurround
communities3733NNScommunity
put3734VVDput
up3735RPup
crosses3736NNScrosse
,3737,,
and3738CCand
they3739PPthey
...3740:...
there3741EXthere
's3742VBZbe
mixed3743JJmixed
purposes3744NNSpurpose
.3745SENT.
Some3746DTsome
people3747NNSpeople
do3748VVPdo
it3749PPit
because3750INbecause
they3751PPthey
want3752VVPwant
to3753TOto
support3754VVsupport
it3755PPit
because3756INbecause
they3757PPthey
want3758VVPwant
to3759TOto
celebrate3760VVcelebrate
Christianity3761NNChristianity
.3762SENT.
Some3763DTsome
people3764NNSpeople
do3765VVPdo
it3766PPit
because3767INbecause
they3768PPthey
say3769VVPsay
we3770PPwe
want3771VVPwant
to3772TOto
celebrate3773VVcelebrate
war3774NNwar
dead3775JJdead
.3776SENT.
There3777EXthere
's3778VBZbe
mixed3779JJmixed
purposes3780NNSpurpose
.3781SENT.
Proselytizing3782VVGproselytize
or3783CCor
not3784RBnot
proselytizing3785VVGproselytize
?3786SENT?
[MR. CARVIN]3787LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Again3788RBagain
,3789,,
I3790PPI
think3791VVPthink
sectarian3792JJsectarian
symbols3793NNSsymbol
are3794VBPbe
presumptively3795RBpresumptively
valid3796JJvalid
,3797,,
Justice3798NPJustice
Kavanaugh3799NPKavanaugh
,3800,,
because3801RBbecause
...3802:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]3803LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
Presumptively3804RBpresumptively
valid3805JJvalid
and3806CCand
can3807MDcan
...3808:...
that3809DTthat
presumption3810NNpresumption
can3811MDcan
be3812VBbe
overcome3813VVNovercome
when3814WRBwhen
?3815SENT?
[MR. CARVIN]3816LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Again3817NPAgain
,3818,,
if3819INif
you3820PPyou
show3821VVPshow
that3822IN/thatthat
there3823EXthere
is3824VBZbe
n't3825RBn't
a3826DTa
legitimate3827JJlegitimate
non-proselytizing3828JJnon-proselytizing
purpose3829NNpurpose
...3830:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]3831LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Counsel3832NPCounsel
...3833:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]3834LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Well3835UHWell
,3836,,
I3837PPI
guess3838VVPguess
then3839RBthen
that3840DTthat
's3841VBZbe
where3842WRBwhere
I3843PPI
...3844:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]3845LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
I3846PPI
was3847VBDbe
just3848RBjust
going3849VVGgo
to3850TOto
say3851VVsay
you3852PPyou
start3853VVstart
out3854RPout
with3855INwith
what3856WPwhat
you3857PPyou
...3858:...
you3859PPyou
advertise3860VVPadvertise
is3861VBZbe
a3862DTa
pretty3863RBpretty
concise3864JJconcise
test3865NNtest
,3866,,
but3867CCbut
it3868PPit
degenerates3869VVZdegenerate
pretty3870RBpretty
quickly3871RBquickly
into3872INinto
,3873,,
well3874UHwell
,3875,,
I3876PPI
need3877VVPneed
to3878TOto
know3879VVknow
about3880INabout
this3881DTthis
,3882,,
I3883PPI
need3884VVPneed
to3885TOto
know3886VVknow
about3887INabout
that3888DTthat
,3889,,
and3890CCand
becomes3891VVZbecome
kind3892NNkind
of3893INof
a3894DTa
fact-specific3895JJfact-specific
test3896NNtest
rather3897RBrather
than3898INthan
the3899DTthe
...3900:...
the3901DTthe
...3902:...
the3903DTthe
crisper3904JJRcrisp
one3905CDone
that3906WDTthat
you3907PPyou
propose3908VVPpropose
in3909INin
your3910PP$your
brief3911NNbrief
.3912SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]3913LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Your3914PP$your
Honor3915NPHonor
,3916,,
we3917PPwe
could3918MDcould
have3919VHhave
a3920DTa
bright3921JJbright
line3922NNline
test3923NNtest
that3924IN/thatthat
only3925JJonly
formal3926JJformal
coercion3927NNcoercion
is3928VBZbe
prohibited3929VVNprohibit
,3930,,
but3931CCbut
I3932PPI
do3933VVPdo
n't3934RBn't
think3935VVthink
that3936WDTthat
would3937MDwould
satisfy3938VVsatisfy
this3939DTthis
Court3940NNcourt
because3941INbecause
the3942DTthe
dangers3943NNSdanger
of3944INof
the3945DTthe
Establishment3946NNestablishment
Clause3947NNclause
posed3948VVNpose
by3949INby
coercion3950NNcoercion
,3951,,
which3952WDTwhich
is3953VBZbe
tangible3954JJtangible
threat3955NNthreat
to3956TOto
liberty3957NNliberty
,3958,,
may3959MDmay
...3960:...
could3961MDcould
be3962VBbe
reached3963VVNreach
indirectly3964RBindirectly
through3965INthrough
the3966DTthe
sorts3967NNSsort
of3968INof
things3969NNSthing
I3970PPI
'm3971VBPbe
talking3972VVGtalk
about3973RBabout
.3974SENT.
And3975CCand
it3976PPit
is3977VBZbe
true3978JJtrue
,3979,,
of3980INof
course3981NNcourse
,3982,,
that3983IN/thatthat
every3984DTevery
test3985NNtest
that3986IN/thatthat
this3987DTthis
Court3988NPCourt
adopts3989VVZadopt
needs3990NNSneed
to3991TOto
focus3992VVfocus
on3993INon
context3994NNcontext
,3995,,
purpose3996NNpurpose
,3997,,
and3998CCand
effect3999NNeffect
.4000SENT.
But4001CCbut
the4002DTthe
key4003JJkey
point4004NNpoint
is4005VBZbe
you4006PPyou
're4007VBPbe
asking4008VVGask
a4009DTa
different4010JJdifferent
question4011NNquestion
than4012INthan
you4013PPyou
are4014VBPbe
under4015INunder
the4016DTthe
endorsement4017NNendorsement
test4018NNtest
.4019SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]4020LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Well4021UHwell
,4022,,
I4023PPI
do4024VVPdo
n't4025RBn't
...4026:...
[MR. CARVIN]4027LOC[MR. CARVIN]
We4028PPwe
're4029VBPbe
not4030RBnot
asking4031VVGask
...4032:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]4033LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
That4034DTthat
's4035VBZbe
where4036WRBwhere
...4037:...
that4038WDTthat
's4039VBZbe
where4040WRBwhere
I4041PPI
...4042:...
I4043PPI
'm4044VBPbe
just4045RBjust
stuck4046VVNstick
.4047SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]4048LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Okay4049NPOkay
.4050SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]4051LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
And4052CCand
...4053:...
and4054CCand
to4055TOto
say4056VVsay
I4057PPI
endorse4058VVendorse
something4059NNsomething
...4060:...
[MR. CARVIN]4061LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Right4062RBright
.4063SENT.
Well4064UHwell
...4065:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]4066LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
...4067:...
is4068VBZbe
...4069:...
what4070WPwhat
's4071VBZbe
the4072DTthe
difference4073NNdifference
between4074INbetween
saying4075VVGsay
I4076PPI
endorse4077VVendorse
something4078NNsomething
and4079CCand
I4080PPI
proselytize4081VVPproselytize
or4082CCor
promote4083VVPpromote
,4084,,
perhaps4085RBperhaps
,4086,,
is4087VBZbe
another4088DTanother
synonym4089NNsynonym
,4090,,
something4091NNsomething
?4092SENT?
It4093PPit
seems4094VVZseem
to4095TOto
me4096PPme
that4097IN/thatthat
you4098PPyou
are4099VBPbe
taking4100VVGtake
us4101PPus
right4102RBright
back4103RBback
to4104TOto
the4105DTthe
dog4106NNdog
's4107POS's
breakfast4108NNbreakfast
you4109PPyou
've4110VHPhave
warned4111VVNwarn
us4112PPus
against4113INagainst
.4114SENT.
And4115CCand
I4116PPI
do4117VVPdo
understand4118VVunderstand
the4119DTthe
coercion4120NNcoercion
test4121NNtest
,4122,,
but4123CCbut
I4124PPI
...4125:...
I4126PPI
...4127:...
I4128PPI
do4129VVPdo
n't4130RBn't
understand4131VVunderstand
your4132PP$your
abandonment4133NNabandonment
of4134INof
it4135PPit
.4136SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]4137LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Fair4138NPFair
enough4139RBenough
.4140SENT.
"4141''"
In4142INin
God4143NPGod
we4144PPwe
trust4145VVPtrust
"4146``"
certainly4147RBcertainly
promotes4148VVZpromote
religion4149NNreligion
,4150,,
endorses4151VVZendorse
religion4152NNreligion
,4153,,
no4154DTno
question4155NNquestion
about4156INabout
it4157PPit
.4158SENT.
But4159CCbut
it4160PPit
's4161VBZbe
not4162RBnot
a4163DTa
...4164:...
it4165PPit
's4166VBZbe
not4167RBnot
an4168DTan
effort4169NNeffort
to4170TOto
proselytize4171VVproselytize
.4172SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]4173LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
Justice4174NPJustice
Scalia4175NPScalia
once4176RBonce
...4177:...
[MR. CARVIN]4178LOC[MR. CARVIN]
The4179DTthe
free4180JJfree
exercise4181NNexercise
...4182:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]4183LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
...4184:...
Justice4185NPJustice
Scalia4186NPScalia
once4187RBonce
asked4188VVDask
a4189DTa
question4190NNquestion
when4191WRBwhen
somebody4192NNsomebody
gave4193VVDgive
that4194DTthat
example4195NNexample
.4196SENT.
He4197PPhe
said4198VVDsay
,4199,,
what4200WDTwhat
...4201:...
what4202WPwhat
would4203MDwould
happen4204VVhappen
if4205INif
a4206DTa
coin4207NNcoin
had4208VHDhave
said4209VVNsay
"4210``"
In4211INin
Jesus4212NPJesus
Christ4213NPChrist
we4214PPwe
trust4215VVPtrust
"4216''"
?4217SENT?
[MR. CARVIN]4218LOC[MR. CARVIN]
And4219CCand
,4220,,
again4221RBagain
,4222,,
that4223WDTthat
's4224VBZbe
actually4225RBactually
a4226DTa
very4227RBvery
nice4228JJnice
illustration4229NNillustration
of4230INof
the4231DTthe
distinction4232NNdistinction
.4233SENT.
On4234INon
day4235NNday
one4236CDone
,4237,,
we4238PPwe
've4239VHPhave
got4240VVNget
"4241``"
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God4243NPGod
we4244PPwe
trust4245VVPtrust
,4246,,
"4247''"
which4248WDTwhich
is4249VBZbe
promoting4250VVGpromote
,4251,,
endorsing4252VVGendorse
religion4253NNreligion
.4254SENT.
It4255PPit
is4256VBZbe
no4257RBno
good4258JJgood
under4259INunder
the4260DTthe
Lemon4261NPLemon
test4262NNtest
.4263SENT.
On4264INon
day4265NNday
two4266CDtwo
,4267,,
we4268PPwe
've4269VHPhave
got4270VVNget
"4271``"
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Jesus4273NPJesus
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trust4275VVPtrust
.4276SENT.
"4277``"
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message4279NNmessage
is4280VBZbe
the4281DTthe
government4282NNgovernment
sending4283VVGsend
?4284SENT?
You4285PPyou
can4286MDcan
't4287RB't
trust4288NNtrust
this4289DTthis
Jewish4290JJJewish
God4291NPGod
.4292SENT.
You4293PPyou
've4294VHPhave
got4295VVNget
to4296TOto
...4297:...
you4298PPyou
've4299VHPhave
got4300VVNget
to4301TOto
take4302VVtake
sides4303NNSside
in4304INin
a4305DTa
sectarian4306JJsectarian
dispute4307NNdispute
where4308WRBwhere
Jesus4309NPJesus
is4310VBZbe
the4311DTthe
one4312CDone
we4313PPwe
're4314VBPbe
doing4315VVGdo
.4316SENT.
And4317CCand
if4318INif
they4319PPthey
are4320VBPbe
taking4321VVGtake
sides4322NNSside
in4323INin
a4324DTa
sectarian4325JJsectarian
dispute4326NNdispute
,4327,,
as4328INas
Justice4329NPJustice
Scalia4330NPScalia
pointed4331VVDpoint
out4332RPout
,4333,,
that4334WDTthat
's4335VBZbe
precisely4336RBprecisely
the4337DTthe
definition4338NNdefinition
of4339INof
what4340WPwhat
constitutes4341VVZconstitute
an4342DTan
establishment4343NNestablishment
.4344SENT.
To4345TOTo
...4346:...
to4347TOto
...4348:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]4349LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Why4350WRBwhy
am4351VBPbe
I4352PPI
not4353RBnot
proselytizing4354VVGproselytize
religion4355NNreligion
when4356WRBwhen
I4357PPI
say4358VVPsay
"4359''"
In4360INin
God4361NPGod
we4362PPwe
trust4363VVPtrust
"4364''"
but4365CCbut
I4366PPI
am4367VBPbe
when4368WRBwhen
I4369PPI
say4370VVPsay
"4371''"
In4372INin
Jesus4373NPJesus
Christ4374NPChrist
we4375PPwe
trust4376VVPtrust
"4377''"
?4378SENT?
I4379PPI
'm4380VBPbe
just4381RBjust
proselytizing4382VVGproselytize
religion4383NNreligion
in4384INin
a4385DTa
more4386RBRmore
generic4387JJgeneric
sense4388NNsense
.4389SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]4390LOC[MR. CARVIN]
That4391DTthat
...4392:...
that4393WDTthat
's4394VBZbe
fair4395JJfair
enough4396RBenough
,4397,,
and4398CCand
I4399PPI
think4400VVPthink
Justice4401NPJustice
Scalia4402NPScalia
would4403MDwould
respond4404VVrespond
in4405INin
this4406DTthis
...4407:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]4408LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Well4409UHWell
,4410,,
there4411RBthere
we4412PPwe
are4413VBPbe
.4414SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]4415LOC[MR. CARVIN]
No4416NPNo
...4417:...
no4418UHno
,4419,,
but4420CCbut
the4421DTthe
difference4422NNdifference
between4423INbetween
promoting4424VVGpromote
religion4425NNreligion
versus4426INversus
irreligion4427NNirreligion
and4428CCand
promoting4429VVGpromote
one4430CDone
sect4431NNsect
over4432INover
another4433DTanother
...4434:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]4435LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
What4436WPWhat
...4437:...
what4438WPwhat
...4439:...
[MR. CARVIN]4440LOC[MR. CARVIN]
...4441:...
which4442WDTwhich
I4443PPI
think4444VVPthink
the4445DTthe
sectarian4446JJsectarian
point4447NNpoint
would4448MDwould
obviously4449RBobviously
lend4450VVlend
itself4451PPitself
to4452TOto
proselytizing4453VVGproselytize
.4454SENT.
In4455INin
this4456DTthis
context4457NNcontext
,4458,,
I4459PPI
do4460VVPdo
want4461VVwant
to4462TOto
emphasize4463VVemphasize
that4464IN/thatthat
all4465DTall
symbols4466NNSsymbol
are4467VBPbe
sectarian4468JJsectarian
.4469SENT.
There4470EXthere
's4471VBZbe
no4472DTno
such4473JJsuch
thing4474NNthing
as4475INas
a4476DTa
non-denominational4477JJnon-denominational
...4478:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]4479LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
What4480WPWhat
...4481:...
[MR. CARVIN]4482LOC[MR. CARVIN]
...4483:...
religious4484JJreligious
symbol4485NNsymbol
.4486SENT.
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]4487LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
...4488:...
what4489WPwhat
's4490VBZbe
your4491PP$your
answer4492NNanswer
...4493:...
what4494WPwhat
's4495VBZbe
your4496PP$your
answer4497NNanswer
to4498TOto
the4499DTthe
cross4500NNcross
on4501INon
City4502NPCity
Hall4503NPHall
?4504SENT?
I4505PPI
did4506VVDdo
n't4507RBn't
get4508VVget
whether4509INwhether
your4510PP$your
answer4511NNanswer
is4512VBZbe
that4513WDTthat
's4514VBZbe
unconstitutional4515JJunconstitutional
or4516CCor
constitutional4517JJconstitutional
.4518SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]4519LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Again4520RBagain
,4521,,
we4522PPwe
're4523VBPbe
seeking4524VVGseek
to4525TOto
have4526VHhave
this4527DTthis
Court4528NPCourt
adopt4529VVadopt
Justice4530NPJustice
Kennedy4531NPKennedy
's4532POS's
dissent4533NNdissent
in4534INin
Allegheny4535NPAllegheny
County4536NPCounty
.4537SENT.
He4538PPhe
...4539:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]4540LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
And4541CCand
in4542INin
that4543DTthat
dissent4544NNdissent
,4545,,
he4546PPhe
said4547VVDsay
that4548IN/thatthat
a4549DTa
cross4550NNcross
on4551INon
City4552NPCity
Hall4553NPHall
would4554MDwould
be4555VBbe
unconstitutional4556JJunconstitutional
.4557SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]4558LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Because4559INbecause
it4560PPit
's4561VBZbe
...4562:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]4563LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
Do4564VVdo
you4565PPyou
...4566:...
[MR. CARVIN]4567LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Because4568INbecause
it4569PPit
...4570:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]4571LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
Do4572VVPdo
you4573PPyou
agree4574VVPagree
?4575SENT?
[MR. CARVIN]4576LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Because4577INbecause
it4578PPit
constitutes4579VVZconstitute
proselytizing4580VVGproselytize
,4581,,
and4582CCand
we4583PPwe
certainly4584RBcertainly
do4585VVPdo
agree4586VVagree
.4587SENT.
I4588PPI
...4589:...
I4590PPI
think4591VVPthink
in4592INin
all4593DTall
contexts4594NNScontext
you4595PPyou
need4596VVPneed
to4597TOto
be4598VBbe
careful4599JJcareful
.4600SENT.
If4601INif
it4602PPit
was4603VBDbe
Las4604NPLas
Cruces4605NNcruces
,4606,,
New4607NPNew
Mexico4608NPMexico
,4609,,
and4610CCand
again4611RBagain
there4612EXthere
was4613VBDbe
a4614DTa
legitimate4615JJlegitimate
non-proselytizing4616JJnon-proselytizing
reason4617NNreason
for4618INfor
the4619DTthe
permanent4620JJpermanent
cross4621NNcross
,4622,,
then4623RBthen
...4624:...
but4625CCbut
,4626,,
as4627INas
a4628DTa
general4629JJgeneral
matter4630NNmatter
,4631,,
sure4632RBsure
,4633,,
if4634INif
they4635PPthey
're4636VBPbe
putting4637VVGput
up4638RPup
crosses4639NNScrosse
at4640INat
every4641DTevery
courtroom4642NNcourtroom
,4643,,
every4644DTevery
DMV4645NPDMV
window4646NNwindow
,4647,,
and4648CCand
all4649PDTall
the4650DTthe
parade4651NNparade
of4652INof
hypotheticals4653NNShypotheticals
we4654PPwe
've4655VHPhave
gotten4656VVNget
on4657INon
the4658DTthe
other4659JJother
side4660NNside
,4661,,
I4662PPI
can4663MDcan
certainly4664RBcertainly
understand4665VVunderstand
why4666WRBwhy
somebody4667NNsomebody
would4668MDwould
believe4669VVbelieve
that4670IN/thatthat
they4671PPthey
're4672VBPbe
trying4673VVGtry
to4674TOto
convert4675VVconvert
you4676PPyou
to4677TOto
Christianity4678NNChristianity
.4679SENT.
After4680INafter
all4681DTall
,4682,,
the4683DTthe
hallmark4684NNhallmark
of4685INof
the4686DTthe
establishment4687NNestablishment
in4688INin
Professor4689NPProfessor
McConnell4690NPMcConnell
's4691POS's
article4692NNarticle
,4693,,
which4694WDTwhich
we4695PPwe
're4696VBPbe
largely4697RBlargely
relying4698VVGrely
on4699INon
,4700,,
is4701VBZbe
seeking4702VVGseek
to4703TOto
inculcate4704VVinculcate
a4705DTa
certain4706JJcertain
religious4707JJreligious
belief4708NNbelief
,4709,,
a4710DTa
certain4711JJcertain
sectarian4712JJsectarian
belief4713NNbelief
.4714SENT.
Now4715RBnow
...4716:...
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]4717LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Well4718UHWell
,4719,,
but4720CCbut
if4721INif
you4722PPyou
look4723VVPlook
at4724INat
his4725PP$his
...4726:...
of4727INof
course4728NNcourse
,4729,,
you4730PPyou
have4731VHPhave
.4732SENT.
His4733PP$his
brief4734NNbrief
highlights4735VVZhighlight
six4736CDsix
things4737NNSthing
...4738:...
[MR. CARVIN]4739LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Right4740RBright
.4741SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]4742LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
...4743:...
that4744IN/thatthat
he4745PPhe
'd4746MDwould
say4747VVsay
would4748MDwould
be4749VBbe
...4750:...
and4751CCand
it4752PPit
starts4753VVZstart
out4754RPout
with4755INwith
the4756DTthe
government4757NNgovernment
establishing4758VVGestablish
a4759DTa
church4760NNchurch
.4761SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]4762LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Right4763NPRight
.4764SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]4765LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
All4766DTall
right4767NNright
.4768SENT.
We4769PPwe
'll4770MDwill
give4771VVgive
you4772PPyou
that4773DTthat
.4774SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]4775LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Right4776NPRight
.4777SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]4778LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
You4779PPyou
know4780VVPknow
,4781,,
the4782DTthe
...4783:...
the4784DTthe
requiring4785VVGrequire
people4786NNSpeople
to4787TOto
pay4788VVpay
for4789INfor
the4790DTthe
church4791NNchurch
,4792,,
prohibiting4793VVGprohibit
...4794:...
imposing4795VVGimpose
burdens4796NNSburden
on4797INon
people4798NNSpeople
who4799WPwho
do4800VVPdo
n't4801RBn't
believe4802VVbelieve
.4803SENT.
I4804PPI
mean4805VVPmean
,4806,,
all4807DTall
pretty4808JJpretty
stark4809JJstark
items4810NNSitem
that4811RBthat
...4812:...
that4813IN/thatthat
certainly4814RBcertainly
under4815INunder
...4816:...
underlay4817VVDunderlie
the4818DTthe
Establishment4819NNestablishment
Clause4820NNclause
when4821WRBwhen
it4822PPit
was4823VBDbe
adopted4824VVNadopt
.4825SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]4826LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Yes4827NPYes
.4828SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]4829LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
But4830CCbut
you4831PPyou
're4832VBPbe
certainly4833RBcertainly
...4834:...
I4835PPI
do4836VVPdo
n't4837RBn't
understand4838VVunderstand
your4839PP$your
position4840NNposition
to4841TOto
be4842VBbe
limited4843VVNlimit
in4844INin
that4845DTthat
way4846NNway
.4847SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]4848LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Again4849RBagain
,4850,,
we4851PPwe
could4852MDcould
certainly4853RBcertainly
say4854VVsay
that4855DTthat
kind4856NNkind
of4857INof
direct4858JJdirect
formal4859JJformal
coercion4860NNcoercion
is4861VBZbe
the4862DTthe
only4863JJonly
thing4864NNthing
reached4865VVNreach
by4866INby
the4867DTthe
Establishment4868NNestablishment
Clause4869NNclause
.4870SENT.
Both4871CCboth
of4872INof
the4873DTthe
opinions4874NNSopinion
we4875PPwe
rely4876VVPrely
on4877RPon
,4878,,
Town4879NPTown
of4880INof
Greece4881NPGreece
and4882CCand
Allegheny4883NPAllegheny
County4884NPCounty
,4885,,
go4886VVPgo
a4887DTa
bit4888NNbit
further4889RBRfurther
,4890,,
and4891CCand
they4892PPthey
say4893VVPsay
in4894INin
the4895DTthe
real4896JJreal
world4897NNworld
,4898,,
we4899PPwe
want4900VVPwant
to4901TOto
make4902VVmake
sure4903JJsure
we4904PPwe
're4905VBPbe
not4906RBnot
creating4907VVGcreate
the4908DTthe
same4909JJsame
dangers4910NNSdanger
when4911WRBwhen
the4912DTthe
government4913NNgovernment
is4914VBZbe
trying4915VVGtry
to4916TOto
create4917VVcreate
indirectly4918RBindirectly
what4919WPwhat
it4920PPit
could4921MDcould
n't4922RBn't
do4923VVdo
directly4924RBdirectly
.4925SENT.
Again4926RBagain
,4927,,
this4928DTthis
will4929MDwill
be4930VBbe
a4931DTa
rare4932JJrare
exception4933NNexception
,4934,,
and4935CCand
they4936PPthey
can4937MDcan
't4938RB't
provide4939VVprovide
a4940DTa
real-world4941NNreal-world
hypothetical4942JJhypothetical
.4943SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]4944LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
So4945INso
we4946PPwe
go4947VVPgo
back4948RBback
to4949TOto
Justice4950NPJustice
...4951:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]4952LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
But4953CCbut
do4954VVdo
I4955PPI
...4956:...
[MR. CARVIN]4957LOC[MR. CARVIN]
If4958INif
the4959DTthe
Court4960NPCourt
does4961VVZdo
n't4962RBn't
want4963VVwant
to4964TOto
go4965VVgo
that4966IN/thatthat
far4967RBfar
...4968:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]4969LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
So4970INso
we4971PPwe
go4972VVPgo
back4973RBback
to4974TOto
Justice4975NPJustice
Gorsuch4976NPGorsuch
.4977SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]4978LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Yes4979NPYes
.4980SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]4981LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
I4982PPI
hear4983VVPhear
you4984PPyou
using4985VVGuse
the4986DTthe
word4987NNword
"4988``"
de4989FWde
facto4990FWfacto
"4991''"
...4992:...
"4993``"
extreme4994JJextreme
proselytization4995NNproselytization
,4996,,
"4997''"
"4998``"
de4999FWde
facto5000FWfacto
coercion5001NNcoercion
.5002SENT.
"5003''"
[MR. CARVIN]5004LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Right5005NPRight
.5006SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5007LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
"5008``"
Excessive5009JJexcessive
promotion5010NNpromotion
or5011CCor
proselytization5012NNproselytization
.5013SENT.
"5014``"
It5015PPit
is5016VBZbe
the5017DTthe
endorsement5018NNendorsement
test5019NNtest
.5020SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]5021LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Again5022NPAgain
...5023:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5024LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Now5025RBnow
you5026PPyou
may5027MDmay
make5028VVmake
an5029DTan
argument5030NNargument
like5031INlike
your5032PP$your
colleague5033NNcolleague
that5034IN/thatthat
this5035DTthis
has5036VHZhave
to5037TOto
do5038VVdo
more5039JJRmore
with5040INwith
tradition5041NNtradition
than5042INthan
it5043PPit
does5044VVZdo
with5045INwith
coercion5046NNcoercion
,5047,,
but5048CCbut
it5049PPit
is5050VBZbe
endorsement5051NNendorsement
.5052SENT.
[MR. CARVIN]5053LOC[MR. CARVIN]
To5054TOTo
make5055VVmake
it5056PPit
as5057RBas
simple5058JJsimple
as5059INas
I5060PPI
can5061MDcan
:5062::
Under5063INunder
the5064DTthe
endorsement5065NNendorsement
test5066NNtest
,5067,,
a5068DTa
sectarian5069JJsectarian
symbol5070NNsymbol
of5071INof
a5072DTa
creche5073NNcreche
is5074VBZbe
no5075RBno
good5076JJgood
.5077SENT.
Under5078INunder
our5079PP$our
test5080NNtest
,5081,,
it5082PPit
's5083VBZbe
perfectly5084RBperfectly
fine5085JJfine
because5086INbecause
it5087PPit
's5088VBZbe
...5089:...
it5090PPit
's5091VBZbe
achieving5092VVGachieve
a5093DTa
...5094:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5095LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
So5096INso
you5097PPyou
would5098MDwould
overturn5099VVoverturn
Allegheny5100NPAllegheny
under5101INunder
that5102DTthat
theory5103NNtheory
?5104SENT?
[MR. CARVIN]5105LOC[MR. CARVIN]
I5106PPI
would5107MDwould
endorse5108VVendorse
the5109DTthe
Town5110NPTown
of5111INof
Greece5112NPGreece
test5113NNtest
,5114,,
which5115WDTwhich
says5116VVZsay
sectarian5117JJsectarian
prayer5118NNprayer
,5119,,
purely5120RBpurely
sectarian5121JJsectarian
prayer5122NNprayer
,5123,,
is5124VBZbe
okay5125JJokay
.5126SENT.
Sectarian5127JJsectarian
speech5128NNspeech
in5129INin
the5130DTthe
symbolic5131JJsymbolic
...5132:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]5133LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
But5134CCbut
would5135MDwould
you5136PPyou
proselytize5137VVproselytize
that5138DTthat
test5139NNtest
?5140SENT?
[MR. CARVIN]5141LOC[MR. CARVIN]
Excuse5142NNexcuse
me5143PPme
?5144SENT?
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]5145LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
You5146PPyou
endorse5147VVPendorse
the5148DTthe
test5149NNtest
.5150SENT.
Do5151VVdo
you5152PPyou
proselytize5153VVproselytize
for5154INfor
it5155PPit
?5156SENT?
[5157SYM[
LAUGHTER5158NNlaughter
]5159SYM]
[MR. CARVIN]5160LOC[MR. CARVIN]
We5161PPwe
...5162:...
we5163PPwe
...5164:...
we5165PPwe
...5166:...
we5167PPwe
are5168VBPbe
actually5169RBactually
adopting5170VVGadopt
the5171DTthe
word5172NNword
"5173``"
proselytize5174VVproselytize
"5175''"
from5176INfrom
the5177DTthe
Town5178NPTown
of5179INof
Greece5180NPGreece
test5181NNtest
.5182SENT.
And5183CCand
,5184,,
again5185RBagain
,5186,,
my5187PP$my
final5188JJfinal
point5189NNpoint
on5190INon
all5191DTall
of5192INof
this5193DTthis
is5194VBZbe
,5195,,
in5196INin
the5197DTthe
symbolic5198JJsymbolic
context5199NNcontext
,5200,,
this5201DTthis
distinction5202NNdistinction
is5203VBZbe
not5204RBnot
of5205INof
real-world5206NNreal-world
consequence5207NNconsequence
because5208INbecause
all5209DTall
symbols5210NNSsymbol
are5211VBPbe
sectarian5212JJsectarian
,5213,,
and5214CCand
if5215INif
you5216PPyou
ban5217VVPban
sectarian5218JJsectarian
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all5226DTall
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.5246SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]5247LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Thank5248VVthank
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General5253NPGeneral
Wall5254NPWall
.5255SENT.
[MR. WALL J.B.]5256LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
Mr5257NPMr
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Chief5259NPChief
Justice5260NPJustice
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:5271::
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Greece5309NPGreece
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easily5311RBeasily
resolve5312VVresolve
...5313:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5314LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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all5316DTall
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?5318SENT?
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founding5326JJfounding
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state5331NNstate
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a5360DTa
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a5405DTa
cross5406NNcross
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Jesus5408NPJesus
Christ5409NPChrist
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some5411DTsome
other5412JJother
symbol5413NNsymbol
,5414,,
is5415VBZbe
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merely5419RBmerely
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say5422VVPsay
"5423''"
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God5425NPGod
we5426PPwe
trust5427VVPtrust
.5428SENT.
"5429''"
[MR. WALL J.B.]5430LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
Well5431UHWell
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...5435:...
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,5438,,
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.5441SENT.
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.5458SENT.
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I5463PPI
think5464VVPthink
,5465,,
does5466VVZdo
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that5473IN/thatthat
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to5475TOto
the5476DTthe
World5477NPWorld
War5478NPWar
I5479NNI
generation5480NNgeneration
,5481,,
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now5485RBnow
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,5489,,
that5490WDTthat
was5491VBDbe
a5492DTa
secular5493JJsecular
or5494CCor
civic5495JJcivic
meaning5496NNmeaning
...5497:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5498LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
But5499CCbut
you5500PPyou
're5501VBPbe
...5502:...
[MR. WALL J.B.]5503LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
...5504:...
that5505IN/thatthat
it5506PPit
took5507VVDtake
on5508INon
to5509TOto
that5510DTthat
generation5511NNgeneration
.5512SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5513LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
But5514CCbut
you5515PPyou
limited5516VVDlimit
your5517PP$your
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to5519TOto
one5520CDone
generalized5521VVNgeneralize
point5522NNpoint
,5523,,
which5524WDTwhich
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put5528VVput
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up5530RPup
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to5532TOto
memorialize5533VVmemorialize
all5534DTall
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vets5536NNSvet
,5537,,
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the5539DTthe
fact5540NNfact
that5541IN/thatthat
all5542DTall
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vets5544NNSvet
were5545VBDbe
not5546RBnot
Christian5547JJChristian
...5548:...
[MR. WALL J.B.]5549LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
Oh5550NPOh
...5551:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5552LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
...5553:...
and5554CCand
that5555IN/thatthat
many5556JJmany
of5557INof
them5558PPthem
would5559MDwould
feel5560VVfeel
...5561:...
[MR. WALL J.B.]5562LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
Yes5563NPYes
,5564,,
just5565RBjust
as5566INas
Mr5567NPMr
.5568SENT.
Katyal5569NPKatyal
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at5577INat
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that5584WDTthat
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a5586DTa
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the5590DTthe
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95593CD9
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115595CD@card@
,5596,,
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that5602WDTthat
violated5603VVDviolate
the5604DTthe
Establishment5605NNestablishment
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it5610PPit
does5611VVZdo
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.5628SENT.
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the5630DTthe
second5631JJsecond
point5632NNpoint
I5633PPI
'd5634MDwould
make5635VVmake
is5636VBZbe
I5637PPI
understand5638VVPunderstand
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the5676DTthe
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permissible5681JJpermissible
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,5696,,
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have5698VHPhave
been5699VBNbe
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since5701INsince
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founding5704NNfounding
.5705SENT.
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have5707VHPhave
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war5709NNwar
memorials5710NNSmemorial
since5711INsince
the5712DTthe
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War5714NPWar
generation5715NNgeneration
...5716:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]5717LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
Does5718VVZdo
it5719PPit
make5720VVmake
any5721DTany
difference5722NNdifference
...5723:...
[MR. WALL J.B.]5724LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
...5725:...
the5726DTthe
one5727CDone
that5728WDTthat
incorporated5729VVDincorporate
...5730:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]5731LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
...5732:...
the5733DTthe
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the5736DTthe
founding5737NNfounding
,5738,,
this5739DTthis
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an5741DTan
almost5742RBalmost
overwhelmingly5743RBoverwhelmingly
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the5755DTthe
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.5757SENT.
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.5759SENT.
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a5765DTa
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does5769VVZdo
...5770:...
does5771VVZdo
that5772DTthat
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make5774VVmake
any5775DTany
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?5777SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]5778LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
I5779PPI
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it5783PPit
affects5784VVZaffect
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took5788VVDtake
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the5791DTthe
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the5794DTthe
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War5796NPWar
a5797DTa
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that5802WDTthat
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the5804DTthe
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the5808DTthe
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it5811PPit
and5812CCand
the5813DTthe
commission5814NNcommission
now5815RBnow
maintains5816VVZmaintain
it5817PPit
.5818SENT.
So5819RBso
,5820,,
when5821WRBwhen
Canada5822NPCanada
gave5823VVDgive
us5824PPus
the5825DTthe
Canadian5826JJCanadian
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Sacrifice5829NNsacrifice
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honor5831VVhonor
Americans5832NPSAmericans
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north5835RBnorth
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the5838DTthe
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America5847NPAmerica
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I5850PPI
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no5852DTno
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a5877DTa
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context5905NNcontext
that5906IN/thatthat
symbol5907NNsymbol
carries5908VVZcarry
.5909SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5910LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Is5911VBZbe
n't5912RBn't
a5913DTa
cemetery5914NNcemetery
substantially5915RBsubstantially
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the5918DTthe
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a5921DTa
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high5928JJhigh
?5929SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]5930LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
Well5931UHWell
...5932:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]5933LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
I5934PPI
mean5935VVPmean
,5936,,
I5937PPI
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pictures5939NNSpicture
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.5943SENT.
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dwarfs5955VVZdwarf
buildings5956NNSbuilding
.5957SENT.
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dwarfs5959VVZdwarf
people5960NNSpeople
.5961SENT.
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can5963MDcan
barely5964RBbarely
see5965VVsee
them5966PPthem
in5967INin
the5968DTthe
pictures5969NNSpicture
.5970SENT.
[MR. WALL J.B.]5971LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
I5972PPI
mean5973VVPmean
,5974,,
with5975INwith
all5976DTall
...5977:...
all5978DTall
respect5979NNrespect
,5980,,
Justice5981NPJustice
Sotomayor5982NPSotomayor
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,5985,,
obviously5986RBobviously
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more5990JJRmore
under5991INunder
the5992DTthe
reasonable5993JJreasonable
observer5994NNobserver
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asked5999VVNask
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Greece6006NPGreece
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a6021DTa
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a6050DTa
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I6078PPI
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the6093DTthe
fact6094NNfact
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"6098``"
U6099NPU
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the6111DTthe
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the6114DTthe
plaque6115NNplaque
...6116:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]6117LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
So6118RBso
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Mr6120NPMr
.6121SENT.
Wall6122NPWall
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just6124RBjust
to6125TOto
...6126:...
[MR. WALL J.B.]6127LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
...6128:...
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.6135SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]6136LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
...6137:...
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a6243DTa
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?6256SENT?
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okay6260JJokay
?6261SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]6262LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
I6263PPI
think6264VVPthink
the6265DTthe
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are6268VBPbe
clearly6269RBclearly
permissible6270JJpermissible
.6271SENT.
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shooting6293NNshooting
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David6298NPDavid
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that6304WDTthat
seems6305VVZseem
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us6307PPus
perfectly6308RBperfectly
permissible6309JJpermissible
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no6311DTno
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coercive6313JJcoercive
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that6318IN/thatthat
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thought6321VVDthink
were6322VBDbe
perfectly6323RBperfectly
permissible6324JJpermissible
.6325SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]6326LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
And6327CCand
the6328DTthe
fifth6329NNfifth
?6330SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]6331LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
The6332DTthe
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as6336RBas
...6337:...
as6338RBas
potentially6339RBpotentially
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standard6387NNstandard
than6388INthan
...6389:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]6390LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
Even6391RBeven
though6392INthough
all6393RBall
five6394CDfive
...6395:...
[MR. WALL J.B.]6396LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
...6397:...
are6398VBPbe
you6399PPyou
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or6401CCor
excluded6402VVNexclude
.6403SENT.
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...6405:...
it6406PPit
understands6407VVZunderstand
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are6410VBPbe
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damnation6413NNdamnation
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the6415DTthe
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says6417VVZsay
,6418,,
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force6423VVforce
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?6434SENT?
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a6436DTa
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putting6440VVGput
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naked6442JJnaked
,6443,,
unadorned6444JJunadorned
crosses6445NNScrosse
...6446:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]6447LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
But6448CCbut
...6449:...
but6450CCbut
all6451DTall
five6452CDfive
crosses6453NNScrosse
...6454:...
[MR. WALL J.B.]6455LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
...6456:...
without6457INwithout
any6458DTany
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secular6460JJsecular
reason6461NNreason
...6462:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]6463LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
Excuse6464VVexcuse
me6465PPme
.6466SENT.
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in6470INin
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I6476PPI
believe6477VVPbelieve
,6478,,
are6479VBPbe
the6480DTthe
same6481JJsame
.6482SENT.
[MR. WALL J.B.]6483LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
Well6484UHWell
,6485,,
no6486UHno
.6487SENT.
Sorry6488RBsorry
,6489,,
I6490PPI
took6491VVDtake
...6492:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]6493LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
Of6494INof
course6495NNcourse
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the6497DTthe
purpose6498NNpurpose
articulated6499VVNarticulate
,6500,,
unstated6501VVNunstate
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stated6503VVNstate
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might6509MDmight
be6510VBbe
different6511JJdifferent
.6512SENT.
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the6514DTthe
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all6517PDTall
the6518DTthe
same6519JJsame
.6520SENT.
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it6525PPit
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on6527INon
the6528DTthe
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purpose6530NNpurpose
or6531CCor
reason6532NNreason
it6533PPit
was6534VBDbe
put6535VVNput
up6536RPup
?6537SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]6538LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
Maybe6539RBmaybe
I6540PPI
misunderstood6541VVDmisunderstand
the6542DTthe
hypotheticals6543NNShypotheticals
.6544SENT.
When6545WRBwhen
she6546PPshe
...6547:...
when6548WRBwhen
...6549:...
when6550WRBwhen
Justice6551NPJustice
Kagan6552NPKagan
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positing6554VVGposit
war6555NNwar
memorials6556NNSmemorial
or6557CCor
a6558DTa
cross6559NNcross
dedicated6560VVNdedicate
for6561INfor
some6562DTsome
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secular6564NNsecular
or6565CCor
civic6566JJcivic
reason6567NNreason
,6568,,
all6569RBall
of6570INof
the6571DTthe
examples6572NNSexample
in6573INin
the6574DTthe
real6575JJreal
world6576NNworld
I6577PPI
'm6578VBPbe
aware6579JJaware
of6580INof
make6581VVPmake
that6582IN/thatthat
clear6583JJclear
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some6585DTsome
way6586NNway
.6587SENT.
The6588DTthe
Argonne6589NPArgonne
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,6591,,
as6592RBas
to6593TOto
those6594DTthose
who6595WPwho
perished6596VVDperish
in6597INin
France6598NPFrance
,6599,,
I6600PPI
...6601:...
I6602PPI
took6603VVDtake
the6604DTthe
fifth6605JJfifth
one6606CDone
to6607TOto
be6608VBbe
the6609DTthe
...6610:...
the6611DTthe
naked6612JJnaked
unadorned6613JJunadorned
cross6614NNcross
,6615,,
and6616CCand
that6617WDTthat
seems6618VVZseem
to6619TOto
me6620PPme
to6621TOto
get6622VVget
much6623RBmuch
closer6624JJRclose
...6625:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]6626LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
So6627RBso
,6628,,
if6629INif
that6630WDTthat
's6631VBZbe
put6632VVNput
up6633RPup
as6634INas
a6635DTa
war6636NNwar
memorial6637NNmemorial
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it6639PPit
does6640VVZdo
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have6642VHhave
words6643NNSword
around6644INaround
it6645PPit
,6646,,
that6647WDTthat
has6648VHZhave
to6649TOto
come6650VVcome
down6651RPdown
?6652SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]6653LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
Justice6654NPJustice
Kavanaugh6655NPKavanaugh
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I6657PPI
'll6658MDwill
grant6659VVgrant
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that6661IN/thatthat
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the6664DTthe
...6665:...
the6666DTthe
hardest6667JJShard
case6668NNcase
,6669,,
and6670CCand
where6671WRBwhere
the6672DTthe
town6673NNtown
just6674RBjust
says6675VVZsay
we6676PPwe
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putting6678VVGput
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a6682DTa
war6683NNwar
memorial6684NNmemorial
,6685,,
it6686PPit
...6687:...
it6688PPit
may6689MDmay
be6690VBbe
permissible6691JJpermissible
,6692,,
as6693RBas
long6694RBlong
as6695INas
the6696DTthe
other6697JJother
side6698NNside
will6699MDwill
grant6700VVgrant
that6701IN/thatthat
all6702DTall
of6703INof
the6704DTthe
hard6705JJhard
cases6706NNScase
on6707INon
this6708DTthis
test6709NNtest
are6710VBPbe
imaginary6711JJimaginary
.6712SENT.
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't6715RB't
find6716VVfind
a6717DTa
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one6719CDone
that6720WDTthat
looks6721VVZlook
like6722INlike
that6723DTthat
.6724SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]6725LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
Could6726MDcould
...6727:...
[MR. WALL J.B.]6728LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
The6729DTthe
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.6744SENT.
This6745DTthis
case6746NNcase
,6747,,
which6748WDTwhich
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have6750VHhave
been6751VBNbe
easy6752JJeasy
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a6755DTa
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.6758SENT.
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expert6761NNexpert
witnesses6762NNSwitness
and6763CCand
...6764:...
and6765CCand
mounds6766NNSmound
of6767INof
discovery6768NNdiscovery
.6769SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]6770LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
Could6771MDcould
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...6775:...
the6776DTthe
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I6778PPI
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are6781VBPbe
neither6782RBneither
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nor6785CCnor
the6786DTthe
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just6793RBjust
the6794DTthe
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not6798RBnot
any6799DTany
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and6807CCand
...6808:...
and6809CCand
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now6811RBnow
.6812SENT.
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...6814:...
on6815INon
what6816WPwhat
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are6818VBPbe
...6819:...
are6820VBPbe
...6821:...
are6822VBPbe
...6823:...
are6824VBPbe
those6825DTthose
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?6827SENT?
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other6829JJother
words6830NNSword
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...6833:...
when6834WRBwhen
...6835:...
is6836VBZbe
the6837DTthe
theory6838NNtheory
that6839IN/thatthat
this6840DTthis
is6841VBZbe
a6842DTa
universal6843JJuniversal
symbol6844NNsymbol
?6845SENT?
Is6846VBZbe
the6847DTthe
theory6848NNtheory
that6849IN/thatthat
this6850DTthis
is6851VBZbe
a6852DTa
secular6853JJsecular
symbol6854NNsymbol
?6855SENT?
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the6857DTthe
theory6858NNtheory
that6859IN/thatthat
this6860DTthis
is6861VBZbe
a6862DTa
religious6863JJreligious
symbol6864NNsymbol
,6865,,
but6866CCbut
that6867DTthat
's6868VBZbe
perfectly6869RBperfectly
fine6870JJfine
,6871,,
to6872TOto
adopt6873VVadopt
one6874CDone
religious6875JJreligious
symbol6876NNsymbol
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than6878INthan
another6879DTanother
?6880SENT?
What6881WPWhat
's6882VBZbe
the6883DTthe
theory6884NNtheory
?6885SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]6886LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
I6887PPI
think6888VVPthink
the6889DTthe
theory6890NNtheory
is6891VBZbe
and6892CCand
the6893DTthe
real-world6894NNreal-world
example6895NNexample
I6896PPI
'd6897MDwould
give6898VVgive
is6899VBZbe
the6900DTthe
cross6901NNcross
at6902INat
Ground6903NPGround
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.6905SENT.
I6906PPI
'd6907MDwould
point6908VVpoint
the6909DTthe
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to6911TOto
the6912DTthe
Second6913NPSecond
Circuit6914NPCircuit
case6915NNcase
.6916SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]6917LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
I6918PPI
think6919VVPthink
that6920IN/thatthat
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's6922VBZbe
an6923DTan
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kind6925NNkind
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case6927NNcase
,6928,,
so6929INso
I6930PPI
...6931:...
I6932PPI
think6933VVPthink
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's6935VBZbe
...6936:...
let6937VVlet
's6938VBZbe
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one6943CDone
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's6946POS's
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about6949INabout
your6950PP$your
ordinary6951JJordinary
decision6952NNdecision
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erect6954VVerect
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to6956TOto
...6957:...
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anything6962NNanything
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's6964VBZbe
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a6967DTa
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you6969PPyou
know6970VVPknow
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let6972VVPlet
's6973VBZbe
just6974RBjust
talk6975NNtalk
about6976RBabout
...6977:...
[MR. WALL J.B.]6978LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
Well6979UHWell
,6980,,
my6981PP$my
point6982NNpoint
is6983VBZbe
just6984RBjust
that6985DTthat
's6986VBZbe
a6987DTa
...6988:...
[JUSTICE KAGAN]6989LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
...6990:...
an6991DTan
ordinary6992JJordinary
municipal6993JJmunicipal
decision6994NNdecision
to6995TOto
erect6996VVerect
a6997DTa
cross6998NNcross
as6999INas
a7000DTa
way7001NNway
to7002TOto
memorialize7003VVmemorialize
some7004DTsome
group7005NNgroup
of7006INof
citizens7007NNScitizen
.7008SENT.
[MR. WALL J.B.]7009LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
And7010CCand
my7011PP$my
...7012:...
my7013PP$my
only7014JJonly
point7015NNpoint
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there7017EXthere
are7018VBPbe
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a7020DTa
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these7023DTthese
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memorials7025NNSmemorial
going7026VVGgo
up7027RPup
.7028SENT.
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a7031DTa
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cross7033NNcross
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I7035PPI
think7036VVPthink
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perfectly7038RBperfectly
permissible7039JJpermissible
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presents7042VVZpresent
no7043DTno
greater7044JJRgreat
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than7046INthan
the7047DTthe
kinds7048NNSkind
of7049INof
acknowledgment7050NNacknowledgment
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that7053WDTthat
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existed7055VVNexist
since7056INsince
the7057DTthe
founding7058NNfounding
.7059SENT.
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a7065DTa
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memorial7068NNmemorial
,7069,,
if7070INif
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tomorrow7072NNtomorrow
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to7074TOto
erect7075VVerect
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like7078INlike
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one7080CDone
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think7083VVPthink
that7084IN/thatthat
would7085MDwould
be7086VBbe
perfectly7087RBperfectly
permissible7088JJpermissible
and7089CCand
,7090,,
indeed7091RBindeed
,7092,,
an7093DTan
honorable7094JJhonorable
thing7095NNthing
for7096INfor
a7097DTa
locality7098NNlocality
to7099TOto
do7100VVdo
.7101SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]7102LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
And7103CCand
...7104:...
and7105CCand
I7106PPI
guess7107VVPguess
I7108PPI
ask7109VVPask
,7110,,
why7111WRBwhy
is7112VBZbe
that7113RBthat
?7114SENT?
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it7116PPit
because7117INbecause
the7118DTthe
cross7119NNcross
has7120VHZhave
become7121VVNbecome
a7122DTa
symbol7123NNsymbol
that7124WDTthat
's7125VBZbe
universal7126JJuniversal
?7127SENT?
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that7129IN/thatthat
what7130WPwhat
your7131PP$your
...7132:...
your7133PP$your
claim7134NNclaim
is7135VBZbe
?7136SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]7137LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
I7138PPI
think7139VVPthink
because7140INbecause
,7141,,
as7142INas
the7143DTthe
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said7146VVDsay
,7147,,
it7148PPit
has7149VHZhave
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on7151INon
a7152DTa
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meaning7154NNmeaning
associated7155VVNassociate
with7156INwith
sacrifice7157NNsacrifice
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...7159:...
or7160CCor
death7161NNdeath
or7162CCor
commemoration7163NNcommemoration
.7164SENT.
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a7166DTa
locality7167NNlocality
,7168,,
a7169DTa
state7170NNstate
can7171MDcan
decide7172VVdecide
to7173TOto
use7174VVuse
it7175PPit
for7176INfor
that7177DTthat
meaning7178NNmeaning
.7179SENT.
[JUSTICE KAGAN]7180LOC[JUSTICE KAGAN]
I7181PPI
mean7182VVPmean
,7183,,
it7184PPit
is7185VBZbe
the7186DTthe
foremost7187JJforemost
symbol7188NNsymbol
of7189INof
Christianity7190NNChristianity
,7191,,
is7192VBZbe
n't7193RBn't
it7194PPit
?7195SENT?
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invokes7197VVZinvoke
the7198DTthe
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Christianity7203NNChristianity
,7204,,
that7205WDTthat
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the7209DTthe
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God7212NPGod
,7213,,
died7214VVDdie
on7215INon
the7216DTthe
cross7217NNcross
for7218INfor
humanity7219NNhumanity
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and7222CCand
that7223IN/thatthat
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rose7225VVDrise
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the7227DTthe
dead7228NNdead
.7229SENT.
This7230DTthis
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why7232WRBwhy
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as7236INas
a7237DTa
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to7239TOto
memorialize7240VVmemorialize
the7241DTthe
dead7242NNdead
.7243SENT.
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it7245PPit
because7246INbecause
it7247PPit
connects7248VVZconnect
to7249TOto
that7250DTthat
central7251JJcentral
theological7252JJtheological
belief7253NNbelief
,7254,,
is7255VBZbe
n't7256RBn't
that7257DTthat
correct7258JJcorrect
?7259SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]7260LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
So7261INso
I7262PPI
'm7263VBPbe
not7264RBnot
going7265VVGgo
to7266TOto
dispute7267VVdispute
that7268IN/thatthat
,7269,,
obviously7270RBobviously
,7271,,
it7272PPit
's7273VBZbe
the7274DTthe
preeminent7275JJpreeminent
symbol7276NNsymbol
of7277INof
Christianity7278NNChristianity
.7279SENT.
I7280PPI
believe7281VVPbelieve
all7282DTall
of7283INof
the7284DTthe
members7285NNSmember
of7286INof
the7287DTthe
plurality7288NNplurality
in7289INin
Buono7290NPBuono
believe7291VVPbelieve
that7292IN/thatthat
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that7332WDTthat
sit7333VVPsit
in7334INin
Arlington7335NPArlington
,7336,,
which7337WDTwhich
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do7342VVPdo
n't7343RBn't
have7344VHhave
to7345TOto
take7346VVtake
down7347RPdown
.7348SENT.
[JUSTICE ALITO]7349LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
And7350CCand
does7351VVZdo
it7352PPit
...7353:...
does7354VVZdo
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...7357:...
[MR. WALL J.B.]7358LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
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[JUSTICE ALITO]7368LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
...7369:...
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done7395VVNdo
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the7397DTthe
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World7400NPWorld
War7401NPWar
I7402PPI
?7403SENT?
[MR. WALL J.B.]7404LOC[MR. WALL J.B.]
I7405PPI
think7406VVPthink
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Alito7409NPAlito
,7410,,
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it7413PPit
an7414DTan
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.7417SENT.
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Commandments7447NNScommandment
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mottos7460NNSmotto
or7461CCor
seals7462NNSseal
.7463SENT.
I7464PPI
...7465:...
I7466PPI
...7467:...
I7468PPI
do7469VVPdo
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think7471VVthink
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specific7476JJspecific
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cross7480NNcross
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context7527NNcontext
is7528VBZbe
,7529,,
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honors7578VVZhonor
to7579TOto
rest7580VVrest
in7581INin
peace7582NNpeace
.7583SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]7584LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Thank7585VVthank
you7586PPyou
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.7589SENT.
Ms7590NNMs
.7591SENT.
Miller7592NPMiller
.7593SENT.
[MS. MILLER]7594LOC[MS. MILLER]
Mr7595NPMr
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,7770,,
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Jews7775NNSJew
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telling7777VVGtell
Muslims7778NNSMuslim
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telling7780VVGtell
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in7815INin
fact7816NNfact
,7817,,
also7818RBalso
symbolizes7819VVZsymbolize
atheism7820NNatheism
.7821SENT.
[JUSTICE ALITO]7822LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
Could7823MDcould
I7824PPI
...7825:...
could7826MDcould
I7827PPI
ask7828VVask
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question7830NNquestion
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?7842SENT?
[MS. MILLER]7843LOC[MS. MILLER]
Yes7844NPYes
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[JUSTICE ALITO]7846LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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?7983SENT?
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Your7985PP$your
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[MS. MILLER]12569LOC[MS. MILLER]
Well12570UHWell
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[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]12705LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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[MS. MILLER]12710LOC[MS. MILLER]
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[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]12715LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
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[MS. MILLER]12746LOC[MS. MILLER]
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[JUSTICE ALITO]12942LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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[MS. MILLER]12971LOC[MS. MILLER]
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[JUSTICE ALITO]13037LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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Well13155UHwell
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remedy13180NNremedy
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I13182PPI
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...13214:...
[JUSTICE ALITO]13215LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
All13216DTall
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taken13225VVNtake
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Well13250UHwell
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[JUSTICE ALITO]13256LOC[JUSTICE ALITO]
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[MS. MILLER]13279LOC[MS. MILLER]
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]13318LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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[MS. MILLER]13323LOC[MS. MILLER]
...13324:...
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]13329LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
...13330:...
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...13332:...
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[MS. MILLER]13339LOC[MS. MILLER]
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]13342LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
I13343PPI
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[MS. MILLER]13354LOC[MS. MILLER]
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]13357LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]13371LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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[MS. MILLER]13381LOC[MS. MILLER]
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]13384LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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[MS. MILLER]13436LOC[MS. MILLER]
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]13441LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]13456LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]13466LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
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[MS. MILLER]13480LOC[MS. MILLER]
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directly13585RBdirectly
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argument13588NNargument
that13589WDTthat
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this13591DTthis
is13592VBZbe
n't13593RBn't
a13594DTa
religious13595JJreligious
symbol13596NNsymbol
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To13598TOTo
say13599VVsay
that13600IN/thatthat
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would13602MDwould
be13603VBbe
so13604RBso
hostile13605JJhostile
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religion13607NNreligion
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to13609TOto
move13610VVmove
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to13612TOto
private13613JJprivate
land13614NNland
,13615,,
to13616TOto
transfer13617VVtransfer
the13618DTthe
land13619NNland
underneath13620INunderneath
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,13622,,
I13623PPI
think13624VVPthink
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really13626RBreally
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argument13629NNargument
in13630INin
a13631DTa
way13632NNway
that13633WDTthat
,13634,,
you13635PPyou
know13636VVPknow
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it13638PPit
...13639:...
it13640PPit
...13641:...
[JUSTICE BREYER]13642LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
It13643PPit
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...13651:...
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I13657PPI
do13658VVPdo
n't13659RBn't
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if13661INif
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can13663MDcan
.13664SENT.
This13665DTthis
is13666VBZbe
a13667DTa
tough13668JJtough
area13669NNarea
.13670SENT.
Okay13671JJokay
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So13673RBso
I13674PPI
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reaction13679NNreaction
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which13681WDTwhich
now13682RBnow
that13683IN/thatthat
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Alito13685NPAlito
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I13689PPI
did13690VVDdo
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and13692CCand
I13693PPI
did13694VVDdo
n't13695RBn't
hear13696VVhear
an13697DTan
answer13698NNanswer
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[MS. MILLER]13700LOC[MS. MILLER]
With13701INwith
respect13702NNrespect
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so13712RBso
difficult13713JJdifficult
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I13715PPI
do13716VVPdo
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believe13718VVbelieve
...13719:...
[JUSTICE BREYER]13720LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
It13721PPit
's13722VBZbe
not13723RBnot
a13724DTa
hypothetical13725JJhypothetical
.13726SENT.
[MS. MILLER]13727LOC[MS. MILLER]
Okay13728NPOkay
.13729SENT.
[JUSTICE BREYER]13730LOC[JUSTICE BREYER]
I13731PPI
'm13732VBPbe
saying13733VVGsay
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a13735DTa
very13736RBvery
good13737JJgood
book13738NNbook
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the13740DTthe
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&13742CC&
Its13743PP$its
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Lord13746NPLord
Radcliffe13747NPRadcliffe
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all13749PDTall
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You13758PPyou
have13759VHPhave
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I13763PPI
have13764VHPhave
mine13765NNmine
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And13767CCand
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not13770RBnot
going13771VVGgo
to13772TOto
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each13774DTeach
other13775JJother
.13776SENT.
Okay13777JJokay
?13778SENT?
So13779RBso
we13780PPwe
say13781VVPsay
history13782NNhistory
counts13783NNScount
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Now13785RBnow
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raised13788VVNraise
is13789VBZbe
a13790DTa
problem13791NNproblem
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So13793RBso
what13794WPwhat
about13795INabout
saying13796VVGsay
past13797NNpast
is13798VBZbe
past13799JJpast
,13800,,
if13801INif
you13802PPyou
go13803VVPgo
back13804JJback
years13805NNSyear
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no13808RBno
more13809RBRmore
.13810SENT.
We13811PPwe
're13812VBPbe
now13813RBnow
5413814CD@card@
religions13815NNSreligion
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We13817PPwe
're13818VBPbe
now13819RBnow
everything13820NNeverything
under13821INunder
the13822DTthe
sun13823NNsun
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And13825CCand
people13826NNSpeople
will13827MDwill
take13828VVtake
offense13829NNoffense
.13830SENT.
Now13831RBnow
how13832WRBhow
do13833VVPdo
I13834PPI
do13835VVPdo
that13836RBthat
?13837SENT?
Is13838VBZbe
that13839DTthat
sensible13840NNsensible
?13841SENT?
Is13842VBZbe
it13843PPit
ridiculous13844JJridiculous
?13845SENT?
What13846WPWhat
do13847VVPdo
you13848PPyou
think13849VVPthink
?13850SENT?
[MS. MILLER]13851LOC[MS. MILLER]
Well13852UHwell
,13853,,
I13854PPI
think13855VVPthink
that13856IN/thatthat
there13857EXthere
are13858VBPbe
ways13859NNSway
to13860TOto
display13861VVdisplay
a13862DTa
historical13863JJhistorical
cross13864NNcross
in13865INin
a13866DTa
way13867NNway
that13868WDTthat
is13869VBZbe
n't13870RBn't
the13871DTthe
government13872NNgovernment
currently13873RBcurrently
being13874VBGbe
the13875DTthe
mouthpiece13876NNmouthpiece
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that13887IN/thatthat
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speak13889VVPspeak
of13890INof
is13891VBZbe
a13892DTa
perfect13893JJperfect
example13894NNexample
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It13896PPit
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an13899DTan
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panel13901NNpanel
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with13903INwith
other13904JJother
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rubble13907NNrubble
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an13909DTan
explanatory13910JJexplanatory
plaque13911NNplaque
about13912INabout
how13913WRBhow
it13914PPit
came13915VVDcome
to13916TOto
be13917VBbe
.13918SENT.
I13919PPI
think13920VVPthink
that13921IN/thatthat
if13922INif
this13923DTthis
were13924VBDbe
not13925RBnot
being13926VBGbe
actively13927RBactively
used13928VVNuse
by13929INby
the13930DTthe
town13931NNtown
as13932INas
an13933DTan
annual13934JJannual
war13935NNwar
memorial13936NNmemorial
that13937IN/thatthat
every13938DTevery
year13939NNyear
after13940INafter
year13941NNyear
the13942DTthe
town13943NNtown
is13944VBZbe
saying13945VVGsay
this13946DTthis
is13947VBZbe
how13948WRBhow
we13949PPwe
honor13950VVPhonor
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this13954DTthis
giant13955JJgiant
cross13956NNcross
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that13958WDTthat
's13959VBZbe
a13960DTa
constant13961JJconstant
message13962NNmessage
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It13964PPit
's13965VBZbe
not13966RBnot
...13967:...
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]13968LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
What13969WPWhat
if13970INif
...13971:...
[MS. MILLER]13972LOC[MS. MILLER]
...13973:...
a13974DTa
historical13975JJhistorical
artifact13976NNartifact
.13977SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]13978LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
...13979:...
what13980WPwhat
if13981INif
...13982:...
what13983WPwhat
if13984INif
...13985:...
what13986WPwhat
if13987INif
other13988JJother
cities13989NNScity
replicated13990VVDreplicate
the13991DTthe
913992CD9
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?13996SENT?
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's13998VBZbe
a13999DTa
different14000JJdifferent
world14001NNworld
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It14003PPit
's14004VBZbe
a14005DTa
different14006JJdifferent
time14007NNtime
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History14009NNhistory
's14010VBZbe
changed14011VVNchange
.14012SENT.
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's14015VBZbe
an14016DTan
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a14019DTa
cross14020NNcross
that14021WDTthat
has14022VHZhave
very14023RBvery
contemporary14024JJcontemporary
meaning14025NNmeaning
and14026CCand
to14027TOto
a14028DTa
lot14029NNlot
of14030INof
people14031NNSpeople
.14032SENT.
Would14033MDwould
...14034:...
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you14036PPyou
prohibit14037VVprohibit
cities14038NNScity
and14039CCand
states14040NNSstate
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that14043DTthat
cross14044NNcross
on14045INon
...14046:...
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...14049:...
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their14051PP$their
public14052JJpublic
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[MS. MILLER]14059LOC[MS. MILLER]
So14060RBso
just14061RBjust
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I14063PPI
understand14064VVPunderstand
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you14066PPyou
're14067VBPbe
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that14073WDTthat
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then14085RBthen
...14086:...
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know14088VVPknow
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I14090PPI
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it14092PPit
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how14095WRBhow
they14096PPthey
're14097VBPbe
displaying14098VVGdisplay
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.14100SENT.
If14101INif
it14102PPit
's14103VBZbe
...14104:...
[JUSTICE GINSBURG]14105LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
did14106VVDdo
n't14107RBn't
you14108PPyou
answer14109VVPanswer
that14110IN/thatthat
it14111PPit
does14112VVZdo
n't14113RBn't
exist14114VVexist
in14115INin
splendid14116JJsplendid
isolation14117NNisolation
?14118SENT?
[MS. MILLER]14119LOC[MS. MILLER]
Exactly14120RBexactly
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It14122PPit
does14123VVZdo
not14124RBnot
exist14125VVexist
in14126INin
isolation14127NNisolation
,14128,,
yes14129UHyes
,14130,,
it14131PPit
's14132VBZbe
...14133:...
it14134PPit
's14135VBZbe
in14136INin
a14137DTa
museum14138NNmuseum
.14139SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]14140LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
No14141UHNo
,14142,,
no14143UHno
,14144,,
it14145PPit
's14146VBZbe
...14147:...
it14148PPit
's14149VBZbe
...14150:...
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question14152NNquestion
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,14154,,
it14155PPit
's14156VBZbe
a14157DTa
914158CD9
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memorial14161NNmemorial
.14162SENT.
[MS. MILLER]14163LOC[MS. MILLER]
Yes14164NPYes
.14165SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]14166LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
And14167CCand
that14168DTthat
's14169VBZbe
the14170DTthe
predominant14171JJpredominant
thing14172NNthing
,14173,,
and14174CCand
there14175EXthere
might14176MDmight
be14177VBbe
some14178DTsome
names14179NNSname
on14180INon
it14181PPit
,14182,,
just14183RBjust
like14184INlike
our14185PP$our
Bladensburg14186NPBladensburg
cross14187NNcross
.14188SENT.
[MS. MILLER]14189LOC[MS. MILLER]
Yes14190NPYes
,14191,,
Your14192PP$your
Honor14193NPHonor
.14194SENT.
Well14195UHwell
,14196,,
then14197RBthen
that14198DTthat
would14199MDwould
certainly14200RBcertainly
be14201VBbe
a14202DTa
problem14203NNproblem
.14204SENT.
That14205DTthat
would14206MDwould
be14207VBbe
a14208DTa
cross14209NNcross
that14210WDTthat
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displayed14213VVNdisplay
as14214INas
the14215DTthe
government14216NNgovernment
's14217POS's
war14218NNwar
memorial14219NNmemorial
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not14221RBnot
as14222INas
a14223DTa
piece14224NNpiece
of14225INof
artifact14226NNartifact
that14227WDTthat
is14228VBZbe
in14229INin
an14230DTan
exhibit14231NNexhibit
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as14233INas
a14234DTa
museum14235NNmuseum
,14236,,
in14237INin
a14238DTa
museum14239NNmuseum
context14240NNcontext
.14241SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]14242LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Can14243MDcan
we14244PPwe
go14245VVgo
back14246RBback
outside14247JJoutside
of14248INof
hypotheticals14249NNShypotheticals
to14250TOto
this14251DTthis
case14252NNcase
?14253SENT?
[MS. MILLER]14254LOC[MS. MILLER]
Yes14255NPYes
,14256,,
Your14257PP$your
Honor14258NPHonor
.14259SENT.
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]14260LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Mr14261NPMr
.14262SENT.
Katyal14263NPKatyal
said14264VVDsay
that14265IN/thatthat
the14266DTthe
only14267JJonly
way14268NNway
to14269TOto
have14270VHhave
a14271DTa
remedy14272NNremedy
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is14274VBZbe
to14275TOto
destroy14276VVdestroy
...14277:...
change14278VVchange
the14279DTthe
cross14280NNcross
or14281CCor
destroy14282VVdestroy
it14283PPit
.14284SENT.
He14285PPhe
says14286VVZsay
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can14288MDcan
't14289RB't
move14290VVmove
it14291PPit
because14292INbecause
it14293PPit
'll14294MDwill
fall14295VVfall
apart14296RBapart
,14297,,
and14298CCand
you14299PPyou
can14300MDcan
't14301RB't
give14302VVgive
it14303PPit
to14304TOto
the14305DTthe
Legion14306NNlegion
because14307INbecause
of14308INof
safety14309NNsafety
concerns14310NNSconcern
.14311SENT.
Do14312VVdo
you14313PPyou
agree14314VVagree
with14315INwith
his14316PP$his
position14317NNposition
on14318INon
this14319DTthis
?14320SENT?
[MS. MILLER]14321LOC[MS. MILLER]
I14322PPI
do14323VVPdo
n't14324RBn't
agree14325VVagree
.14326SENT.
For14327INfor
one14328CDone
,14329,,
with14330INwith
respect14331NNrespect
to14332TOto
moving14333VVGmove
it14334PPit
,14335,,
we14336PPwe
do14337VVPdo
n't14338RBn't
have14339VHhave
any14340DTany
statements14341NNSstatement
that14342WDTthat
say14343VVPsay
...14344:...
we14345PPwe
...14346:...
there14347EXthere
's14348VBZbe
one14349CDone
statement14350NNstatement
in14351INin
the14352DTthe
deposition14353NNdeposition
that14354WDTthat
says14355VVZsay
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might14357MDmight
be14358VBbe
hard14359JJhard
to14360TOto
move14361VVmove
.14362SENT.
But14363CCbut
we14364PPwe
also14365RBalso
have14366VHPhave
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testimony14368NNtestimony
saying14369VVGsay
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the14371DTthe
state14372NNstate
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large14375JJlarge
historic14376JJhistoric
houses14377NNShouse
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so14379RBso
we14380PPwe
have14381VHPhave
a14382DTa
hard14383JJhard
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imagining14385VVGimagine
that14386IN/thatthat
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house14388NNhouse
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more14390RBRmore
difficult14391JJdifficult
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move14393VVmove
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There14395EXthere
's14396VBZbe
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World14398NPWorld
War14399NPWar
I14400NNI
memorials14401NNSmemorial
that14402WDTthat
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the14405DTthe
center14406NNcenter
of14407INof
medians14408NNSmedian
.14409SENT.
The14410DTthe
...14411:...
the14412DTthe
reality14413NNreality
is14414VBZbe
that14415DTthat
...14416:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]14417LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
I14418PPI
do14419VVPdo
understand14420VVunderstand
also14421RBalso
that14422IN/thatthat
the14423DTthe
cross14424NNcross
is14425VBZbe
falling14426VVGfall
apart14427RBapart
and14428CCand
has14429VHZhave
to14430TOto
be14431VBbe
fixed14432VVNfix
anyway14433RBanyway
.14434SENT.
[MS. MILLER]14435LOC[MS. MILLER]
Well14436UHWell
,14437,,
that14438WDTthat
's14439VBZbe
...14440:...
[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]14441LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
So14442RBso
whether14443INwhether
it14444PPit
's14445VBZbe
fixed14446VVNfix
in14447INin
a14448DTa
move14449NNmove
or14450CCor
fixed14451VVNfix
in14452INin
place14453NNplace
in14454INin
situ14455NNsitu
is14456VBZbe
irrelevant14457JJirrelevant
.14458SENT.
It14459PPit
still14460RBstill
has14461VHZhave
to14462TOto
be14463VBbe
fixed14464VVNfix
.14465SENT.
[MS. MILLER]14466LOC[MS. MILLER]
That's14467NPThat's
...14468:...
that14469WDTthat
's14470VBZbe
right14471JJright
.14472SENT.
Exactly14473RBexactly
.14474SENT.
And14475CCand
I14476PPI
think14477VVPthink
that14478IN/thatthat
they14479PPthey
're14480VBPbe
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the14482DTthe
key14483JJkey
problem14484NNproblem
that14485IN/thatthat
their14486PP$their
own14487JJown
experts14488NNSexpert
have14489VHPhave
...14490:...
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warned14492VVNwarn
them14493PPthem
about14494RBabout
,14495,,
which14496WDTwhich
is14497VBZbe
that14498IN/thatthat
the14499DTthe
current14500JJcurrent
location14501NNlocation
is14502VBZbe
causing14503VVGcause
its14504PP$its
demise14505NNdemise
.14506SENT.
And14507CCand
that14508DTthat
's14509VBZbe
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I14511PPI
say14512VVPsay
that14513IN/thatthat
I14514PPI
think14515VVPthink
our14516PP$our
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remedy14518NNremedy
,14519,,
which14520WDTwhich
is14521VBZbe
moving14522VVGmove
it14523PPit
somewhere14524RBsomewhere
else14525RBelse
,14526,,
is14527VBZbe
the14528DTthe
best14529JJSgood
situation14530NNsituation
for14531INfor
the14532DTthe
cross14533NNcross
.14534SENT.
It14535PPit
can14536MDcan
be14537VBbe
placed14538VVNplace
in14539INin
a14540DTa
place14541NNplace
where14542WRBwhere
people14543NNSpeople
do14544VVPdo
n't14545RBn't
have14546VHhave
to14547TOto
risk14548VVrisk
their14549PP$their
lives14550NNSlife
to14551TOto
cross14552VVcross
the14553DTthe
street14554NNstreet
.14555SENT.
They14556PPthey
can14557MDcan
actually14558RBactually
come14559VVcome
pay14560VVpay
their14561PP$their
respects14562NNSrespect
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They14564PPthey
can14565MDcan
do14566VVdo
so14567RBso
maybe14568RBmaybe
a14569DTa
little14570JJlittle
bit14571NNbit
more14572RBRmore
privately14573RBprivately
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]14575LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
May14576NPmay
...14577:...
may14578MDmay
I14579PPI
go14580VVgo
back14581RBback
to14582TOto
the14583DTthe
question14584NNquestion
that14585WDTthat
's14586VHZhave
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underlying14588VVGunderlie
some14589DTsome
of14590INof
my14591PP$my
colleagues14592NNScolleague
'14593POS'
points14594NNSpoint
and14595CCand
points14596NNSpoint
you14597PPyou
've14598VHPhave
been14599VBNbe
trying14600VVGtry
to14601TOto
make14602VVmake
.14603SENT.
It14604PPit
is14605VBZbe
contextual14606JJcontextual
,14607,,
the14608DTthe
endorsement14609NNendorsement
test14610NNtest
is14611VBZbe
always14612RBalways
contextual14613JJcontextual
,14614,,
and14615CCand
,14616,,
according14617VVGaccord
to14618TOto
you14619PPyou
,14620,,
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[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]15015LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
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...15692:...
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that15722WDTthat
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discriminates15725VVZdiscriminate
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non-believers15727NNSnon-believer
.15728SENT.
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think15731VVPthink
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that15734DTthat
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,15736,,
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in15742INin
favor15743NNfavor
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non-believers15745NNSnon-believer
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Marsh15747NPMarsh
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no15773UHno
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.15778SENT.
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]15779LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
I15780PPI
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the15816DTthe
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Maryland15820NPMaryland
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the15822DTthe
Maryland15823NPMaryland
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this15839DTthis
?15840SENT?
[MS. MILLER]15841LOC[MS. MILLER]
May15842NPmay
I15843PPI
?15844SENT?
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]15845LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
You15846PPyou
have15847VHPhave
a15848DTa
couple15849NNcouple
minutes15850NNSminute
left15851VVDleave
.15852SENT.
[MS. MILLER]15853LOC[MS. MILLER]
Okay15854NPOkay
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...15857:...
how15858WRBhow
Maryland15859NPMaryland
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...15862:...
I15863PPI
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I15865PPI
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Is15874VBZbe
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...15877:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]15878LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
The15879DTthe
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that15893WDTthat
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...15904:...
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the15910DTthe
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I15925PPI
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a15941DTa
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this15944DTthis
or15945CCor
not15946RBnot
?15947SENT?
[MS. MILLER]15948LOC[MS. MILLER]
So15949RBso
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like15952VVlike
,15953,,
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Maryland15955NPMaryland
legislator15956NNlegislator
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the15959DTthe
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universal15962JJuniversal
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?15964SENT?
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]15965LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
No15966RBno
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should15971MDshould
come15972VVcome
down15973RPdown
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[MS. MILLER]15975LOC[MS. MILLER]
I15976PPI
see15977VVPsee
.15978SENT.
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]15979LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
In15980INin
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...15991:...
[MS. MILLER]15992LOC[MS. MILLER]
Oh15993NPOh
.15994SENT.
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]15995LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
...15996:...
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The16002DTthe
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the16007DTthe
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.16014SENT.
[MS. MILLER]16015LOC[MS. MILLER]
The16016DTthe
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getting16024VVGget
at16025INat
?16026SENT?
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]16027LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
Yeah16028NPYeah
.16029SENT.
[MS. MILLER]16030LOC[MS. MILLER]
Yes16031NPYes
.16032SENT.
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I16036PPI
think16037VVPthink
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]16070LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
I16071PPI
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...16075:...
[MS. MILLER]16076LOC[MS. MILLER]
...16077:...
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]16082LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
...16083:...
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[MS. MILLER]16113LOC[MS. MILLER]
I16114PPI
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I16117PPI
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]16120LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
...16121:...
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[MS. MILLER]16143LOC[MS. MILLER]
Oh16144NPOh
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...16170:...
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...16177:...
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[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]16199LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Thank16200VVthank
you16201PPyou
,16202,,
counsel16203NNcounsel
.16204SENT.
Three16205CDThree
minutes16206NNSminute
,16207,,
Mr16208NPMr
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Katyal16210NPKatyal
.16211SENT.
[MR. KATYAL]16212LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Thank16213VVthank
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And16297CCand
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[JUSTICE GINSBURG]16299LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
But16300CCbut
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]16303LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Mr16304NPMr
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Katyal16306NPKatyal
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how16308WRBhow
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[JUSTICE GINSBURG]16310LOC[JUSTICE GINSBURG]
...16311:...
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Mr16320NPMr
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Katyal16322NPKatyal
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[MR. KATYAL]16346LOC[MR. KATYAL]
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which16430WDTwhich
,16431,,
you16432PPyou
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which16435WDTwhich
...16436:...
which16437WDTwhich
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]16451LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
Mr16452NPMr
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[MR. KATYAL]16456LOC[MR. KATYAL]
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]16462LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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[MR. KATYAL]16476LOC[MR. KATYAL]
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]16479LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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[MR. KATYAL]16500LOC[MR. KATYAL]
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[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]16504LOC[JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR]
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of16512INof
...16513:...
[MR. KATYAL]16514LOC[MR. KATYAL]
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as16532INas
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a16594DTa
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some16600DTsome
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Here16603RBhere
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[JUSTICE GORSUCH]16613LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Well16614UHWell
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[MR. KATYAL]16616LOC[MR. KATYAL]
...16617:...
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.16622SENT.
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]16623LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
...16624:...
you16625PPyou
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you16628PPyou
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you16631PPyou
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in16633INin
the16634DTthe
same16635JJsame
boat16636NNboat
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though16638RBthough
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saying16640VVGsay
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Lemon16642NPLemon
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Lemon16645NPLemon
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keep16650VVkeep
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around16652RParound
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a16654DTa
rainy16655JJrainy
day16656NNday
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but16658CCbut
please16659UHplease
,16660,,
please16661UHplease
,16662,,
please16663UHplease
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do16665VVPdo
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case16671NNcase
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[MR. KATYAL]16673LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Well16674UHwell
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that16687IN/thatthat
that16688DTthat
would16689MDwould
be16690VBbe
constitutional16691JJconstitutional
.16692SENT.
We16693PPwe
just16694RBjust
think16695VVPthink
this16696DTthis
Court16697NPCourt
in16698INin
Van16699NPVan
Orden16700NPOrden
has16701VHZhave
said16702VVNsay
you16703PPyou
did16704VVDdo
n't16705RBn't
...16706:...
for16707INfor
passive16708JJpassive
monuments16709NNSmonument
,16710,,
which16711WDTwhich
are16712VBPbe
n't16713RBn't
necessarily16714RBnecessarily
...16715:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]16716LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
What16717WPWhat
if16718INif
we16719PPwe
think16720VVPthink
...16721:...
[MR. KATYAL]16722LOC[MR. KATYAL]
...16723:...
the16724DTthe
most16725RBSmost
important16726JJimportant
ones16727NNSone
...16728:...
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]16729LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
...16730:...
what16731WPwhat
if16732INif
we16733PPwe
think16734VVPthink
it16735PPit
's16736VBZbe
unconstitutional16737JJunconstitutional
under16738INunder
Lemon16739NPLemon
?16740SENT?
What16741WPWhat
's16742VBZbe
your16743PP$your
view16744NNview
then16745RBthen
?16746SENT?
[MR. KATYAL]16747LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Well16748UHwell
,16749,,
I16750PPI
think16751VVPthink
it16752PPit
would16753MDwould
be16754VBbe
very16755RBvery
impossible16756JJimpossible
for16757INfor
reasons16758NNSreason
that16759IN/thatthat
the16760DTthe
...16761:...
for16762INfor
...16763:...
for16764INfor
reasons16765NNSreason
our16766PP$our
brief16767NNbrief
explains16768VVZexplain
to16769TOto
find16770VVfind
it16771PPit
.16772SENT.
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]16773LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
And16774CCand
what16775WPwhat
if16776INif
...16777:...
what16778WPwhat
if16779INif
it16780PPit
's16781VBZbe
unconstitutional16782JJunconstitutional
under16783INunder
Lemon16784NPLemon
?16785SENT?
[JUSTICE GORSUCH]16786LOC[JUSTICE GORSUCH]
Yeah16787NPYeah
.16788SENT.
The16789DTthe
other16790JJother
side16791NNside
so16792RBso
argues16793VVZargue
.16794SENT.
So16795INso
I16796PPI
...16797:...
I16798PPI
'd16799MDwould
appreciate16800VVappreciate
an16801DTan
answer16802NNanswer
to16803TOto
that16804DTthat
question16805NNquestion
.16806SENT.
[MR. KATYAL]16807LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Yeah16808NPYeah
,16809,,
so16810RBso
,16811,,
I16812PPI
mean16813VVPmean
,16814,,
we16815PPwe
...16816:...
if16817INif
it16818PPit
's16819VBZbe
unconstitutional16820JJunconstitutional
,16821,,
then16822RBthen
...16823:...
you16824PPyou
know16825VVPknow
,16826,,
then16827RBthen
I16828PPI
think16829VVPthink
we16830PPwe
would16831MDwould
say16832VVsay
,16833,,
you16834PPyou
know16835VVPknow
,16836,,
you16837PPyou
should16838MDshould
take16839VVtake
a16840DTa
look16841NNlook
at16842INat
Lemon16843NPLemon
because16844INbecause
then16845RBthen
it16846PPit
would16847MDwould
be16848VBbe
necessarily16849RBnecessarily
presented16850VVNpresent
.16851SENT.
[16852SYM[
LAUGHTER16853NNlaughter
]16854SYM]
[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]16855LOC[JUSTICE KAVANAUGH]
Right16856RBright
.16857SENT.
[MR. KATYAL]16858LOC[MR. KATYAL]
Right16859RBright
.16860SENT.
But16861CCbut
we16862PPwe
think16863VVPthink
you16864PPyou
'd16865MDwould
have16866VHhave
to16867TOto
do16868VVdo
so16869RBso
much16870RBmuch
work16871VVwork
to16872TOto
get16873VVget
there16874RBthere
,16875,,
Justice16876NPJustice
Kavanaugh16877NPKavanaugh
,16878,,
that16879WDTthat
it16880PPit
would16881MDwould
be16882VBbe
a16883DTa
distortion16884NNdistortion
of16885INof
Lemon16886NPLemon
.16887SENT.
And16888CCand
my16889PP$my
friends16890NNSfriend
say16891VVPsay
that16892IN/thatthat
there16893EXthere
are16894VBPbe
,16895,,
you16896PPyou
know16897VVPknow
,16898,,
disagreements16899NNSdisagreement
in16900INin
the16901DTthe
lower16902JJRlow
courts16903NNScourt
.16904SENT.
Our16905PP$our
cert16906NNcert
petition16907NNpetition
outlines16908VVZoutline
the16909DTthe
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in16911INin
the16912DTthe
lower16913JJRlow
courts16914NNScourt
.16915SENT.
They16916PPthey
're16917VBPbe
largely16918RBlargely
on16919INon
crosses16920NNScrosse
.16921SENT.
Our16922PP$our
test16923NNtest
resolves16924VVZresolve
that16925DTthat
.16926SENT.
It16927PPit
resolves16928VVZresolve
the16929DTthe
objective16930JJobjective
observer16931NNobserver
disputes16932NNSdispute
and16933CCand
resolves16934VVZresolve
the16935DTthe
longetivity16936NNlongetivity
question16937NNquestion
of16938INof
which16939WDTwhich
there16940EXthere
's16941VBZbe
a16942DTa
circuit16943NNcircuit
split16944NNsplit
.16945SENT.
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to16947TOto
take16948VVtake
this16949DTthis
case16950NNcase
and16951CCand
go16952VVgo
further16953RBRfurther
,16954,,
particularly16955RBparticularly
because16956RBbecause
,16957,,
you16958PPyou
know16959VVPknow
,16960,,
as16961INas
the16962DTthe
Chief16963NPChief
Justice16964NPJustice
said16965VVDsay
,16966,,
they16967PPthey
're16968VBPbe
selling16969VVGsell
you16970PPyou
some16971DTsome
clean16972JJclean
test16973NNtest
,16974,,
but16975CCbut
in16976INin
the16977DTthe
end16978NNend
,16979,,
when16980WRBwhen
...16981:...
you16982PPyou
know16983VVPknow
,16984,,
when16985WRBwhen
push16986NNpush
comes16987VVZcome
to16988TOto
shove16989VVshove
,16990,,
they16991PPthey
have16992VHPhave
indirect16993JJindirect
coercion16994NNcoercion
,16995,,
proselytization16996NNproselytization
,16997,,
you16998PPyou
know16999VVPknow
,17000,,
and17001CCand
all17002PDTall
these17003DTthese
other17004JJother
things17005NNSthing
.17006SENT.
Who17007WPwho
knows17008VVZknow
what17009WPwhat
those17010DTthose
mean17011NNmean
.17012SENT.
The17013DTthe
one17014CDone
thing17015NNthing
we17016PPwe
do17017VVPdo
know17018VVknow
it17019PPit
means17020VVZmean
is17021VBZbe
that17022IN/thatthat
it17023PPit
's17024VBZbe
going17025VVGgo
to17026TOto
permit17027VVpermit
crosses17028NNScrosse
like17029INlike
the17030DTthe
Lake17031NPLake
County17032NPCounty
cross17033NNcross
with17034INwith
Jesus17035NPJesus
nailed17036VVDnail
to17037TOto
the17038DTthe
center17039NNcenter
of17040INof
it17041PPit
in17042INin
public17043JJpublic
parks17044NNSpark
.17045SENT.
And17046CCand
that17047IN/thatthat
,17048,,
to17049TOto
me17050PPme
,17051,,
is17052VBZbe
a17053DTa
radical17054JJradical
change17055NNchange
in17056INin
the17057DTthe
law17058NNlaw
.17059SENT.
[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]17060LOC[CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS]
Thank17061VVthank
you17062PPyou
,17063,,
counsel17064NNcounsel
.17065SENT.
The17066DTthe
case17067NNcase
is17068VBZbe
submitted17069VVNsubmit
.17070SENT.