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A newcomer to the Supreme Court finds himself a pivotal force on an often deadlocked bench, frequently at odds over hot-button cases in this earnest but brief legal drama.
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Season01
- S01E01PilotJanuary 15, 2002—New Justice Joseph Novelli reports for the first Monday in October and handles his first case: whether to grant a stay of execution to an in
- S01E02Age of ConsentJanuary 18, 2002—Justice Novelli is uncertain of his position when the court must decide if a North Dakota court decision to allow a 16-year-old girl to get
- S01E03The Price of LibertyJanuary 25, 2002—The Court must rule on sixth-amendment rights when a murder witness requests to testify in a mask after three previous witnesses are killed.
- S01E04Crime and PunishmentFebruary 1, 2002—Justice Novelli once again finds he's the swing vote when the Court is divided on whether to uphold the three-strikes law carrying a 25-year
- S01E05Family AffairsFebruary 8, 2002—A senator with a grudge against Justice Novelli gives a reporter photos of Novelli's uncle accepting an envelope from a Chicago mobster, hop
- S01E06Dangerous WordsMarch 1, 2002—As the court considers whether to uphold a decision that protects a Web site calling for the murder of abortion doctors, Novelli is threaten
- S01E07Right to DieMarch 8, 2002—Justice Hoskins takes a passionate interest in the Court's case of a woman who wants to terminate life support for her husband, who has been
- S01E08Court DateMarch 29, 2002—A high-school basketball star appeals to the Supreme Court when the NBA refuses to let him play professionally until he finishes school.
- S01E09Secrets and LiesApril 5, 2002—The Court must decide whether to uphold Megan's Law when they hear the case of a convicted sex offender who was harassed and threatened afte
- S01E10Unprotected SpeechApril 12, 2002—The case of a teen accused of violating the Child Pornography Protection Act by morphing his friends' faces with bodies of porn actors on an
- S01E11Strip SearchApril 19, 2002—The Court must determine whether a man's Constitutional rights were violated when the police took his blood sample out of a hospital dumpste
- S01E12ShowdownApril 22, 2002—As the Court debates whether a town's ban on guns is unconstitutional, a senator offers Justice Snow information on a colleague that could a
- S01E13Family SecretsMay 3, 2002—The Court must decide whether to allow a book culled from the tapes of a deceased CIA officer to be published or allow censorship in order t
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