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First Monday

TV·2002–2002·1 season, 13 episodes·CBS·Drama·Created by Donald P. Bellisario, Paul J. Levine

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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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Episodes by season

Season0113Episodes2002AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01PilotJanuary 15, 2002New 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
  2. S01E02Age of ConsentJanuary 18, 2002Justice 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
  3. S01E03The Price of LibertyJanuary 25, 2002The Court must rule on sixth-amendment rights when a murder witness requests to testify in a mask after three previous witnesses are killed.
  4. S01E04Crime and PunishmentFebruary 1, 2002Justice 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
  5. S01E05Family AffairsFebruary 8, 2002A senator with a grudge against Justice Novelli gives a reporter photos of Novelli's uncle accepting an envelope from a Chicago mobster, hop
  6. S01E06Dangerous WordsMarch 1, 2002As the court considers whether to uphold a decision that protects a Web site calling for the murder of abortion doctors, Novelli is threaten
  7. S01E07Right to DieMarch 8, 2002Justice 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
  8. S01E08Court DateMarch 29, 2002A high-school basketball star appeals to the Supreme Court when the NBA refuses to let him play professionally until he finishes school.
  9. S01E09Secrets and LiesApril 5, 2002The 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
  10. S01E10Unprotected SpeechApril 12, 2002The case of a teen accused of violating the Child Pornography Protection Act by morphing his friends' faces with bodies of porn actors on an
  11. S01E11Strip SearchApril 19, 2002The Court must determine whether a man's Constitutional rights were violated when the police took his blood sample out of a hospital dumpste
  12. S01E12ShowdownApril 22, 2002As the Court debates whether a town's ban on guns is unconstitutional, a senator offers Justice Snow information on a colleague that could a
  13. S01E13Family SecretsMay 3, 2002The 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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