Please be seated.
We have a compelling case before us today.
Let me tell you, across all my years on this bench—and I have presided for a very long time—I have seen virtually everything imaginable.
Yet every once in a while, a case enters these doors that reminds me precisely why I still come to work every single day.
Now, before we begin, I want to make one thing abundantly clear.
This courtroom is a place of respect.
It is a space where we pursue justice.
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