I don't have time to read it, I'm too busy defending it!
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Senator Billboard Rawkins:
You've been violating the law, here. Finian McLonergan:
Since when? Senator Billboard Rawkins:
This afternoon. I just finished drafting this. Senator Billboard Rawkins:
[reading]
Local ordinance number 7428: be it known that in the county of Rainbow Valley, it is a felony for members of the Caucasian and Negro races... Finian McLonergan:
But it seems to me that this law could not be a legal law... Senator Billboard Rawkins:
Of course it's legal! I don't know where you immigrants get these radical, foreign ideas! Sharon McLonergan:
From a wee book the immigration officer handed us. It's called 'The United States Constitution.' Finian McLonergan:
Haven't you read it? Senator Billboard Rawkins:
I don't have time to read it, I'm too busy defending it!
You've been violating the law, here. Finian McLonergan:
Since when? Senator Billboard Rawkins:
This afternoon. I just finished drafting this. Senator Billboard Rawkins:
[reading]
Local ordinance number 7428: be it known that in the county of Rainbow Valley, it is a felony for members of the Caucasian and Negro races... Finian McLonergan:
But it seems to me that this law could not be a legal law... Senator Billboard Rawkins:
Of course it's legal! I don't know where you immigrants get these radical, foreign ideas! Sharon McLonergan:
From a wee book the immigration officer handed us. It's called 'The United States Constitution.' Finian McLonergan:
Haven't you read it? Senator Billboard Rawkins:
I don't have time to read it, I'm too busy defending it!
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you've been violating the law
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Since when This afternoon
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I just finished drafting this
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clears throat
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Local ordinance number 7428
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Be it known that in the county of Rainbow Valley
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it is a felony for members of the Caucasian and Negro races
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It would seem to me that this law could not be a legal law
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Of course it's legal
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I don't know where you immigrants
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get all these foreign ideas
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Oh from a wee book the immigration officer gave us
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It's called the United States Constitution
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Haven't you read it I don't have time to read it
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I'm too busy defending it Huh
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Movie Summary
An Irish immigrant and his daughter move into a town in the American South with a magical piece of gold that will change people's lives, including a struggling farmer and African American citizens threatened by a bigoted politician.
