First Family (1980)

Fred Carney: Chief Justice McDonald

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• Chief Justice McDonald : Mr. Spender, I'm sure you are familiar with the provisions of the Constitution for removal of the President from office.

  Ambassador Spender : Well, not in any great detail, sir. You see, by profession, I am a history teacher.

  Chief Justice McDonald : A professor.

  Ambassador Spender : No, a associate professor.

  Chief Justice McDonald : Well, Mr. Feebleman, being a lawyer, perhaps you have some opinion?

  Presidential Assistant Feebleman : Mr. Chief Justice, I'm afraid that the bulk of my legal experience has been in insurance law, traffic accidents, things like that. I have worked mainly with ambulance drivers.

  Chief Justice McDonald : I see. I see. Thank you. What about you Mr. Bunthorne?

  Press Secretary Bunthorne : I was in Public Relations, sir, for the...

  Chief Justice McDonald : For what?

  Press Secretary Bunthorne : For the Fun House, sir, in Coney Island.

• Chief Justice McDonald : Mr. President, it is the decision of this body, that in order to save this nation of the embarrassment of a long and painful impeachment and in the interests of preserving the good name of your office, out of protecting all of us from the scorn and the derision of the outside world, we now pronounce you - dead.