Chapter 630

The winter sun has risen, and its soft light gently touches the earth, awakening the sleeping scenery. The sunshine, just like this, bit by bit, followed the clouds and slowly jumped into the eyes of the sleeping person.

Abel stretched out his hand to block the dazzling sunshine in early winter, and opened his sleepy eyes. The nephrite was warm and fragrant, and his slightly numb arms were raised, and he gently caressed the smooth and delicate jade back of Peggy Morgenthal, who was nestled in his arms. .

"Hmm~"

Peggy snorted, her eyelashes trembled, her closed beautiful eyes slowly opened, the corners of her mouth raised, revealing a bookish smile, she looked into Abel's eyes, and greeted with a hoarse voice: "Good morning. Should I greet you "Good morning dear" at this time?"

"Haha - good morning, anything goes." Abel smiled, lowered his head and kissed her dry lips, moistening them for her.

Her slightly clumsy feedback was a bit cautious, as if a primary school student was trying to learn from a field she was not good at.

In this regard, if we say Abel is a college student, graduate student, master's degree, doctorate, or postdoctoral fellow.

Then she is probably only at the level of a primary school student or even a kindergartener, just getting started.

Generally speaking, the most Abel would do to his women in the morning was to rub them lightly on the kiss.

Because no matter how beautiful the goddesses are, they will always have bad breath and odor when they wake up.

But what surprised Abel himself was that Peggy was the only one who didn't have bad breath in the morning, or in other words, the bad breath smell was close to non-existent.

So when he was with Peggy, he was happy to be closer to her even when he woke up in the morning.

"The feeling of dopamine is so addictive. Abel, I don't even want to get up." She whispered after a few minutes of separation.

"Then don't get up and lie down for a while."

"That may not work. Anyway, today is the day I take office for the first time. Although I actually don't care, this is what you want me to do, so I must do it."

"Really? Isn't it because of your family that you do this?"

"It used to be. But I feel that the person I am now has compensated for the upbringing and help my family gave me in the past. Now I have to do it for myself and..."

When she whispered this, former Manhattan District Attorney Ms. Peggy Morgenthau subconsciously touched her belly, which was still lying flat as always, "and our children."

Looking at her calm but beautiful eyes, Abel was willing to believe that what she said was true.

"Ha - okay, then get up." He could only smile like this.

It is now November 15, 2003.

The place where he and Peggy stayed also changed from Manhattan or Long Island to Washington, DC.

The reason why Paige, the Manhattan prosecutor, has a prefix in front of her position is because she has officially resigned from the position of Manhattan District Attorney a few days ago.

The reason for this is that Ms. Peggy Morgenthal was recently appointed by the Supreme Court to serve as a judge on the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

A circuit court is a special form of court organization. It is a court composed of a group of judges dispatched by the Supreme Court of the United States. It is mainly responsible for hearing a certain number of cases.

This type of court can hear cases filed against the federal government or other government agencies, as well as some national cases, more special cases, and regular civil cases.

There are 13 federal court circuits throughout the United States, consisting of the District of Columbia Circuit and 12 other regional circuits.

To put it simply, in a sense it can be understood as the American version of "the legal minister walking on behalf of heaven."

Of course, there are still many differences in the details.

The judges in the circuit courts are important members of the federal legal system of the two major judicial systems in the United States.

To a certain extent, the status of the 13 circuit court judges is no more than that of the 9 "human gods" in the federal judicial system, and is roughly the same as that of prosecutors in important areas.

The position of Judge of the District of Columbia Circuit Court is basically the same as that of the Manhattan District Attorney.

Peggy came to work in Washington from New York. Judging from the importance of the job position, it can be regarded as an almost equal change.

It's that the systems between the two sides are completely different——

District prosecutors are elected, and in the federal legal system they are generally appointed directly by superiors. The Grand Commander or the Supreme Court all have such power.

It is similar to the relationship between the federal government and state governments, and it is a system with very American characteristics.

Today is the day that Paige takes office as judge of the District of Columbia Circuit Court.

In theory this is important and it's better not to be late.

As for the child in her belly, of course the mother was undoubtedly Abel's. It was on the second day after arriving in Washington that she was found to be pregnant, and today was only the third day.

However, this does not prevent her from performing her duties as a District of Columbia Circuit Judge.

You must know that among the thirteen circuit judges, there is still Judge Wesley Brown, who will be 100 years old in four years, but is still working hard to contribute to the American judiciary.

As the most important substitutes for the living gods, the 13 circuit judges are also appointed for life.

As long as they don't retire, or don't get sick and die, or don't get the last step of promotion, the judges can continue to serve.

"Get up, let's go have breakfast first-"

Abel knew Peggy was going to be very busy. She suddenly jumped from the prosecutorial system she was familiar with to the federal legal system.

She also left the comfort zone given by her grandfather and family and came to a place like Washington that was more complicated and dirtier than New York.

Whether she wants to adapt to work or adapt to everything around her, it can be said that it will make her extremely busy.

Even with the help provided by Abel, it would only make it a little easier for her when she came to power.

But if she really wants to master power and everything more concrete, she still has to work hard on her own.

Fortunately, the position of Judge of the District of Columbia Circuit Court has always been a close associate of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Although there is no one group among humans and gods, everyone can manage all matters related to the law.

But in unspoken rules, because they are also the chief judges, the judges of the District of Columbia Circuit Court will naturally be close to the chief judge of the Supreme Court.

The reason why Paige suddenly came to take up this position was because Chief William Habs Rehnquist personally recommended it to the White House and fully supported her taking the position.

So in essence, Paige in Washington has become a member of the Rehnquist family in the system of nine living gods.

This will cause her to be discriminated against and excluded by the other eight judges. But at the same time, she was also able to get support and help from the Rehnquist family.

This kind of help is naturally very important for Peggy, who is new to the country and has just jumped from the local legal system to the federal legal system.

It can help her gain a better foothold, so that she won't be without help when she first comes to Guibao.

So it's best not to be late today, because the owner of the White House and several justices will attend Peggy's inauguration ceremony today.

After a heartwarming breakfast, the two did not set off together, but headed separately to their destination—the U.S. Supreme Court.

It is located on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, opposite the United States Capitol Building, on East Congress Street east of the National Mall.

There is no need to mention the specific house numbers, because anyone who comes to this street will quickly notice these two extremely important buildings. They are the two poles of the separation of powers in the United States.

Although they set out separately, the two arrived at Capitol Hill almost at the same time.

Under the guidance of the people sent by Chief Rehnquist, Peggy had already entered the pure white building in advance.

She needs to make some preparations and will appear at the ceremony later.

Abel's motorcade also stopped nearby at the same time. Under the watchful eyes of many bailiffs and some Washington police officers, he took Edward to the Federal Supreme Court.

To be honest, although Washington is now almost the third place where he is most active.

The first two are New York and Los Angeles.

Abel had already entered the Capitol building across the street several times. But this is really his first time coming to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Standing at the door of the "domain" of the living gods, the person sent to pick him up in a private capacity was John Nicholson Rehnquist.

After some time, the relationship between the two will become closer. Because Abel would become the godfather of John's younger son, and this was a sign of family friendship and closeness in the Western ethical system.

As a guide and guide, John took Abel and started walking inside.

In the process of going to the important sacred place in the United States, Abel couldn't help but look at the sacred place in the third pole of the Federation.

Like the White House and the Parliament Building, the Holy Land of the Third Pole is not only equally grand in scale but also extremely rich in decoration.

This is natural. It is not only the seat of the Supreme Court, but also represents an independent power among the three powers of the American government. It has a grand and important symbolism.

Cass Gilbert, the architect who designed it at that time, designed the court building in the classical Corinthian column style to fully integrate and harmonize with other nearby parliamentary buildings.

Walking in from the front, Abel saw the statues located on both sides of the front steps. John said they were the work of the sculptor James Earl Freese. The one on the left is the female statue "Contemplation of Justice", and the one on the right is the male statue representing the "Guardian of the Law".

Coming to the front entrance, there are sixteen marble column beams with very conspicuous words engraved on them, which read "Fairness and Justice under the Law".

Hmm... It feels quite similar to the "Justice and Integrity" plaque above Bao Longxing's head in the early stage.

Whatever is missing is emphasized, that's about it.

The large bronze doors at the west front entrance are said to weigh six and a half tons each. The carvings on the door are the work of John Donnelly II, describing major events in the history of world legal development.

However, John said that it is generally used as a place for tourists to visit and display the majesty of the law when it is open to the public.

Just like the White House will only open a small part for tourists to visit, well, the same is true for the Capitol Building.

These are all programs in the American political show, and only unimportant places will be opened for tourists to watch.

Naturally, only the real people or important people in the real core area can see it.

A few minutes after entering, Abel, John and others walked up the majestic walkway leading to the courtroom. This walkway is called "The Hall," presumably because it leads to the Great Hall.

Abel noticed many busts placed on marble pedestals along both sides of the aisle. John introduced him again that they were the statues of the successive chief justices.

On the wall behind the busts, the friezes are decorated with medallion profiles of legislators and heralds.

The entire court hall measures 82 feet by 91 feet (690 square meters), with a decorative ceiling 44 feet (about 13 meters) above the floor, supported by twenty-four marble columns.

The raised "Justice" in the courtroom, behind which the Justices sit during court sessions, and all the furniture in the entire hall are made of mahogany.

The upper four sides of the court are decorated with marble carvings. The themes of the carvings are related to the law and famous legislators in the past.

At the end of the hall on the ground floor is the statue of John Marshall, the fourth chief justice of the United States, which was sculpted by William Whitmore Storey in 1883.

This statue was originally placed on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol and was moved to the Supreme Court more than 20 years ago.

Two marble and copper spiral staircases. Each stairwell is five stories high, supported only by its overlapping steps and additions embedded in the wall. Similar staircase designs are extremely rare in the world.

When Abel arrived inside, it was already full of people.

They were all guests who came to witness the official installation of Ms. Peggy Morgenthau as Judge of the District of Columbia Circuit Court.

It can be said that they are all elites in Washington. They are either important staff in the White House, congressmen in the building opposite, or judges who work here themselves.

To a certain extent, the judges of the District of Columbia Circuit Court can be regarded as the chief judges in the federal legal system besides the nine living gods.

This position is very important, so the oath-taking ceremony naturally becomes important.

Within this realm, probably only the swearing-in ceremony of the living gods is more important than this.

The arrival of Abel and his entourage naturally attracted the attention of hundreds of people inside.

His current status and influence in the country are real.

So before John took him to the location, many people greeted him cordially and friendly along the way.

For example, he almost became his godfather, Tom the Hammer, who scared many people in the building opposite.

Another example is the four gangsters and many important members in the building opposite.

Of course, there were also several justices that Abel knew, including the pale Mr. William Habs Rehnquist.