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THE SCREEN IS FILLED WITH STARS.  WE SEE TYPE COMING UP ON SCREEN, FADING OFF INTO THE DISTANCE.

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For 200 years, the Senators and the fair judges, were keepers of peace and justice in the republic until...

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PAN UP THE TYPE TO REVEAL A SPACE BATTLE OF DC GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS SHOOTING LASER BEAMS AT EACH OTHER.

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SPACE BATTLE SOUNDS.

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A HOODED FIGURE STRIDES TOWARDS THE CAMERA, ROBOTIC FIGURES IN JUDGES’ ROBES FOLLOWING IN LOCKSTEP. HE APPROACHES A CONSOLE.

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 ... one Senator, seduced by a dark vision of absolute power, seeks to destroy this fabled order, replacing fair judges with far right clones.

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IN A REVERSE SHOT, WE SEE A LARGE RED BUTTON, GLOWING. ON A SCREEN IN FRONT OF HIM, THE SENATE RISES INTO VIEW AS IF IT WERE A PLANET. A RED TARGETING BRACKET LOCKS ONTO IT.

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To do this, he’s ready to use  a nightmare weapon known as the Nuclear Option.

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BACK TO THE HOODED FIGURE. HE STEPS OUT OF THE SHADOW AND IS REVEALED TO BE SENATOR BILL FRIST. CLOSE UP ON HIS FACE, BATHED IN RED LIGHT, LAUGHING MANIACALLY. TYPE COMES UP OVER.

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