You Don't Know Jack (2010 TV Movie)

Rondi Reed: Judge Cooper

Quotes 

• Judge Cooper : You invited yourself here to make a final stand.

  Judge Cooper : You invited yourself to the wrong forum.

  Judge Cooper : Our nation tolerates differences of opinions, because we have a civilized and non-violent way of resolving our conflicts.

  Judge Cooper : We have the means and methods to protest laws with which we disagree.

  Judge Cooper : You can criticize the law, lecture about the law, speak to the media or petition voters.

  Judge Cooper : But you must always stay within the limits provided by the law. You may not break the law, or take the law into your own hands.

  Judge Cooper : No one's unmindful of the controversy and emotion that exists over end-of-life issues and pain control.

  Judge Cooper : I assume the debate will continue in a calm and reasoned forum long after this trial and your activities have faded from the public memory.

  Judge Cooper : But this trial was not about that controversy.

  Judge Cooper : This trial was about you, sir.

  Judge Cooper : You've ignored and challenged the legislature and the supreme court.

  Judge Cooper : Moreover, you've defied your own medical profession.

  Judge Cooper : This trial was about lawlessness, about your disregard for a society that exists and flourishes because of the strength of our legal system.

  Judge Cooper : No one is above the law.

  Judge Cooper : You had the audacity to go on national television, show the world what you did, and dare the legal system to stop you.

  Judge Cooper : You publicly and repeatedly announced your intentions to disregard the laws of Michigan.

  Judge Cooper : Because of this, I am imposing the maximum sentence of 10 to 25 years.

  Judge Cooper : You may now, sir, consider yourself stopped.