Inauguration (Part I)
Donna: You know what Jack will be wearing? A saber.
Josh: God, Donna, please tell me that's not going to be the only thing he's wearing.
Carol: CJ, Danny wanted to see you for a second.
CJ: No way.
Carol: Well…
CJ: Stop trying to get us together, okay? If I wanted Danny, I could have him. And he's still a jackass from the Foreign Ops vote and many other things, so tell him I'm getting my hair done.
Danny: Your hair looks great.
Leo: Listen to this, please. The Supreme Court is striking down the use of prior offense as a factor in Stiles v. Rhode Island. The Chief Justice writes a concurring opinion: “Guilty or not guilty, past convictions frustrate the judge who wonders should your fate abate.”
Bartlet: It's awkwardly worded.
Leo: No, it's not. It's twenty-two syllables.
Bartlet: Oh, God.
Leo: Two, four, six, eight. Two. And it's supposed to sound like this:
“ Guilty
or not guilty
past convictions frustrate
the judge who wonders should your fate
abate.”
It's a cinquain.
Bartlet: A what?
Leo: A cinquain.
Bartlet: How do you know?
Leo: I know things.