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Justice Cuéllar talks Star Trek [Photo]

September 10, 2021

Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar — the Supreme Court’s resident Trekkie —

Justice Cuéllar at the San Diego Comic-Con in 2016

was one of three judges interviewed for the podcast, “Judges on the Star Trek 55th Anniversary.”  (Justice Cuéllar’s 30-minute segment starts around 44:25.)

Cuéllar discussed legal, cultural, and philosophical aspects of the Star Trek shows and movies, which he praised for their “hopeful, idealistic vision of the future.”

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