Bernie Cohen, an ACLU lawyer, meets with Richard and Mildred Loving to discuss challenging the Virginia laws against interracial marriage. The scene highlights the tension between the lawyer's grand legal strategy and the couple's simple desire to live in peace.
BERNIE COHEN: It is very likely that this case could go all the way to the Supreme Court.
RICHARD: Can’t you just go talk to Judge Bazile? I mean, we aren’t hurtin’ anybody. Can’t you just go tell him that?
BERNIE COHEN: Look, I do not think this is going to be resolved in Judge Bazile’s court, or p
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