简介：HopingtoutilizetheSupremeCourtinthesamedramaticmannerthatWestWingutilizedtheWhiteHouse,theweekly,60-minuteCBSseriesFirstMondayfocusedonthenineJusticeswholaiddownthelawfortheUnitedStates.JoeMantegnaheadedthecastasJosephNovelli,thenewestmemberofthenine-personSupremeCourt.EnteringapoliticalarenathatwasevenlydividedbetweenConservativeandLiberal,the"moderate"JusticeNovelligenerallyactedasthetie-breakerinmattersofnationaljurisprudence(thoughsupposedlynoncommittalpolitically,Novelli'sbeardandpugnaciouspersonalityindicatedthathewasthe"championoftheunderdog"type).JamesGarnerco-starredasstaunchlyconservativeChiefJusticeThomasBrankin,whodisplayedhiscontemptforcontemporarypoliticalcorrectnessbypuffingawayonacigaretteinhis"officially"smoke-freeprivateoffice.Brankin'schiefallywasthewhimsical,womanizingJusticeHenryHoskins(CharlesDurning),whileonvaryingextremesofthepoliticalspectrumwereJewishjuristEstherWeisenberg(CamilleSaviola)andblackJusticeJeromeMorris(JamesMcEachin).CreatedbyJag'sDonaldP.Bellisario,FirstMondaypremieredonTuesday,January15,2002,beforesettlingintoitsstandardFriday-nightslot.~HalErickson,AllMovieGuide…