Jonathan Bartlet's Fax on Presidential Library Site

Charlie thrusts this incoming fax from Jonathan Bartlet into the fray of hallway urgency, its stark printed lines exposing how the prime presidential library site clashes with the Historic Barns and Bridges Preservation Act. Bartlet snatches the revelation, curses the 'idiot bill' in reflexive fury before ownership crashes down—his own gubernatorial signature seals the irony. Pages crinkle under gripped fingers as conflict surges, stalling ambitions in a heartbeat.

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Purpose

Delivers critical intelligence on legal barriers blocking the preferred presidential library site due to preservation legislation.

Significance

Ignites Bartlet's visceral ambivalence, pitting cherished principles against personal legacy as irony fractures resolve, forcing a reluctant stall amid mounting presidential pressures.

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S2E16 · Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail

Bartlet Grapples with His Own Law Blocking Library Site

Charlie flags the incoming fax from Jonathan Bartlet as the event's inciting document, its contents unpacked to reveal site violation against preservation act, driving Bartlet's ironic curse, flip-flop decision, and stall order—narrative pivot exposing legacy fractures.

Before: Incoming transmission flagged in Outer Oval

After: Content verbally relayed and internalized, prompting directive to brother

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