Nebraska
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Events with rich location context
Nebraska is named as one of the states whose taxpayers help fund Florida's federal receipts—used to dramatize the idea of mutual responsibility between states.
Invoked to remind listeners of interstate fiscal ties rather than as an on-stage location.
Rhetorical contributor — represents the Midwestern taxpayers funding federal programs.
Stands for ordinary-state contributions to national commitments.
Nebraska is named as one of the contributing states whose taxpayers fund Florida; it functions as Bartlet's rhetorical device to nationalize fiscal responsibility.
Invoked as part of a list to underline national interdependence.
Rhetorical support reinforcing the federal funding argument.
Represents ordinary taxpayers in distant states whose money funds national projects.
Cited alongside Maryland by Ainsley to illustrate Full Faith and Credit's mandate twisted by congressional definition, fueling Josh's determination to navigate unconstitutionality via Article IV exceptions in high-stakes bill push.
Strategically burdened as obligor state
Counterpoint in legal argument
Emblem of federal-state power friction
Nebraska invoked by Ainsley as receiving state bound by Full Faith and Credit to honor Maryland marriages, sharpening the debate on congressional overrides and equipping Josh's crusade against discriminatory federal maneuvering.
Ideologically fraught, emblematic of traditionalist resistance in rhetoric
Counterpoint state in constitutional analogy
Stand-in for heartland values testing national unity
Nebraska emerges in Ainsley's explication as the reluctant recipient state compelled to honor Maryland marriages per Full Faith and Credit, underscoring Congress's power to redefine proof and context—arming Josh's resolve to push Bartlet toward signing.
Symbolic conservative holdout in constitutional crossfire
Target state for recognition mandate
Represents resistance to external progressive impositions
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On the debate feed backstage, Governor Ritchie frames the contest as states' rights and cheap rhetorical flourishes. President Bartlet punctures that frame — correcting Ritchie's misuse of 'unfunded mandate,' insisting …
Backstage in the spin room, C.J. and reporters watch Governor Ritchie's clumsy soundbites collapse under President Bartlet's razor-sharp rebuttal. As Bartlet reframes 'unfunded mandate' and mocks Ritchie's states-vs-country argument, the …
In Josh's bullpen amid the high-stakes night, Donna perches on Ainsley's desk, wistfully reflecting on her high school flute mastery and lamenting that a professional path wouldn't have yielded interesting …
Josh abruptly interrupts Ainsley's work (and Donna's lingering chat), demanding clarity on the Full Faith and Credit Clause. Ainsley crisply explains its mandate for states to honor other states' marriages—like …
Donna urgently summons Josh to a call from Toby on Air Force One. Josh reveals his high-stakes strategy: advising President Bartlet to sign the controversial Marriage Recognition Act despite political …