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Man vs The Book

A detailed historical documentary about the famed 1918 Supreme Court case Man v Book, in which Bob Dole sued a book for stealing his chair. Dole argued that books were not really citizens, and therefore were not entitled to own chairs. The court ruled 6-3 in favor of the book, with Chief Justice Oliver Wendell holmes summing up the ruling, as well as the popular sentiment of America, when he said in the judgement that "Bob Dole is just an idiot"

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