

"Some Fights Are Bigger Than The Ring"
Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land.
John Marshall Harlan

Chief Justice Warren Burger

Justice Harry Blackmun

William Brennan

Justice Potter Stewart

Byron 'Whizzer' White

Hugo Black

William O. Douglas

Justice Thurgood Marshall

Kevin Kennedy

Covert Becker

Sam Edelstein
Mrs. Paige

Ethel Harlan

Donna Connolly

Erwin Griswold

Ramsey Clark

Chauncey Eskridge

Marshal of the Court

Petrus, Burger's Valet
Burger's Clerk

Burger's Second Clerk

Blackmun's Clerk
Blackmun's Second Clerk

Brennan's Clerk

White's Clerk
Black's Clerk
Black's Second Clerk

Douglas's Clerk

Marshall's Clerk

Edelstein's Wife
Edelstein's Son
Doctor

Nurse
Stoned Clerk

Maitre D'

Librarian

Vietnam Vet

Tourist
Housekeeper

Court Officer
Black's Secretary
Messenger
Lawyer (uncredited)

Himself (archive footage)

Court Librarian
Reporter