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I'm your host, Elise Hugh.

Neil Kumar Cuttyall has argued 52 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, but his recent one may matter most.

He took on global tariffs.

I was hired to do what no lawyer had done in 237 years.

But he didn't just assemble a legal team to prepare for this case.

He tapped into unlikely teachers to explore all sides of winning against the odds.

I get to defend the Constitution of the United States.

I get to the son of immigrants

remind the country of what it's about. I get to defend my parents' vision of America.

In this talk, Neil takes us behind the scenes of what some have called the most important

Supreme Court decision in a century and makes the case that in an age of extraordinary technology,

the skill that matters most is the oldest one we have. That's coming up right after a short break.

And now our TED Talk of the day.

There's a mahogany podium at the Supreme Court of the United States.

One person died there, mid-argument, the stroke. Another collapsed there, dying soon thereafter.

That's the podium. It also happens to be where I practice law, the most powerful court on earth. Nine minds ready to attack, and you stand 10 feet away from them. There are no

prepared speeches in this court. Instead, 50 questions thrown at you in 30 minutes. I'm making

hundreds of decisions in real time. Every argument I choose to make, or not make,

every word, every pause, every tone,

there are no rewinds, flinch, and the justices pounce.

That's my courtroom, but each of you has something like that, a place in which words matter,

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