论点：Duress - LegalTranz Chronicles

被告拒不提供前雇员的人事档案，而只有拿到这些人事档案才有可能找到其他性骚扰的受害者。Harvey在法庭上最后是用什么理由迫使对方交出档案的，你看懂吗？

对，是Duress。Harvey的论点是：对方公司进行的性骚扰调查是在受胁迫的情况下完成的，因为调查员和每个当事人都听命于CEO，也就是性骚扰案的调查对象，所以这种调查是不可能有任何结果的。据此，法官要求被告交出档案。

庭审词汇：

subpoena 传票
motion 动议
dismiss 撤销
hearing 听证会
assertion 主张
argument 论点
precedent 先例
Devlin McGreggor is fighting the subpoena. 这里指对传票（文件传唤）提出异议
They filed a motion to dismiss the case based on our lack of evidence. 提出动议要求撤销此案；证据不足
There’s a hearing on my subpoena. 对我申请的传票有个听证会。
under duress 受胁迫
Your honor 法官阁下
by the book 按章办事
this case should be thrown out. 拒绝受理（案件）
one piece of evidence 一项证据
right to privacy 隐私权
belittling 轻视的；小看的
carry weight 有意义；有影响
answer to 听命于
stenographer 速记员
false pretenses 虚假的借口；以莫须有的理由
in chambers 法官办公室

句型词汇：

They don’t want to hand over the files. You pressed where it hurt. You’re looking in the right place. 他们不想交出文件，你戳到了他们的痛处，说明找对了位置
you make a move, they make a move. You go back and forth until one of you wins. 你走一步，对方跟着走一步。你要不断迂回，直至获胜。
I’m all over it. 我正在办；implying that something is under control or taken care of. 类似于I’m on it.
Research is as much art as science 调研既是门科学，也是门艺术
I’m not one to forget a favor. 我不是个忘恩的人
Hi. Where are you at with the research for tomorrow’s hearing? 明天的听证会研究到哪一步了？
I wouldn’t trust you as far as I could throw you. 仅凭对你的了解，我还不能相信你 – not trust (someone) as far as (one) can throw (them) To be very suspicious of someone; to not trust or believe someone.

Punchline:

HARVEY: Please. They don’t give a rat’s ass about his employees’ right to privacy. Sorry, that’s actually unfair to rats’ asses. 得了吧，他们对员工隐私权的关心程度还不及一颗老鼠屎。不好意思，这么说对老鼠屎很不公平。
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