Mace

In the name of the Galactic Senate of the Republic, you're under arrest, Chancellor.

I meant that during a night of extreme chaos and fear, when we didn't yet know if we'd been the victims of domestic or foreign terrorism, or even an act of war, there was uncertainty as to who was giving the National Security orders and it was because you never signed a letter. 

So I'm led to wonder, given your condition and it's lack of predictability, why there isn't simply a signed letter sitting in a file someplace. 

And the answer, of course, is that if there was a signed letter sitting in a file someplace, somebody would ask why. 

The Commander-in-Chief had just been attacked, he was under a general anesthetic, a fugitive was at large, the manhunt included every federal, state, and local law enforcement agency. 

The Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware National Guard units were federalised. 

The KH-10s showed Republican Guard movement in southern Iraq. 

And twelve hours earlier, an F-117 was shot down in the no-fly, and the Vice President's authority was murky, at best! 

The National Security Advisor and the Secretary of State didn't know who they were taking their orders from! 

I wasn't in the Situation Room that night, but I'll bet all the money in my pockets against all the money in your pockets, that it was Leo. 

WHO NO ONE ELECTED. 

For ninety minutes that night there was a coup d'etat in this country.

President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet: 

...And the walls came tumbling down...

Psalm 110

1 {A Psalm of David.} The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.

2 The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.

4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek.

5 The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.

6 He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

7 He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head.

— Psalm 110 (Authorized Version)

Psalm 110

1 {A Psalm of David.} The LORD saith unto my lord: 'Sit thou at My right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.'

2 The rod of Thy strength the LORD will send out of Zion: 'Rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.'

3 Thy people offer themselves willingly in the day of thy warfare in adornments of holiness, from the womb of the dawn, thine is the dew of thy youth.

4 The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent: 'Thou art a priest for ever after the manner of Melchizedek.'

5 The Lord at thy right hand doth crush kings in the day of His wrath.

6 He will judge among the nations; He filleth it with dead bodies, He crusheth the head over a wide land.

7 He will drink of the brook in the way; therefore will he lift up the head.

— Psalm 110 (Jewish Publication Society)

Though they translate this Psalm similarly, Christians and Jews interpret its meaning very differently—Jews as referring to a righteous king favored by God to rule over Israel on earth and smite her enemies in battle, and Christians as referring to Jesus literally sitting at God's right hand in heaven as a divine being of equal stature to God.

The primary difference between the Christian and Jewish translations is subtle but significant—the rendering of the Hebrew word 'אדנ ('adoni='my lord') in verse 1a. Many Christian translations follow the KJV and render this word as "my Lord", with capitalization implying that "Lord" refers to a name of God and that therefore two distinct divine Persons ("LORD" and "Lord") are involved.

Noted Messianic Jewish scholar Dr. Michael L. Brown states the following: "Psalm 110 is an important Messianic psalm pointing to the highly exalted status of the Messiah (to the right hand of God!), and to his priestly and royal nature. For these reasons, it is quoted frequently in the New Testament with reference to Yeshua. Yeshua even quotes it himself, pointing out how the Messiah was greater than David, since David called him 'my lord.'" 

In the name of the Galactic Senate of the Republic, you're under arrest, Chancellor.

I am The Senate.

Not yet.

It's Treason, then...