“If different sets of rules exist for one, and a legal team can take advantage of it, then it’s no different when done in reverse to say a mother, a father, or a school teacher…”

His voice took on an edge that made several jurors shift uncomfortably. “Am I myself a privileged class because my mind isn’t subject to OFAC regulations? Or is the other party the privileged one as their mind can function as a coin mixer?”

“The Department of Justice,” Roma’s tone hardened like cooling steel, “has laid its case before you with crystalline clarity. One where Thomas Delaney’s ‘opinion’ on his moral rights holds no more weight than the expertise of Mr. Trentons.”

His earlier vulnerability had crystallized into absolute conviction.

“Consider, if you will,” he continued, his words carrying that precise cadence that made every syllable feel inevitable, “the dangers one could face by simply hitting a strobe light at a particular frequency at a logistical center.”

“The implication,” he said, his tone growing more serious, “is that the government can charter schooling in any way that is in the best interest of the child.”

His eyes swept the jury box, connecting with each member in turn. “That the diversity and inclusion programs enacted by the very government being called upon today are fully in place, functioning, and well regulated.”

Roma paused, letting the weight of precedent settle over the courtroom before continuing with devastating precision. He referenced United States v. Juisys LLC with the casual mastery of someone who had lived its implications.

“The law,” Roma said, each word carrying the weight of stone, “speaks to us through precedent. Through United States v. Juisys LLC, the courts established principles that reach far beyond mere technical specifications.”