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"
Huh
?
Why
?
"
"
The
Larkin
Decision
might
not
apply
.
Luna
was
uninhabited
,
but
Mars
is
inhabited
-
by
Martians
.
At
the
moment
,
Martians
are
a
legal
zero
.
But
the
High
Court
might
take
a
look
at
the
political
situation
,
stare
at
its
collective
navel
,
and
decide
that
human
occupancy
meant
nothing
on
a
planet
already
inhabited
by
non
-
human
natives
.
Then
rights
on
Mars
,
if
any
,
would
have
to
be
secured
from
the
Martians
themselves
.
"
"
But
,
Ben
,
that
would
logically
be
the
case
anyhow
.
This
notion
of
a
single
man
owning
a
planet
"
Don
’
t
use
that
word
to
a
lawyer
;
he
won
’
t
understand
you
.
Straining
at
gnats
and
swallowing
camels
is
a
required
course
in
all
law
schools
.
Besides
,
there
is
a
case
in
point
.
In
the
fifteenth
century
the
Pope
deeded
the
entire
western
hemisphere
to
Spain
and
Portugal
and
nobody
paid
the
slightest
attention
to
the
fact
that
the
real
estate
was
already
occupied
by
several
million
Indians
with
their
own
laws
,
customs
,
and
notions
of
property
rights
.
His
grant
deed
was
pretty
effective
,
too
.
Take
a
look
at
a
western
hemisphere
map
sometime
and
notice
where
Spanish
is
spoken
and
where
Portuguese
is
spoken
-
and
see
how
much
land
the
Indians
have
left
.
"
"
Yes
,
but
-
Ben
,
this
isn
’
t
the
fifteenth
century
.
"
"
It
is
to
a
lawyer
.
They
still
cite
Blackwell
,
Code
Napoleon
,
or
even
the
laws
of
Justinian
.
Mark
it
down
,
Jill
;
if
the
High
Court
rules
that
the
Larkin
Decision
applies
,
Smith
is
in
a
position
to
grant
or
withhold
concessions
on
Mars
which
may
be
worth
millions
,
or
more
likely
billions
.
If
he
assigns
his
claim
to
the
present
administration
,
then
Secretary
Douglas
is
the
man
who
will
hand
out
the
plums
.
Which
is
just
what
Douglas
is
trying
to
rig
.
You
saw
that
bug
transcript
.
"
"
Ben
,
why
should
anybody
want
that
sort
of
power
?
"
"
Why
does
a
moth
fly
toward
a
light
?
The
drive
for
power
is
even
less
logical
than
the
sex
urgee
his
ownership
of
the
Lyle
Drive
and
a
major
chunk
of
Lunar
Enterprises
;
the
eight
wills
are
a
matter
of
public
record
-
and
in
the
three
most
important
cases
he
inherits
with
or
without
a
will
.
What
happens
if
he
dies
?
I
don
’
t
know
.
A
thousand
alleged
cousins
would
pop
up
,
of
course
,
but
the
Science
Foundation
has
fought
off
a
lot
of
such
money
-
hungry
vermin
in
the
past
twenty
years
.
It
seems
possible
that
,
if
Smith
dies
without
making
a
will
,
his
enormous
fortune
will
revert
to
the
state
.
"
"
’
The
state
?
’
Do
you
mean
the
Federation
or
the
United
States
?
"
