if you go to guthrie, thooil tell you we stole this from them. i'm of the opinion it was not stealing because we did have an election in 1910 several versions of that story. they had car trouble on the way. this is the supreme court of the state of oklahoma. originally five justices elected by the people. today there are nine and they are appointed by the governor. in the next general election their name will be on the ballot and we hope to retain them for six years every six years after that their name will be on the bat lol. the wood work imported from the west indies in 1916. the pillars are one piece of solid vermont marble. each weighs about 10,000 pounds. the supreme court meets mondayses and thursdays. the work is based on written records. so they meet in a conference room. only when they have a case with lot of public interest will they meet here in the courtroom. most of the work is how the lower courts are doing the work so it's not the thing where you have to have oral arkts. >> is it common to have the supreme court housed in the capi