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“God save that voluptuous hottie — and this honorable Court, too!”

Would YOU turn down her petition for certiorari? Yeah, we didn’t think so.

It’s finally over. Anna Nicole Smith, stripper-turned-widow-turned-diet-product-spokeswoman, had her day in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Smith appeared before the justices dressed in a black, knee-length dress, accessorized with high heels, a white scarf, and black sunglasses — as well as a chunky silver crucifix. While it’s certainly an improvement over showing up to court in a pink T-shirt — with the word “SPOILED” spelled out in rhinestones, across her ample and heaving bosom — today’s look may have come across as a little “trying-too-hard-not-to-look-like-a-gold-digging-ex-stripper-hussy.”

Smith looked on — occasionally in tears, when her late husband was discussed — as her attorney, Kent Richland, vigorously advanced her position. Richland argued that the Texas state court that screwed Smith out of her dead husband’s fortune shouldn’t have the final word in the matter. Instead, federal courts — including bankruptcy court, where Anna Nicole flirted up a storm with the judge (no joke) — should have some say.

Although it was not a party to the case, the federal government cheerfully intervened on Smith’s behalf, providing her with enthusiastic support for her position. Justice Department attorney Deanna Maynard argued that the appeals court ruling in favor of Pierce Marshall — the late J. Howard Marshall’s evil and greedy son — was flawed and overbroad.

After the jump, an eyewitness account of Anna Nicole Smith’s visit with the Supremes.

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