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"Are you and your client here just to defend the integrity of the Constitution?"
“你和你的委托人只是為了維護憲法的完整性嗎？”
asked Samuel Alito, an associate justice of the America's Supreme Court, on October 15th.
10月15日，美國最高法院的大法官塞繆爾·阿利托問道。
"Or would one be excessively cynical to think that something else is involved here, involving money?"
“或者人們會不會極度懷疑，認為有其他東西涉及其中，比如錢？”
The court had heard arguments from Donald Verrilli, for the board overseeing Puerto Rico's bankruptcy;
法院聽取了波多黎各破產監督委員會的唐納德.維瑞利；
Jeffrey Wall, for the federal government; and Theodore Olson, to whom the judge's remarks were addressed.
聯邦政府的杰弗里·沃爾以及希爾多·奧爾森為各自的辯論，法官的這句話是對希爾多·奧爾森說的。
His client is Aurelius Capital Management, a hedge fund that invests in distressed debt. At stake are $125bn of creditor claims.
他的委托人是Aurelius Capital Management，一家投資不良債務的對沖基金公司。1250億美元的債權人債權岌岌可危。
Aurelius was founded in 2006 by Mark Brodsky, formerly of Elliott Management.
Aurelius由馬克·布羅斯基成立于2006年，他曾供職于Elliott Management。
Both funds were involved in a fight with Argentina about its bonds in 2014,
這兩家基金公司都曾在2014年與阿根廷就其債券發生紛爭，
during which Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, then the president, dubbed them "vultures".
當時的總統克里斯蒂娜·費爾南德斯·德基什內爾稱他們是“禿鷹”。
They were among six funds that held out for full repayment. In 2016 they settled favourably and were paid $9.3bn.
他們是六家堅持全額還款的基金之一。2006年，他們達成了令人滿意的和解協議，獲得了93億美元的報酬。
Aurelius now aims to get the Supreme Court to declare the Puerto Rico oversight board unconstitutional,
Aurelius現在的目標是讓最高法院宣布波多黎各監督委員會違憲，
in the hope of improving on its offer to the territory's creditors of 35-45 cents on the dollar.
希望以此來改善其向該領地債權人提供的每1美元35-45美分的賠償。
In 2014 rating agencies downgraded Puerto Rico's debt. It ended up defaulting.
2014年，評級機構下調了波多黎各的債務評級。它最終違約了。
In 2016 Congress passed the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA)
2016年，議會通過了《波多黎各監督管理與經濟穩定法案》（簡稱PROMESA）
to approve the island's budget and supervise its debts.
以批準波多黎各的預算并監督其債務。
The president, then Barack Obama, was to appoint the board members,
時任總統巴拉克·奧巴馬將任命委員會成員，
with no requirement to seek the Senate's approval—which the constitution says is needed for "officers of the United States".
且沒有尋求參議院的批準—憲法規定“美國官員”需尋求參議員批準。
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