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How not to handle an oral argument
Posted by David Hardy · 31 May 2007 11:04 AM
Don't tell the judge she's a few fries short of a happy meal.
[via the Volokh Conspiracy, where the comments suggest that, taken in context, the attorney was trying to say "there are additional steps here that you have to take" rather than "you're a moron." All the same, good reason to avoid a phrase that could be construed as an insult, esp. if you're from out of town.]
Comments
The barrister got off lightly. As a Deputy Sheriff, I've been threatened with Contempt and jail by a judge for being 5 minutes late to a traffic violation trial, when in fact I was required by duty to stop at a traffic accident which I came upon on the way to court.
Posted by: Rivrdog at June 1, 2007 06:10 AM