Ever hear of hearsay?
It goes all ways, and is not to have any weight at all.
BTW, here is a thing to remember about your trade. But first, a digression. If you are a fisherman, for life, it will mark you. Your skin will be ancient. Ditto for stone masons and their hands, which are like sandpaper, but strong as steel bear traps.
And what of law?
Arthur R. Mill, Harvard Law Professor was once asked if everyone shouldn't get a law degree. He replied, “No, a training in the law is a form of brain damage. You end up believing things that are unreal, are real, and things that are real, are not real”.
For example. I was told by a Judge that I couldn't drive with out a license. And I replied that I could and all I needed was keys.
I was in the world of physical reality, he thought some sort of verbalism was reality.
Laws, as are commonly known, are nothing more than ink smudges, put upon wet wood pulp, bound in cow hide, and placed upon oak. No different that Jews putting prayer slips in cracks in stone.
Lastly, thanks for being a conservative and going into law. It is the battlefield upon which leftist abuse/force us the most. I envy you. My only advice, learn to love the fight.
Well, it's not quite as difficult in corporate law... But I'm doing my best to join the fight while I'm in law school at least.
As far as hearsay, it has no weight in a courtroom (as far as I know--I've never taken most litigation-relevant courses), but it can reasonably influence our beliefs outside the courtroom at times. Of course, the source means everything, and I have my doubts, to say the least, about this story.