[basil]

Why do you think that was inappropriate? The court reporter had been doing it for years. What does that have to do with the way a trial goes? The court reporter certainly has no say in the outcome of a trial.

I find this a bit scary as one of my daughters is a court reporter for a Federal Judge in Louisiana. (No--she doesn't bake cookies.)

[al baby]

Well if its in Mayberry fine but not in the real world