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To: Dane
"absolutely crucial" advice on how to argue the case before the Supreme Court.

Ten hours of advice on how to argue a case before the Supreme Court?

Call me naive, but I don't think this is all the Coulters want to make of it.

3 posted on 08/05/2005 9:31:06 AM PDT by linkinpunk
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To: linkinpunk; xzins; blue-duncan; jude24
Ten hours of advice on how to argue a case before the Supreme Court?

You have to realize that these are "billable hours" (or timesheet hours) many of which are flat rate billing for reviewing of documents and research and review of letters and sigining of letters and other time for which there is a minimum billing. I would tend to think that 10 hours of Billable (or timesheet) hours probably translates into about 4 or 5 hours of ACTUAL time.

A lawyer died and arrived at the pearly gates. To his dismay, there were thousands of people ahead of him in line to see St. Peter. But, to his surprise, St. Peter left his desk at the gate and came down the long line to where the lawyer was standing. St. Peter greeted him warmly. Then St. Peter and one of his assistants took the lawyer by the hands and guided him up to the front of the line into a comfortable chair by his desk.

The lawyer said, "I don't mind all this attention, but what makes me so special?"

St. Peter replied, "Well, I've added up all the hours for which you billed your clients, and by my calculation you must be about 193 years old!"

69 posted on 08/05/2005 10:48:08 AM PDT by P-Marlowe
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To: linkinpunk
Ten hours of advice on how to argue a case before the Supreme Court? Call me naive, but I don't think this is all the Coulters want to make of it.

For those who make the argument that he was just being a good lawyer doing his job. If he had volunteered to help out a pro-abortion group in a similar circumstance, would that have been okay too?

71 posted on 08/05/2005 10:50:40 AM PDT by Jim_Curtis
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