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To: 1L
The guy is obviously an idiot, but why was he in front of a judge after the comment? He has the right to say whatever he wants.

He's an officer of the court and he does not get to say "whatever he wants" to a jury. If the judge does not slap this clown hard, the judge needs slapped around too.

42 posted on 12/28/2005 8:33:02 AM PST by Ditto ( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
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To: Ditto

Actually, he DOES get to say whatever he wants. He was not in court, but in an elevator. Your first amendment rights don't end just because you are an attorney in a courthouse elevator talking bad about jurors when you lost a case.

He should be spending more time wondering why he didn't win, but absent that, he can say whatever he wants. I guess the judge can chastize him or say whatever he wants to him, but if he was fined, that's wrong. Judges don't get to sanction speech they don't like.


59 posted on 12/28/2005 9:36:45 AM PST by 1L
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