[DiogenesLamp]

Had Obama offered an internet version of his birth certificate, I would agree with you. But one of the plaintiffs offered the document and asked that it be admitted into evidence, and did not ask that it be admitted for only a limited purpose. Bad lawyering often yields bad results.

And this is one of my GREATEST criticisms of the legal system. The Administration of the law ought not to depend on the skill of an attorney. It is not supposed to be a weighing of facts with impartiality, and every officer of the court ought to be concerned about one thing only. GETTING TO THE TRUTH.

It is a testimony as to how corrupt our system is when one side seeks to obfuscate, and the other side attempts to compel. That so many decisions should hinge on hair splitting and technicalities is proof in my mind that the system needs to be overhauled.

The way the legal system works nowadays is nothing but sophistry. One's guilt or innocence should be the only concern of the court, not how clever is your lawyer.

[Lurking Libertarian]

And this is one of my GREATEST criticisms of the legal system. The Administration of the law ought not to depend on the skill of an attorney. It is not supposed to be a weighing of facts with impartiality, and every officer of the court ought to be concerned about one thing only. GETTING TO THE TRUTH.

So if you ever (God forbid!) get indicted for income tax evasion, you don't want your lawyer objecting to the Government's witnesses and making motions to suppress evidence seized in violation of the 4th Amendment? You would prefer that he stand up and say, "your Honor, my client admitted to me in confidence that he underpaid his taxes, so I join the counsel for the prosecution in asking that my client be convicted and sentenced to five years in prison"?