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To: TonyInOhio
DNC lawyer is getting HAMMERED ...
49 posted on 10/02/2002 7:29:48 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Is DNC lawyer being hammered by one justice, or several justices?
60 posted on 10/02/2002 7:31:41 AM PDT by mwl1
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I hope you are right, but doesn't it always look that way? The judges ask the tough questions which gives the lawyer a chance to present their argument. Example: Judge says, Why should we let you override the law, which clearly states the deadline? Lawyer says Because we really really want to. Judge says to self, Hmmm, I agree. Looks like the lawyer got hammered, but he didn't.
73 posted on 10/02/2002 7:34:23 AM PDT by Huck
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
DNC lawyer is getting HAMMERED ...

Don't read too much into that. Supreme Court justices routinely play devil's advocate and severely challenge the lawyers on both sides. It doesn't necessarily have any bearing on how they eventually rule.

121 posted on 10/02/2002 7:41:17 AM PDT by Timesink
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Don't be misled. Justices frequently pound the side they are deciding with for good sportsmanship purposes.
165 posted on 10/02/2002 7:47:09 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
DNC lawyer is getting HAMMERED ...

It's his answers, not the questions, that determine the effectiveness. gore's original SC lawyer, Tribe, did an absolutely horrid job at the first SC orals, but not because any of the questions were too tough. All of them, for the most part, I expected.

228 posted on 10/02/2002 7:56:30 AM PDT by 1L
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