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Sean Hecht
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This, from the Georgia federal district court order denying the request for a TRO in Lin Wood's election lawsuit, is not something any lawyer wants to see in a court order. @RMFifthCircuit @Popehat @rickhasen
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For non lawyers: The Plaintiff relied on ONE case to support standing to sue. The case they used was overturned over 13 years ago.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Being called out by a judge in a written opinion for citing bad law is the ultimate smackdown.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)It's one of the first things you learn in law school, and not doing it is an unforgivable fuck-up.
Wounded Bear
(58,648 posts)That's why they brought in the cavalry.
Elwood P Dowd
(11,443 posts)In fact, many republicans are both bad lawyers and bad politicians. They do, however, excel at messaging, lying, and brainwashing. Sad fact is that hundreds of these bad lawyers now have lifetime appointments as judges.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)Nevilledog
(51,094 posts)central scrutinizer
(11,648 posts)Pound the facts.
If the law is on your side,
Pound the law.
If neither is on your side,
Pound the table.
rsdsharp
(9,170 posts)you went to thick books published by Shepards to Shepardize a case. These books would tell you every case that had cited yours, and for what purpose. It would also tell you if the case was still good law. It was a slow and tedious process, but necessary.
Today, most research is done online with Westlaw. When you pull up a case, you can Shepardize online with a touch of a button. More to the point, the case will have one of three flags in the upper left hand corner of the first page. Green means its all good. Yellow means the case has been called into question on at least one point by other cases. RED MEANS ITS NO LONGER GOOD LAW on at least one point.
You may still be able to cite it as reversed on other grounds, but you dont cite it if its been reversed or abrogated on the very point of law you want to cite it for. You learn that in the first semester of law school if common sense alone wasnt good enough to teach you that.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)it wasn't that damned hard and it's even easier now, and there is absolutely no excuse for not doing it. The lawyer who cited that case deserved to get his ass reamed.
rsdsharp
(9,170 posts)of my law school and we had one of, if not the first, Westlaw labs.
No it wasnt hard, although it was a pain using the books if you did a deep dive and read all the citing cases for the key number at issue. Even if it had been hard, it beat the hell out of getting a judicial slap down, or getting fired as an associate who screwed up the research.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)These actions brought by Trump Toadies all share a common theme. They all sound just like an argument Trump himself would make. Immature and nonsensical.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,683 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)Where the hell did he find lawyers that Stupid.. oh yeah.. rudy for ONE.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)Cha
(297,196 posts)Up with BAD FAITH Grossly Incompetent Law Suits.