There are four ways to resolve disputes legal disputes at least. First, there is good ‘ol hagglin’ or, dressed up a bit, negotiation. Haggling or negotiating are pretty much the same thing. One way.
Last week, in a legal brief filed by prosecutors at the request of judges on Washington, D.C.’s federal court of appeals, the United States Department of Justice said that former president Trump cannot be shielded.
Only a small percentage of legal disputes end in trial. Instead, most settle out. Some settle before a lawsuit. Others settle somewhere along the way, months, weeks, or sometimes even minutes before the gavel bangs..
While the pastrami may be in the middle, without the bread, the whole thing falls apart. You can thank the Earl of Sandwich for that, I suppose. And while the middle matters, so too does.
Speaking broadly, there are two kinds of evidence presented at trial: testimonial evidence and tangible evidence. People talking on the one hand and documents and physical things on the other. Tangible evidence can be stuff.