Despite the fact of leaden feet, I often compare my role in trial to ballet. Specifically, to a ballerino executing finger turns in the lead of a lithe and pretty ballerina knowing that she, not I,.
Last month, in a grinding 213-page opinion, the Colorado Supreme Court concluded that Donald Trump had engaged in insurrection against the United States. As a consequence thereof, the former president was barred from the 2024 presidential.
You may not be familiar with the term. Historically, the term “carpetbagging” arose as a pejorative used by Southerners to describe opportunistic Northerners who came to the Southern states after the American Civil War, and were perceived to be exploiting the local populace.
It is a long-cherished precept of the law that the meaning of a word is to be accorded its plain meaning. To borrow a Dr. Seussism, when interpreting a statute or the Constitution, a court.
He knows when you’ve been sleeping.He knows when you’re awake.He knows if you’ve been bad or good.So be good for goodness’ sake. There are laws against this, you know! Who we’re talking about here is.