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What it’s like to be in court

The sitting of the circuit court began between nine and ten. The programme of the day was promptly entered upon, with noticeable haste. The cases came on one after another and ended quickly, like a church service without a choir, … Continue reading →

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How not to behave to the judge

Maybe you don’t like your judge’s decision. But you don’t want to protest by threatening him. No, really, you don’t. Westchester woman convicted of threatening federal judge over tossed lawsuit Regina Lewis said she had ‘f—–g bullet with his name … Continue reading →

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Federal judge won’t trap the union rat

It may only be New Yorkers who get that headline. I’m a New Yorker, so I smiled when I saw this, from the New York Law Journal: Judge Declines to Stop Union’s Use of Rat in Protest Eastern District Judge … Continue reading →

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