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  <title>Comments for Disorder in the Court</title>
  <subtitle>We&apos;re the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost.  All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT,  and KA 2003-2010</subtitle>
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    <published>2006-03-31T12:42:25Z</published>
    <updated>2006-11-11T16:53:30Z</updated>
    <title>Disorder in the Court</title>
    <summary>For your ponderification: some selected excerpts from Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History by Charles M. Sevilla. Verbatim transcripts from court reporters who were professional enough to remain calm while these exchanges were actually taking place. Now I know why trial lawyers contribute so heavily to the Party of Entitlements... ______________________________ ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active? WITNESS: No, I just lie there. ______________________________ ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth? WITNESS: July 18th. ATTORNEY: What year? WITNESS: Every year. ________________________________ ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact? WITNESS: Gucci sweats and...</summary>
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      <name>Bill</name>
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      <![CDATA[<p>For your ponderification: some selected excerpts from <i>Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History</i> by Charles M. Sevilla.</p>

<p>Verbatim transcripts from court reporters who were professional enough to remain calm while these exchanges were actually taking place. Now I know why trial lawyers contribute so heavily to the Party of Entitlements...<br />
______________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active? <br />
WITNESS: No, I just lie there.<br />
______________________________ </p>

<p>ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth? <br />
WITNESS: July 18th. <br />
ATTORNEY: What year? <br />
WITNESS: Every year.<br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact? <br />
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.<br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all? <br />
WITNESS: Yes. <br />
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory? <br />
WITNESS: I forget. <br />
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot? <br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you? <br />
WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which. <br />
ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you? <br />
WITNESS: Forty-five years.<br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning? <br />
WITNESS: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?" <br />
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you? <br />
WITNESS: My name is Susan.<br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo? <br />
WITNESS: We both do. <br />
ATTORNEY: Voodoo? <br />
WITNESS: We do. <br />
ATTORNEY: You do? <br />
WITNESS: Yes, voodoo.<br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning? <br />
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?<br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he? <br />
WITNESS: Uh, he's twenty-one...<br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken? <br />
WITNESS: Would you repeat the question?<br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th? <br />
WITNESS: Yes. <br />
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time? <br />
WITNESS: Uh....<br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: She had three children, right? <br />
WITNESS: Yes. <br />
ATTORNEY: How many were boys? <br />
WITNESS: None. <br />
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?<br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated? <br />
WITNESS: By death. <br />
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?<br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual? <br />
WITNESS: He was ! about medium height and had a beard. <br />
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female? <br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney? <br />
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.<br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people? <br />
WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.<br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to? <br />
WITNESS: Oral.<br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body? <br />
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m. <br />
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time? <br />
WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him! <br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample? <br />
WITNESS: Huh?<br />
________________________________</p>

<p>ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? <br />
WITNESS: No. <br />
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?<br />
WITNESS: No. <br />
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing? <br />
WITNESS: No. <br />
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? <br />
WITNESS: No. <br />
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor? <br />
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. <br />
ATTORNEY: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? <br />
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law. <br />
_______________________________</p>

<p>Heh. Makes you wonder about the folks who *didn't* pass the Bar Exam, doesn't it?</p>

<p>H/t to Mo</p>]]>
      
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    <title>Comment from Casey Tompkins on 2006-04-01</title>
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        <name>Casey Tompkins</name>
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        Damn. I think I hurt myself laughing.

And I think Bill owes me a beer for the one I spewed all over my monitor... 

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    <published>2006-04-02T05:25:25Z</published>
    <updated>2006-04-02T05:25:25Z</updated>
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    <title>Comment from Harvey on 2006-04-01</title>
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        These quotes are why I dropped out of law school.

I could never learn to think like a lawyer :-)
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    <published>2006-04-01T20:00:13Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from Adriane on 2006-04-01</title>
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        Guy walks into a bar, pushes open the swinging doors, and yells at the guy flipping burgers, &quot;Pour me a Scotch and Soda!&quot;

The guy flipping burgers just looks at him and says, &quot;Dude, I&apos;m the cook.  The drinks are back that way.&quot;


&quot;Well, duh!&quot; says the guy.  &quot;I&apos;m a lawyer.  Of course, I passed the bar.&quot;

ta-boom-tish
:-)

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    <title>Comment from Alan on 2006-03-31</title>
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        While most of the jokes are the tripping of the witness, I am actually acquainted with the lawyer who asked the question in a string of questions &quot;and you can confirm you are a woman...&quot;
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    <published>2006-03-31T17:49:13Z</published>
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