I hope you're right.JALLEN wrote:Don't fret about that. Judges frequently say that, sometimes even when one or both sides have put on a complete clown show. Actually, now that I think about it, it might be more commonly heard when one side has been a clown show.Scott Farkus wrote:This can't be good. Not only did the judge hearing the case not laugh it out of court like he should have, he actually lauded the plaintiffs.
https://www.texastribune.org/2016/08/04 ... challenge/
Appointed by Bush, btw."It goes without saying that this is an interesting case," said U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel. "Both sides, I thought, did an exceptional job."
As Churchill said, "When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite." I think it was a different context, of course.
When the clown show side goes to lunch after the hearing and starts berating their lawyer(s) for the clown show, the lawyers can recall that expression of "approval" from the judge, and may not have to pick up the tab.
Had a lot more I wanted to say, but I'll leave it at that.