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TomSlick

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15. If we start disbarring lawyers for being stupid, there will be sudden shortage of lawyers.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 07:52 PM

Aug 28

It may be that I've just gotten home from a day of dealing with patently stupid lawyers, including one opposing counsel saying a brief that I suffered from "a clear misunderstanding" of the rules of civil procedure.

That rankled and I haven't quite yet calmed.

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Prosecutors Just Can't Convince Grand Jury That Woman Who Filmed Feds In DC Committed Felony [View all] BumRushDaShow Aug 28 OP

It is becoming not so rare johnnyfins Aug 28 #1

Both Pirro and Habba BumRushDaShow Aug 28 #2

one could speculate barbtries Aug 28 #3

They both need to be disbarred BumRushDaShow Aug 28 #4

100% barbtries Aug 28 #5

Yep...playing pretend US Attorney in Jersey for at least 50 days longer than the Bengus81 Aug 28 #13

If we start disbarring lawyers for being stupid, there will be sudden shortage of lawyers. TomSlick Aug 28 #15

I might say there would be a difference between BumRushDaShow Aug 28 #17

An important difference. TomSlick Aug 28 #18

That is his best. quakerboy Aug 28 #19

Reason they can't, republianmushroom Aug 28 #6

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Citizens turning against police. And courts. Grins Aug 28 #8

It's a bad sign for this Administration believing . . . peggysue2 Aug 28 #10

Woke grand juries. They are the worst. Sneederbunk Aug 28 #9

The Words "US Attorney" and "Concoct Crimes" Rarely Comport The Roux Comes First Aug 28 #11

They are just going to have to outlaw juries to placate Trump. GreenWave Aug 28 #12

BBWWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! OldBaldy1701E Aug 28 #14

Why would a federal prosecutor believe that a grand jury would indict someone for video recording the police? TomSlick Aug 28 #16