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SUPREME COURT SPECIALISTS

By "Captain Liberty" and "Rumpole"

The NY Times covers the specialty practice of the Supreme Court. The title of the post links to the article. In 2000, John Roberts now Chief Justice, then a litigator, sneered at the practice of Supreme Court specialists cold calling lawyers who had certiorari granted and offering their assistance:?If I?m going to have heart bypass surgery, I wouldn?t go to the surgeon who calls me up, I?d look for the guy who?s too busy for that.? Roberts said. It is now even more common for lawyers to solicit cases accepted for argument. How is it that we can't just waltz into the jail and offer to represent the accused drug dealer on his 2 million dollar forfeiture case without risking sanctions by the bar, but these snooty Supreme Court hacks get away with whoring themselves out for the glory of doing battle with Judge Scalia? SUICIDE POOLA brutal day in the suicide pool with Rumpole (Bills) Nick Basso ( Saints ) Juan Gonzalez (49ers) Cary Clennon (Bengals) DOM (Cowpokes who are now 1-3) all taking a loss...continue to full post

Full post as published by Justice Building Blog on October 10, 2010 (boomark / email).