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Scooter's Judge May Write For The Daily Show
Category: Right On!
Scooter Libby probably does not find much to laugh about these days. But, a tongue-in-cheek footnote to his judge's order is causing some chuckles in cyberspace.
Twelve extremely eminent law professors -- Vikram Amar, Randy Barnett, Robert Bork, Alan Dershowitz, Viet Dinh, Douglas Kmiec, Gary Lawson, Earl Maltz, Thomas Merrill, Robert Nagel, Richard Parker, and Robert Pushaw -- have submitted an amicus brief in defense of Scooter Libby. The judge's order granting the request contained this footnote:It is an impressive show of public service when twelve prominent and distinguished current and former law professors of well-respected schools are able to amass their collective wisdom in the course of only several days to provide their legal expertise to the Court on behalf of a criminal defendant. The Court trusts that this is a reflection of these eminent academics' willingness in the future to step to the plate and provide like assistance in cases involving any of the numerous litigants, both in this Court and throughout the courts of our nation, who lack the financial means to fully and properly articulate the merits of their legal positions even in instances where failure to do so could result in monetary penalties, incarceration, or worse. The Court will certainly not hesitate to call for such assistance from these luminaries, as necessary in the interests of justice and equity, whenever similar questions arise in the cases that come before it.
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Jon Stewart of The Daily Show could use the judge's talent for sarcasm in his writing pool.
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