"Ah, yes, I remember it well."
Posted on 02/06/2024 11:49:27 AM PST by Twotone
Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer are back with their dramatised reconstruction of Mann vs Simberg and Steyn, now installed in a far grander courtroom - 132 - at the District of Columbia Superior Court.
Day Twelve began with Judge Irving unleashing what US legal scholars call a can of jurisprudential whupp-ass on the Plaintiff: Plaintiff's presentation of the case at times seemed a bit disjointed. And, yes, there were many evidentiary objections, but they were ground -- there were grounds for them... It seemed that there was very … … intended to go back with the jury during deliberations, figures that were corrected only upon recross-examination by defendants without an affirmative withdrawal or acknowledgment by plaintiff's counsel.
His Lordship then denied Michael E Mann the right to put on a so-called "rebuttal" case that would have consumed another day of the jury's time.
The Court's dissatisfaction with Plaintiff had not abated when, an hour or so later, Mann's counsel John B Williams attempted to quiz Judith Curry about a hearsay document written by some anonymous person:
MR. WILLIAMS: I learned in law school, from Faust Rossi teaching the bar, that you can refresh somebody's recollection with a plate of spaghetti alfredo.
THE COURT: All right. Well, you can use the spaghetti alfredo, but not this document.
(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...
This case should have been dismissed long before trial. If Steyn were a liberal journalist, it would have been. This judge is no hero.
"Ah, yes, I remember it well."
I guess fettuccini Alfredo doesn't work.
The judge is going to toss the case on a motion for summary judgment.
Has that ruling come out? I know Steyn requested it, but I have my doubts about this judge & DC courts.
Spaghetti alfredo only works if you're 'Murrican (because no self-respecting Eye-Tie would ever serve Alfredo sauce -- or Bolognese for that matter -- on spaghetti.
Yeah, didn’t sound right to me either.
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