The Trump administration notched itself an illusory victory in federal court this week in one of the ongoing legal battles over the federal use of state National Guard troops to police American cities.
On Monday, a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, in a 2-1 ruling, stayed a temporary restraining order (TRO) issued by U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut, who was appointed by President Donald Trump during his first term in office.
By Friday, the full 9th Circuit administratively stayed the panel’s own stay – “[w]ithout objection from the panel,” an order notes.
That’s a really cool name for lying you got there.
I can see why lawyers would use this overly polite language, it sounds more gracious in court so its more likely somebody will admit the error earlier and save time. The headline does say “lying” so its not the usual case of editorial malpractice.
Lawyers can be remarkably polite and professional when they want to be. Sometimes, they also have a sense of humor that’s as dry as the Sahara. I love it.
Edit: duplicated a word
That’s exactly why I love following the court adventures of Alex Jones. Sometimes the lawyers tell him straight to his face “You lied to me”, other times official letters are written as politely as possible, but pretty much stating that AJ is an incompetent drunk who can’t be trusted to get even the basics right.
Source: Knowledge Fight podcast, all “Formulaic objections” episodes.
Well, especially nowadays when the news is getting sued for reporting. Gotta be careful, and “lying” is slanderous/libelous, while “material factual” whatever, I can’t remember the third word, inconsistency, error, doesn’t matter, it doesn’t have the feel of an attack.