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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve
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To: Ilaine who wrote (6385)12/15/2000 1:51:14 PM
From: The Philosopher   of 6710
 
Well, in the litigation I do -- mostly family law -- the Courts do tend to bend the rules if they need to in order to achieve what they see as fair results. But generally I agree with you.

I go up against unrepresented parties sometimes, and it's a mixed blessing. On the one hand, I can usually eat them for lunch unless my client is a real scuzzball. OTOH, the judges bend over backwards to give them the benefit of the doubt, and they're very hard to negotiate with because they have no idea of what the court is likely to do so take almost EVERYTHING to court instead of settling for basic ordinary things, which mounts up my client's costs a lot.

So it's a mixed blessing. Like most of life.
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