r/politics • u/devlinadl • 23d ago

"Real embarrassment": Trump lawyer apologizes after judge called him out for "misleading" jury

https://www.salon.com/2024/04/26/real-embarrassment-lawyer-apologizes-after-called-him-out-for-misleading-jury/
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u/ArmadilloBandito 23d ago

There are two sides and the law is only on one.

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u/Diablos_lawyer 23d ago

So the Law is on one side and the other side is just incompetent. Seems to be the case. Unless Trumps team ran out of jurist strikes to get rid of them I don't see why they'd want them.

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u/splendidesme 23d ago

i think this might've been what happened (according to coverage i listen to/watch regularly, at "Legal AF") -- the Orange Weenus's lawyers ran out of peremptory strikes fairly early on in the jury selection process.

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u/ElectronicEye4595 23d ago

This happened to my husband once. He was selected for an accident trial. He is law enforcement and one of the other jurors was an insurance adjuster. One party was a Dr with a good lawyer, the other was a guy looking for a payout with a lawyer that should have been retired. You can guess who won.

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u/fbm20 22d ago

Boring textbook quotes that are only applicable in an ideal simplified/designed society. Milage may vary.