Moot Court Round 1: FIGHT!
The first round of the beauty pageant that is moot court has come and gone. How it went remains to be seen but I apparently move a lot when I speak and use a Bill Clinton-esque thumb throw with reckless abandon.
I was on the Due Process issue for the Respondent and as I stepped to the plate:
Me: Your honors, may it please the court . . .
Judge: Counsel, before you start, I'd just like to know why this court has jurisdiction to hear this case?
Me: Well . . .
My first thought was we waived jurisdiction pursuant to the rules, but figured that wasn't an answer. Then I got scared, like we weren't really in Texas.
Me: Jurisdiction?
Judge: Yes jurisdiction, why can we hear the 6th and 14th Amendment issues today?
Me: Well . . .
After thinking about that one for a second I remembered the 6th and 14th Amendments were mentioned for the first time on appeal, so I made a brief statement about fundamental due process errors, inferring the 6th and 14th and ran.
And then there was something about Bills of Exceptions. I smiled at the judge and twelve minutes later it was over.
In other news, I took a move out of "The Chicago Playbook for Getting Pretty or Not Pretty Girl to Pull Your Plow and Harvest Your Grain" and made +1 the California Rolls pictured to the left. They were delicious and she thinks I'm clever. High Five!
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posted by Jon Swanburg @ 8:26 PM
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Mr. Swanburg, many moons have passed since I last attempted to impart my insight on this literary black sheep you call a "blog." We have even seens seasons come and go, as am sure you are aware Mr. Swanburg, today is the first day of Spring. If I may address your most recent post, i.e. Moot Court, from the tone of your post I gather that you are reasonably satisfied with your showing. A word of advice Mr. Swanburg, I beseech you not to grow complacent, for it was complaceny, not curiousity, that killed the proverbial cat. Please correct me if I am mistaken, which I must reluctantly admit is possible due to my limited knowledge of this "Moot Court," but I was under the belief that students competed in Moot Court under the guise of a team. I see no m ention of team member. Mr. Swanburg, need I remind you of the tragedy that befell Narcissus?
Hey, I once made sushi rolls out of proverbial cat. That's how we do it in Michigan.
prof. osler, you gonna judge any of the moot court rounds?
I've totally done the same thing, Prof Osler.
Only it wasn't proverbial cat, it was 'possum.
And it wasn't sushi, it was a casserole.
Cause that's how we do it in the south.
squirrel and dumplings...mm-mmm good--now THAT is how it is done in TX
once i did made lunch out of roks and leaves on the ground.
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