How can they have a respectable show trial if the defendant keeps defending himself so well? This is a classic and irrefutable response.
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This world cup has been marked by beautiful games and people accusing refs of making bad calls. David Hirshey in today's NY Times OpEd section:
I'd never seen this court ruling from a Federal district judge in Texas until seeing it quoted in this post at Volokh.
indeed, but special pleading on the part of the defendant, regardless of how eloquent, rarely influences judges.
lalalala...
french I took...
(possibly the most embarrasing moment in US/France relations?)
As the Soviets taught us, it wouldn't be a real show trial unless a founding member of the party was a defendant.
I thought science guys could spot fallacies a mile away. He's just naming names to save his hide. First things first: Clarke, then the entire Bush administration.