What strange disturbances have you witnessed in the courtroom?
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It was reported at CNN and elsewhere that the lights went out during U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments Tuesday.
“I knew we should have paid that bill,” Chief Justice John Roberts said to those assembled. Arguments continued during the outage, which lasted around four minutes.
This week, we’d like to ask you: What strange disturbances have you witnessed in the courtroom? Was there a gaffe by a judge, lawyer or witness? Or did something completely beyond the control of trial participants bring proceedings to a brief halt? If you were participating in the trial when it happened, did it throw you off?
Answer in the comments.
Read the answers to last week’s question: Do you think there should be an LSAT cutoff score for law school admission?
Featured answer:
Posted by American of African Descent: “An LSAT cutoff seems pretty paternalistic. Let the student, after receiving his score, decide whether law school is a good investment of time and treasure. (Remember, law students already have one degree; they should be competent to look up the statistics and make this decision for themselves.) Let the school decide whether a student with a low score LSAT deserves a seat.”
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