The word trial has roots that go deeper than the law and extend beyond it. A trial is contestation: Trial by combat. A trial in court is one form of contestation but not the only one. Impeachment is trial in parliament, with its own set of rules (which parliament sets)
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Trump's lawyers, either as a strategy of deception or because they are incredibly stupid (maybe both!), keep talking about a political trial as if it were a court trial. Exploiting "law & order" brain by talking about due process, 1st Amendment, deposing witnesses, etc.
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(or they're just confused)
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I guess using a slip and fall lawyer for this was a bad idea.
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Only one he could get that didn’t ask for up-front retainer.
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So it’s not a personal injury case? Damn it!!
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The fact they can't grasp this, shows just how unprepared they are. Sad part is it doesn't matter.
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It just gets weirder and weirder . . . is there no bottom to the nonsense?
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