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courts should be going virtual, insofar as is practicable. law offices, which are luxurious only insofar as they are used to wine and dine clients, need to go the way of powdered wigs. the only spaces that should remain open are for people too poor to telecommute to court
lawyer travel is a big waste of time and money. lawyers flying to places to "review documents" is a waste of money. slow court processes, bad docket management, etc. are all products of tremendous inefficiency. there's no need for this space.
we need hospitals, but we don't really need courthouses. we don't really need legislatures, capitols, etc. either. that stuff is all bloat. it's helpful to have all the power players in one place so you can bribe and cajole them, but that's about it
i remember touring a law office with @UselessPraxis and they had mark rothko art in the emergency exit stairwells. they had soda water fountains. every single sitting surface was butter-soft leather. they had *after-hours* prix fixe menus. this is all waste.
i also remember trudging to the lake county (IN) municipal center and seeing all the huddled masses showing up for their miserable civil proceedings. just the toll of commuting kills and sickens these poor folks. then they're made to sit and wait, barely able to stay awake
jury duty should certainly be remote. jury sequestration is nonsense. you waste the lives of these people, for what? for sitting in a room and listening. newsflash: nobody listens. they don't listen on remote meetings and they don't listen in person. let's cut the BS
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