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Wednesday, June 30, 2021

DELTA

 As the Delta variant gains a foothold in the United States and begins to capture the attention of the media and public, many lawyers are concerned about the re-opening of court right as the D Variant begins to take hold. Many of those lawyers are emailing your favourite blogger for advice. Which is the correct thing to do. Who do you think gave Fauci advice on how to outlast POTUS45? 

First, if you want to be safe- wear a mask. And get vaccinated. Those two measures will protect you from the D Variant. 

Second, we call upon our new CJ Sayfie (starting July 1- mark your calendars- there may be small fireworks display the following weekend-about three days later- to commemorate her ascension to the CJ spot) to strongly suggest if not require that people wear masks in court. It is the "Safe(ie)" thing to do. 

Third- Judges should allow Zoom appearances for arraignments and reports. Duh. 

Fourth- no sidebars without masks. Do you know where that judge has been? 

Fifth- Stay home and read the blog. You can't start a fire without a spark. You can't get wet if you don't jump into the pool. You can't eat dinner unless you order Uber eats. You get the idea. Limit your public exposure to be safe. And read the blog. 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Report from my first day back in REG:

I was dreading it. A suit, a commute, lines. Im one of those who has been arguing that almost none of it is necessary. That apart from trials and felony pleas, nothing should be in person.

But I have to admit -- it was energy-giving to return. Everyone's smiling and greeting you. Sexy prosecutors make small talk. It was a bailiff's birthday.

All in all, a very welcome change from sitting in my house, in basketball shorts, staring at my Zoom screen.

Still, all told, there's no need to go there every day and fight for parking and wait in 30 minute lines to sound not ready.

Hopefully we can figure out some balance -- efficiency vs. community.

Evan Crawford said...

You're so right I haven't gone to the court since it opened on June 28 I have court on July 19 but it's an arraignment an may be by zoom