woooooweeeeee UPDATE
Judge Willians just slammed the president, the DOJ, referred the lawyers involved in the stinking mess over the settlement of the president's lawsuit against the IRS to the Florida Bar, referred the acting attorney General to the New York State Bar (Motto- "Florida doesn't want our lawyers, so we don't want theirs") and skewered everyone associated with the case for trying to get the Court's imprimatur on a backroom deal.
You know the order is a barnburner when everyone's favourite federal blogger Mr. Markus starts his post about the order with a very uncharacteristic "woooooweeeeee" - and that's an actual quote from his post here, which has a link to the order, because we counted the o's and e's.
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And yet, in perhaps one of the oldest anachronistic traditions, male lawyers must wear a jacket in court. Doesn't that seem bizarre? It's over 90 degrees but one half of the population who are lawyers must wear a coat/jacket.
And people wonder why we are quitting law.
Speaking of which, the blog will be going on a sabbatical starting the end of July through mid-August. Interns will clear the comments, and some posts may go up.
During out rest we will consider the future.
The recent success of The Captain getting the governor to make long overdue judicial appointments tells us we fill a role of some sort. And to the extent the current judicial administration and SAO administration despises us, we know we are doing some things right.
Let's put it this way- we will decide something long before the current federal administration secures the Straits of Hormuz (if it ever can, which is now more and more doubtful).
The sudden and unexpected death of Senator Lindsey Graham is a very big loss to the country. He was the last of the Three Amigos- Senators Graham, John McCain, and Joe Lieberman. Across political and ideological differences the three men were perhaps the last of a group of leaders who believed our common ideals as Americans were more important and brought us together more than our political differences.
Now? Ha.
Apple running nicely Monday morning. As Jim Cramer famously said more than a decade ago, "Own Apple, don't trade it." Applied Materials is not running well today, although Goldman Sachs doubled down on the company, reaffirming its price valuation as 650 a share- although Monday it opened down well under 600. Our view? Buy more and thank us in December (actually well before).
5 comments:
Why RUMPOLE does NVIDIA not skyrocket? Even after each of their earnings reports?
Time to sell NVIDIA?
No don't sell. The performance of Nvidia drives Jim Cramer crazy.. It's short sellers doing it. But the fundamentals will win out in the end. For example look where it was a year ago. It fought tooth and nail to get above 200 so it will continue to rise
LG was a typical politician. He was vehemently opposed to Trump and when it became apparent that Trump was going to win the presidency, he fell in line and became one of his strongest acolytes I understand the desire for eulogize him but let’s not be disingenuous. May he RIP
## THE TIE THAT BINDS
Here we are mid-July.
The heat is oppressive.
The humidity is not humidity. It is an assault.
And yet, in court, men continue to appear with a narrow strip of silk tied around their necks.
Voluntarily.
Mostly.
This brings us to the necktie.
Or, more accurately, the cravat, which is what men wore before we collectively decided that one long blade of silk was more efficient than an entire linen engineering project.
The tie traces its lineage to Croatian soldiers in the 17th century, whose neck cloths caught the eye of the French and eventually became the cravat.
The French adopted it.
The English complicated it.
The Americans commercialized it.
Lawyers weaponized it.
By 1828, there was an entire book called *The Art of Tying the Cravat*, with sixteen lessons and thirty-two styles.
Thirty-two styles.
For a cravat.
Today half the courthouse cannot figure out how to unmute on Zoom.
Progress.
But the tie endured because it did something no other article of men’s clothing could do.
It signaled.
A jacket says you own a jacket.
A tie says you knew where you were going.
That is different.
It is why the tie still matters in court. Not because silk has moral force. It does not. We have seen too many bad arguments made in expensive ties to believe that.
The tie does not make a man smarter.
It does not make him honest.
It does not make him prepared.
But it tells the room he understands the room.
And in a courthouse, that still matters.
Lincoln wore a black silk tie. Not a perfect Windsor. Not some influencer knot. A simple black tie, slightly askew.
We do not claim causation.
But we note correlation.
Men’s clothing is otherwise boring.
Navy.
Gray.
Charcoal.
Black, if you are either going to a funeral or handling a sentencing.
The tie is the one place where a man may still attempt personality without terrifying the court.
Blue with small dots?
Fine.
Burgundy?
Acceptable.
Yellow?
Depends on the judge.
Novelty tie with tiny scales of justice?
Denied.
No hearing necessary.
The tie is also one of the few remaining barriers between court and the airport.
We have lost many battles.
Sneakers.
Untucked shirts.
Quarter-zips.
The dreaded performance polo.
And now lawyers appear in court looking like they are about to argue a motion or manage a pickleball league in Broward.
Enough.
Court is ritual.
The robe.
The seal.
The clerk.
“All rise.”
“May it please the Court,” even when it plainly does not.
The tie belongs to that world.
It says: this is not brunch. This is not the golf club. This is not the comments section.
This is court.
A person’s liberty may be at stake.
A family may be watching.
A victim may be waiting.
A client may be praying.
A judge may be pretending not to be annoyed.
Put on the tie.
Is it hot?
Yes.
Is it outdated?
Of course.
So is cross-examination.
So is standing when the judge enters.
So is “comes now.”
We do strange old things because they remind us that the law is not supposed to be casual.
Casual is for email.
Casual is for summer Fridays.
Casual is for people who say “circle back” and mean “never.”
And yes, women have more options. Men have complained about this forever, usually while wearing the same blue suit three days a week and calling it strategy.
We have one job.
Tie the tie.
Make the knot decent.
Cover the top button.
Do not wear it too short unless you are running for student council.
Do not wear it too long unless you are selling used cars in Hialeah in 1987 or running the Country.
And no clip-ons unless you are in uniform, under twelve, or Abraham Lincoln.
Our view:
Own a few good ties.
Do not overthink them.
And when you stand up in court, dress like the moment matters.
Because sometimes it does.
Before you argue, tie the knot.
This is the last time I post a comment formatted like that. Use regular sentences like everyone else or I will just skip the submission. I don't know how anyone else feels, but it's very annoying to read. Kindly act accordingly.
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