First sentence of one of the 3rd Circuit amicus briefs is damn near perfect.

[Nevilledog]

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Mike Dunford
@questauthority
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Nov 24, 2020
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And I just got to the start of the brief, and the first citation, and - @j_remy_green -


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Mike Dunford
@questauthority
This is absolutely perfect.

It's the kind of thing that might be over the top if it came from one of the parties, but an amicus can sometimes do things a party can't - and this is one of those times.
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I now feel my 27 year legal career was incomplete because I never cited Monty Python.

[happybird]

1. OMG

I didn’t expect that.

[mr_lebowski]

2. To be fair, no one ever does (nt)

[Nevilledog]

8. ...

[EarnestPutz]

14. Kudos, Mr. Lebowski. Really funny.

[MontanaMama]

17. Well played!!!

[mr_lebowski]

18. These jokes write themselves ... I'm just a conduit, man ... nt

[PutGramaOnThePhone]

32. 😀 hahaha...that's humble...and funny

[grantcart]

24. Perfection

[femmedem]

26. !

[Cha]

29. lol

[calimary]

34. True that.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. LOL!

"The attorneys for the President of the United States should not need “three last chances” to coherently state a cause of action. See Monty Python’s Flying Circus: The Spanish Inquisition (BBC television broadcast Sept. 22, 1970). Yet, apparently, that third, last chance is all they seek from this Court."

[MissB]

4. Epic

[Mike 03]

5. Sensational

[chriscan64]

6. Also

Attorneys needing 3 last chances shouldn't be representing presidents of the United States, and persons hiring said lawyers should not be president of the United States.

[MyOwnPeace]

7. I once did a "paper" for a graduate class.....

and had an opening page with this quote:

"How come stealing from one book is plagiarism, but stealing from many is research?" - A.E. Newman


The prof. gave me an "A" but wrote, "Who is A.E. Newman?"


"What, me worry?"

[erronis]

25. Excellent! I wish I remembered all the witty things I did back then...

but perhaps I didn't, really.

A nice history paper made by translating chapters from another language into "original" research? Probably my only "A" but a comment about stilted language....

[ResistantAmerican17]

9. Oooooh oooooh

[OhZone]

10. No one ever expected that!

No one ever does!

On an unrelated note, I'm watching a lot of anime lately. ha

[sakabatou]

31. Which in particular?

[crickets]

11. Oh, my. How incredibly fitting.

Well done and thank you, Judge Brann. That was amazing. 🤗

[jmbar2]

12. HaHa

They even list Monty Python in the official "Table of Authorities".

[FM123]

13. Three chances, lol.

I think in the next brief they will mention three wishes - from the genie lamp in Aladdin....

[eleny]

16. And I hope he asks the genie to make him a malted

I know, an obscure reference. But it would solve all our problems.

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. Detecting Python's Spanish Inquisition in that case? Surely not ...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14597084

[Nevilledog]

21. Ha!

[LiberalArkie]

19. Other Authorities:

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[BMW2020RT]

20. I love it. No one expected the Spanish Inquisition.

[dalton99a]

22. Very nice

[Hermit-The-Prog]

30. It's not dead; it's just technically defective. Or pining. Maybe it's pining for something or other.

[volstork]

33. Clearly for the fjords.

Could be resting.

[Ms. Toad]

23. I never cited Monty Python -

But it was a running contest among the judicial clerks in the state appellate court where I worked to work the name of a dog into the opinion. . . That and citing the "oak tree case" (the handwritten note on the spine of a reporter in my judge's office) on home rule.

[Gilbert Moore]

27. Thanks for Sharing this !

I now feel my 27 year legal career was incomplete because I never cited Monty Python.

And you can sleep at night ?

[Nevilledog]

28. Well, now I won't.