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Laura PourMeADrink

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8. do you think they filed the motions just so they

Tue Sep 9, 2014, 01:49 PM

Sep 2014

could get in the news with statements about how ridiculous they think the whole thing is?

It's not to his advantage to add any delay to the whole thing, as motions to dismiss do. so, he had to have another motive. I can hear his attorney say "It's a hail mary, that probably won't work - but it could help pollute the jury pool?"

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Texas Governor Perry's lawyers invoke Louis XIV to dismiss charges [View all] Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2014 OP

The precedent applied to perry Spirochete Sep 2014 #1

+1000 hobbit709 Sep 2014 #2

Are you saying things got better in France after 1789? Recursion Sep 2014 #3

That's just weird. LuvNewcastle Sep 2014 #4

Yeah, I thought that too: if you're bringing up Louis XIV the controlling instrument is Westphalia Recursion Sep 2014 #5

Think he's trying to imply that Perry doesn't control the purse strings Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2014 #6

The motion to dismiss is really weak Gothmog Sep 2014 #7

do you think they filed the motions just so they Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2014 #8

They are billing by the hour Gothmog Sep 2014 #10

do you ever say more than the subject line? Laura PourMeADrink Sep 2014 #16

L'etat, say what? GreatCaesarsGhost Sep 2014 #9

This phrase means "the state, it is I" Gothmog Sep 2014 #11

Oui, je sais. GreatCaesarsGhost Sep 2014 #13

Is Perry envious of Louis' power...or his hair? pinboy3niner Sep 2014 #14

Probably both... GreatCaesarsGhost Sep 2014 #15

LOL! Rex Sep 2014 #12