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I try to do two moot courts for every Supreme Court case (and one to two for courts of appeals), and to ensure I am being mooted by people who know the Supreme Court well and are coming to the case fresh.


Patricia Millett

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Today, the Supreme Court affirms (the trial courts') findings.
CRAIG WATERS We are willing to see what the courts have to say. I want the Supreme Court to look at this case and...
GARY MACE There's a contradiction between the two, and as always, the Supreme Court wins, and that bodes ill f...
JEFFREY TOOBIN He's appealed his case to the Supreme Court and they affirmed his conviction. He applied to be heard...
HENRY MORGAN I do not need any cheerleaders at my moot court. And I cannot imagine walking into that Court withou...
PATRICIA MILLETT The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of gov...
TODD AKIN None of the legal issues presented by this case seems to warrant Supreme Court review.
SAMUEL ALITO This is a good case to take to the Supreme Court.
BILL POEHLER a technical difference between circuit courts, which are bound by precedent, and the Supreme Court, ...
TASIA SCOLINOS I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ...
KELLY JONES The smart money is that the Supreme Court granted this case to reverse.
SETH WAXMAN Since I am putting a case to the Supreme Court, if a senior law form comes forward, and charges me r...
ARUN BAVDEKAR They have blinders on. They want a state court to decide their case, and they can't have a state cou...
HOWARD DICKSTEIN There is clear repudiation of the government's absolute position that the courts have no role. The S...
THOMAS GOLDSTEIN I'll now fall back a furlong or two in me chair, while me larned but misguided collagues r-read th' ...
FINLEY PETER DUNNE We are disappointed but not surprised by this outcome. While we feel that we have a strong case, com...
JAMES HESKETH Stripping jurisdiction from the court after they have decided is far-reaching and, I think, prematur...
LEE CASEY Tennessee cannot pick and choose who among its residents is allowed to speak freely. We are hopeful ...
JULIE STERNBERG I think this is part of a strategy to make this case as difficult as possible to get to the Supreme ...
MICHAEL GREENBERGER No one made any motion for this. I guess the Supreme Court decided they wanted to hear this case bec...
JIM CARPENTER there have been not one but two Supreme Court vacancies.
MIKE PENCE It's terribly important that we extend the promise of equality that the Supreme Court and that t...
DAVID BOIES Whether D.C. residents will be full-fledged citizens seems to be a case worthy of the Supreme Court.
WALTER SMITH To me, the central issues before the Senate is whether or not the Senate will allow President Bush t...
LINDSEY GRAHAM It's a victory for the government in a narrow sense, because their strategy was to keep the Supreme ...
JOSEPH ONEK The Supreme Court discussed the evidence, and in discussing the evidence, they went over specific it...
CLAYTON IKEI It's not that likely that the Supreme Court will take the case. This law has only been used two time...
ROBERT LANDE Seven said 'Yes,' three said 'No' and one was absent and hence two reports reflecting both views wen...
CLAUDE ALVARES It was the courts, of course, that took away prayer from our schools, that took away Bible reading f...
ROD PARSLEY The Supreme Court has crafted doctrines such as 'fair use,' which permits copying materials ...
MARVIN AMMORI We believe there are very strong reasons why the state Supreme Court should take this case. We reall...
TED MAYER I got the chance to argue my first case in Supreme Court, a criminal case arising in Alabama that in...
CONSTANCE BAKER MOTLEY It's not the function of the court to correct omissions or failures on the part of the Legislature. ...
ED MURNANE His long track record as a federal appeals court judge shows that he has indeed put his personal vie...
JOHN CORNYN I think it was in 1971 or 1974, the Supreme Court ruled marriage is not a subject that the federal g...
KEN CUCCINELLI George W. Bush sided against people with disabilities in an important Supreme Court case. Now that h...
DOUGLAS HATTAWAY I have lost every respect for U.S. justice. The judgment by the Supreme Court and the other, even mo...
MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF There is a higher court than courts of justice and that is the court of conscience. It supercedes al...
MAHATMA GANDHI Certain characteristics about 'Marbury v. Madison' are, I think, indisputable. Marbury was t...
CLIFF SLOAN My reading of that case is that the U.S. Supreme Court has said that the state legislature has plena...
CHARLES WELLS I think probably that this is a case that will go to the Supreme Court, which means you probably won...
YASUHIRO TASE This is going to be resolved by the Florida Supreme Court promptly, and what I think is that will be...
DAVID BOIES I am hopeful the Supreme Court will recognize tax incentives as a constitutional means for states to...
BOB TAFT The Court of Criminal Appeals is widely considered to be one of the most conservative appellate cour...
BRIAN WICE .We will finish that exercise. by July for the start-up of case management in the Criminal Division ...
CAROL PALMER her qualifications for the Supreme Court are nonexistent.
PAT BUCHANAN I will be vigilant to protect the independence and integrity of the Supreme Court, and I will work t...
JOHN ROBERTS They have not agreed to provide written assurances they will comply with Immigration and Naturalizat...
CAROLE FLORMAN If we have to take it to the [state] Supreme Court, we'll take it to the [state] Supreme Court.
GUY TALARICO I'm pleased the court ruled in our favor, ... I am looking forward to taking my case to court and to...
LEE PETERSON I can't be a Californian and believe that every member of the Supreme Court has to come out of Harva...
DIANNE FEINSTEIN The Supreme Court will determine if Copperleaf's special use permit is a final decision and whether ...
HANS JOHNSON The central hope I have for this case in terms of separation of powers is that the Supreme Court wil...
JUDITH RESNIK The tobacco industry has won some recent cases, and that Illinois case was a big one. But I think to...
CARL TOBIAS We know there are 26 other states looking at resolutions or legislation like Prop. 209. Certainly th...
MARK ROSENBAUM He didn't do much arguing of the case, but probably did a lot of the research. And then, for the Sup...
JUDITH KILPATRICK The court may be willing to risk the well-being of the victims in this case in order to force it to ...
BRAD KING In light of the substantial attention given this case by the Supreme Court, I believe my continued p...
CARL LEWIS Courts are not immune to the sadness and tragedy that a case represents.
JEFFREY MILLER Perhaps the most striking assault on the foundations of traditional liberties is a little-known case...
NOAM CHOMSKY That's not what the Florida Supreme Court said. That's not the only reading of the Florida Supreme C...
ELIZABETH GARRETT Long ago we stated the reason for labour organizations. We said that union was essential to give lab...
US SUPREME COURT We are pleased that the Supreme Court ruled in our favor. The fact that the court was unanimous conf...
MERRILL LYNCH To bundle in (more software) looks to me like a very risky thing to do. They seem to want to get aud...
BRIAN LIVINGSTON There are a lot of wonderful people in America who shouldn't be on the Supreme Court -- and a lot wh...
DAVID FRUM FORGET FERES DOCTRINE And the military has immunity! Yes! The feres doctrine! It states “the Gover...
DIANE CHAMBERLAIN I do not think this will affect the outlook of foreign investors in the Philippines, because the Sup...
GABRIEL CLAUDIO We think it would be beneficial for the issue to be heard by the Supreme Court.
ERNIE SLOTTAG Not every lawyer gets to the Supreme Court frequently, and some lawyers never get there.
DAVID WEAVER We are asking the court to end the case. We are waiting for the court to decide.
BURT ODELSON CBS exhausted the Texas courts. They went from the trial court to the intermediate court to the high...
FLOYD ABRAMS Most powerful of all powers in its holy insinuation is _being_. _To be_ is more powerful than even _...
GEORGE MACDONALD We would like finality. We believe that we be will successful at the Supreme Court, once it gets the...
DONNA NEWMAN We would like finality. We believe that we be will successful at the Supreme Court, once it gets the...
JOSE PADILLA [An appeals court found that Illinois Tool works was guilty of tying.] Typically courts require in a...
DAVID PRICE We are obviously gratified by the unanimous ruling of the Florida Supreme Court, ... The Supreme Cou...
WILLIAM DALEY Surprisingly, in over two centuries of Supreme Court precedent, the issue has never been squarely pr...
DOUGLAS KMIEC I would encourage those who are affected by this to go to the Supreme Court and question this absolu...
FRANKLIN DRILON The train is coming into the station fast, and if I were the Supreme Court I would stand far back,
PAMELA KARLAN Our lawyers had their chat with the Supreme Court Justice, and promised to repast the chat to other ...
DASHIELL HAMMETT In rendering its decision in our case, the Supreme Court equated money with speech because these day...
JAMES L. BUCKLEY It's not the mischief in this case that would cause the (Supreme) Court to be worried. It's the next...
ALAN MORRISON No nation can answer for the equity of proceedings in all its inferior courts. It suffices to provid...
BENJAMIN ROBBINS CURTIS I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but th...
COLIN POWELL After that point, it is likely that the case could be appealed to the Supreme Court, which could add...
HENRY BLODGET Today's action makes it likely that during the period that the Supreme Court is considering the case...
WILLIAM KOVACIC And remember, this was a president [George W. Bush] who was selected by the Supreme Court rather tha...
BARBRA STREISAND We lost the Supreme Court case, but we're ultimately going to win in changing the way that eminent d...
DANA BERLINER We have the right to appeal to the Supreme Court and we hope that when we appeal, the Supreme Court ...
BENAZIR BHUTTO I think it's important to adhere to that ... if these questions come before me, either on the court ...
JOHN ROBERTS The events of this week as a whole are showing the need for the Supreme Court to step in and give gu...
BEN WIZNER What I wanted to do all my career was represent real people and real businesses in court. The reason...
GENE HALLMAN Hillary Clinton will nominate justices to the Supreme Court who are prepared to overturn Citizens Un...
BERNIE SANDERS Well, well, well I am trap in well, half way to hell.
DEYTH BANGER The reversal of a Supreme Court opinion is possible.
MIKE ROUNDS He spoke of love and the Supreme Court.
ELIZABETH BLACK I think any company that can make a case that it has been damaged by the exclusionary acts affirmed ...
DANA HAYTER I never pursued anything but acting. But as a kid, I was really interested in the Supreme Court. I w...
GILLIAN JACOBS Congress has failed to act to shore up wetlands protections after the Supreme Court decision. And as...
ERIC SCHAEFFER The Congress has pre-supposed some situation where it is appropriate to bypass the court of appeals,...
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PATRICIA NEAL I may be a dumb blonde, but I'm not that blonde.
PATRICIA NEAL My son jokes with me that he thinks I Google the word 'sad' to come up with book ideas.
PATRICIA MCCORMICK I don't want to go slumming in somebody else's pain just to write a book. I want to go into ...
PATRICIA MCCORMICK The power of storytelling is to free us from isolation, shame, and whatever the situation.
PATRICIA MCCORMICK High heels weren't always a girl thing. In the fifteen-hundreds, the riding shoes of French nobl...
PATRICIA MARX New York is rich in culture, cuisine, and commerce.
PATRICIA MARX I do not find the concept of consorting with unknown persons appealing.
PATRICIA MARX I don't really care that much about eating. But I like impressing people with how good a cook I ...
PATRICIA MARX I think I began to like writing a lot more, and to be a better writer, when I did it for a while alo...
PATRICIA MARX Unless you're a salesman, or a bad guest on a talk show, you don't call someone by his name ...
PATRICIA MARX Everyone thinks that 'Chinatown' is the best screenplay. I'm not sure it is.
PATRICIA MARX For somebody who is a journalist, I can be awfully unobservant sometimes.
PATRICIA MARX I'm a goody-goody. I'm the person who sits in the back row, makes fun of the teacher, and se...
PATRICIA MARX I write the shopping column. I think I've proven my superficiality.
PATRICIA MARX Being serious just makes me a little bit embarrassed.
PATRICIA MARX The Chinese are no slouches when it comes to capitalism.
PATRICIA MARX It's better to spend a lot on a getup you love than a fraction of that on something, or even fiv...
PATRICIA MARX Males have probably always enjoyed watching the defeat of other males, but without the invention of ...
PATRICIA MARX Perhaps the most mysterious of all mammals is the male Homo sapiens. Indeed, many anthropologists cl...
PATRICIA MARX 'Couch surfing' refers to the practice of temporarily lodging with a stranger - free of char...
PATRICIA MARX Men still wear cologne, but I wish they wouldn't. No matter what you may believe, all men's ...
PATRICIA MARX One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels ...
PATRICIA MARX New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Shanghai doesn't even sit down, and not just bec...
PATRICIA MARX Looking back, I see that I write books about brothers and sisters, about what makes up a family, wha...
PATRICIA MACLACHLAN My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. ...
PATRICIA MACLACHLAN I can always tell when I'm about to start writing. I go through cycles in reading. When I'm ...
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