Steven Colbert has balls of steel.
Seriously - it takes a certain amount of balls to roast the President with him sitting less than 10 feet away from you.
And, really, this is just freaking funny. Who knew that CSPAN could be so interesting?
Dude, I would have totally done this law thing SO much earlier if I had known we got hats, had secret handshakes, and go to write in crayon.
This judge is my new hero. A sample of his wit:
Both attorneys have obviously entered into a secret pact — complete with hats, handshakes and cryptic words — to draft their pleadings entirely in crayon on the back sides of gravy-stained paper place mats, in the hope that the Court would be so charmed by their child-like efforts that their utter dearth of legal authorities in their briefing would go unnoticed.
Sarcasam in legal documents just makes me giggle.
I found this little gem while reading law-geek blogs this morning:
http://www.txwb.uscourts.gov/opinions/opdf/05-56485-lmc_King.pdf
It seems that an attorney in TX submitted a pleading that was complete, utter, nonsense. The motion was denied on the grounds that "the court cannot determine the substance, if any, of the Defendant's legal argument, nor can the court even ascertain the relief that the Defendant is requesting".
The court then cites 'Billy Madison' (the Adam Sandler movie).
Legal-world hi-larity.
