#courtroom

There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill. ↗

— Fred Thompson

#courtroom #degree #law #law degree #lot

One of the local reporters assured me Garrison would put in an appearance for the cross-examination, but as the courtroom settled down and the rear doors were closed, there was no sign of him. ↗

— James Kirkwood

#assured #closed #courtroom #doors #down

Having a Congress with a more diverse educational and professional background would serve the country well. And given the budget challenges facing America today, we might benefit from a few more cold, calculating problem solvers, and fewer courtroom impresarios. ↗

— John Sununu

#background #benefit #budget #calculating #challenges

Of course, actors look forward to the day when they can do a big courtroom scene. ↗

— Greg Kinnear

#course #courtroom #day #forward #look

A fair trial is one in which the rules of evidence are honored, the accused has competent counsel, and the judge enforces the proper courtroom procedures - a trial in which every assumption can be challenged. ↗

— Harry Browne

#assumption #challenged #competent #counsel #courtroom

In the courtroom, it's where a lawyer really becomes an actor. There's a very fine line between delivering a monologue in a play and delivering a monologue to a jury. I've always felt that way - I've been in a lot of courtrooms. The best lawyers are really theatrical. ↗

— Woody Harrelson

#always #becomes #been #best #between

The reality is that we will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in an American courtroom. That's the reality. He will be killed by us, or he will be killed by his own people so he's not captured by us. We know that. ↗

— Eric Holder

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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians. ↗

— Warren E. Burger

#act #allow #casual #courtroom #licensing

Jurors want courtroom lawyers to have some compassion and be nice. ↗

— Johnnie Cochran

#compassion #courtroom #jurors #lawyers #nice

Courtroom dramas can be boring. ↗

— Laura Linney

#courtroom #dramas