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https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/08/trump-lawyer-arguments-supreme-court-00140604

Donald Trump had a very good day at the Supreme Court Thursday
by doing something very un-Trumpy: pulling his punches.

Trump’s lawyer, Jonathan Mitchell, delivered a buttoned-down
presentation that omitted all the bombast and hyperbole the
former president’s legal representatives typically muster
when they argue on his behalf.

Mitchell, a prominent conservative lawyer from Texas, seemed
almost subdued as he methodically fielded the justices’
questions. By the end of the two-hour argument, nearly all
the justices appeared ready to side with Mitchell on the
politically charged issue of whether states can remove
presidential candidates from their ballots under the 14th
Amendment’s provision barring insurrectionists from public
office.

. . .

Flaming politics has its place - but not EVERYplace.

This new guy strikes a much better tone. Courts, esp
the USSC, are much more likely to LISTEN to his case
rather than close their minds due to a political
assault.

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