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Apr 1, 2013 · Victor Hugo used the phrase in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1831)—or rather it appears in the English translation of 1834. In a gripping courtroom scene in a criminal case, the presiding judge ...
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Feb 23, 2016 · It is often said that May it please the Court is an obligatory phrase at the outset of an oral argument—and that any other opener suggests the oral advocate is unknowledgeable or...
It has long been tradition to begin oral arguments with some variation of the phrase, “May it please the Court.” But Bryan A. Garner, editor-in-chief of Black’s Law Dictionary, recently asked active judges whether they felt the phrase was an outdated formalism or a welcome sign of professionalism.
May 7, 2014 · A skeptical Judge M. Margaret McKeown stops Ozolins to say that the BIA had no credible evidence upon which to grant relief. Ozolins responds: Ozolins: “We would argue that there is substantial evidence that compels reversing the BIA decision on the CAT claim as well…” Judge McKeown: “What.”
Oct 12, 2023 · Especially when you’re standing in front of nine U.S. Supreme Court justices saying, “May it please the court.” Because the stakes are so high and Supreme Court arguments are so few (there...
Aug 13, 2010 · “May it please the court.” The words are enough to strike terror into the hearts of most attorneys I know. They are the first words you speak when you address the Wisconsin Supreme Court in an oral argument. The words are ritual, as standardized and formulaic as Kabuki theater.
Dec 11, 2021 · Clearly some introductory phrase is called for when beginning oral argument: a judge has just invited you to begin your presentation and some acknowledgment of that fact is polite. Yet, I have numerous issue with “may it please the court.” First, it is archaic, which is problematic only insofar as the phrase isn’t vivid.
