Is there a more frustrating and futile job than having to argue this administration’s political hackery before the Supreme Court?
16 thoughts on “Poor Verrili”
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Is there a more frustrating and futile job than having to argue this administration’s political hackery before the Supreme Court?
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No sympathy from me – he knew who he was working for.
“You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.”
incomprehensible
It really is to the left which is what previous posts have pointed out.
“Is there a more frustrating and futile job”
Jay Carney.
I get the impression that Carney likes it.
What other job could he get where he gets to use his sneer more often than the one he has now?
I look forward to the oral arguments of this case…
Justice: “The administration claims the Senate was in recess?”
Verilli: “Yes, they held no business during the time.”
Justice: “So the bill that President Obama signed extending payroll tax holiday was not the business of the Senate?”
Please correct me if I’m incorrect.
Isn’t this guy a lawyer?
And can’t he walk away from this job, just like anyone else faced with working for idiots, dolts and people of low moral character and lower intelligence?
He’s a lawyer in .D.C, the place is knee deep in them. If he leaves, someone will take the job. He’s not the bucket boy at issing contest. No wait…yeah I guess he was. Wrong line of defense there.
He just needs to apologize the SCOTUS for taking up their time.
Then he needs to drive by 1600 Penn. Ave, while giving the Oval Orifice the Single Finger Salute.
Next, he is free to go find a more reputable job than working for this WH.
Perhaps, he’d like something clean, and above board, where his family and friends could shake his hand in public again. I’m thinking something like being a pimp in Cartagena.
But seriously, doesn’t a lawyer for anyone who is going before any judge or judiciary panel write his own argument? Some of this thing has sounded like he was walking down the hall, they grabbed him, told him to skim the brief, and they shoved him out in front of the Justices.
I’ve been to traffic court and heard judges get on young attorneys and young ADA’s about not being ready. Or heard the Judge question where they were going with X line of reasoning.
But this is the WH legal staff in front of SCOTUS defending THE key legal decision, IMHO, since Roe v. Wade. It’s NOT a first year ADA doing traffic court in East Armpit Ar., but it sure seems that way!
What surprised me is that Kagan recused herself from this one…and not from the O-Care hearing, where she had actually helped craft the arguments Verrili made. Kinda like having the defense attorney as the jury foreman, isn’t it?
Maybe she read it a felt too embarrassed to sit through it.
Would you want Antonin Scalia giving YOU the sidelong fish eye over anything? I’d recuse myself too.
Did Verrili participate in Bring Your Child To Work Day?
Verrili, I say unto you this law is unconstitutional!
Altogether now…
Groan.
I had to read it twice, BEFORE I got to the groan.
(but secretly I’m jealous that I didn’t see it first I love that kinda stuff)
Sorry guys, I thought it would be funny. I take it Verrilli is pronounced with stress on the second syllable, so it rhymes with Milli Vanilli, not verily.
I was thinking about this after the Obamacare case debacle, and I don’t think Verrili could be *that* unprepared – the answer must be that he’s dodging the question.
He wasn’t able to discuss with the SC majority about limits on the commerce clause are because he doesn’t wish to concede there may be any. To even engage in the debate ‘legitimizes’ that viewpoint… the plan is to get another couple justices on the left and then get back to the world where nobody would ever consider challenging congress’ right to do anything that seems like a good idea.