Lawyers file motion to keep GW's name from being mentioned at trial

This is just fucking hilarious. GW is so maligned that lawyers don't want
his name brought up since it will reflect poorly on their client.

Apparently President George W. Bush is now so unpopular that some lawyers
believe the mere mention of his name in front of a jury could tip the scales
against them.

Attorneys Michael P. Laffey and Robert P. DiDomenicis of Holsten &
Associates in Media, Pa., are defending Upper Darby Township, Pa., in a
civil rights suit brought by Harold Lischner, an 82-year-old doctor who
claims he was falsely arrested for displaying an anti-war sign at a Bush
campaign event in September 2003.

With the case set to go to trial on July 23, the defense lawyers recently
filed a flurry of motions, including one that asked Eastern District of
Pennsylvania Judge Gene E.K. Pratter to prohibit the plaintiff from
mentioning Bush's name.

Laffey and DiDomenicis argued that "the identity of George W. Bush has no
relevance to plaintiff's claim and should not be admitted."

Any "probative value" of Bush's identity, they argued, "is substantially
outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice to defendant."

Bush's identity, they argued, "in and of itself, presents the danger that
the jury will favor plaintiff."

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1184869654447

turk
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Then take it into your own hands, Mr. Bush. Go to Baghdad now and fulfill,
finally, your military service obligations. Go there and fight, your war...
your self.
--Keith Olbermann, July 19, 2007


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