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‘Don’t get brazen with me!’ Judge goes berserk after prosecutor tries to sneak evidence into Rittenhouse trial https://t.co/YLla28UCet

— Raw Story (@RawStory) November 10, 2021

 I had very little courtroom experience, as a lawyer or a legal assistant, and even I know this is no big deal.

Like I said incessantly, and apparently pointlessly, during the Mueller cases, JUDGES YELL AND GET MAD ALL THE TIME AND YOU HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS DRAWING BIG INFERENCES HAVE YOU NEVER SEEN HOW JUDGES ACT BEFORE FOR GOD SAKE WHY DOES NOBODY LISTEN I HAVE A PAIN BEHIND MY RIGHT EYE

— ForbiddenPopehat (@Popehat) November 10, 2021

Maybe you think the other side has “opened the door” and that now evidence the judge previously excluded should come into evidence. If you just try to elicit the prohibited evidence without talking to the judge first the judge will ABSOLUTELY lose his or her shit at you. https://t.co/4ejD8MTA9X

— ForbiddenPopehat (@Popehat) November 10, 2021

Besides, it always takes two to tango:

But yeah, the judge sounded SUPER pissed.

The prosecutor saying "I'd like to respond without being interrupted" a couple of times doesn't seem to have helped.

— Not Josh Blackman (@NotJoshBlackman) November 10, 2021

"HAVE YOU NEVER MET A JUDGE"?

/4 HIS OWNER MUST HAVE TRAINED HIM TO DO THAT! Your conclusion, based on a tiny sample size of dog observation, would be wildly inaccurate. Maybe the dog IS an asshole. But the dog is acting the way dogs routinely act, and people familiar with dogs wouldn’t leap to conclusions.

— ForbiddenPopehat (@Popehat) November 10, 2021

/5 It’s the same with stuff like this. Oh, really? The judge used his power as the only one in the room who can talk whenever he wants to go off on a bizarre self-indulgent tangent? OF COURSE HE DID HE’S A JUDGE HAVE YOU NEVER MET A JUDGEhttps://t.co/V9Ncp0tyjm

— ForbiddenPopehat (@Popehat) November 10, 2021

/7 Also: no matter how many times you claim it, my point is not “this is fine because it happens all the time.” My point is if you have no idea what happens in court every day, your impression that a particular event is remarkable/shocking/misconduct is probably not reliable.

— ForbiddenPopehat (@Popehat) November 10, 2021

I am, as I've had opportunity to state here before, an incredibly (i.e., painfully) shy person, and wildly overly sensitive (because I'm shy, or that's why I'm shy:  you decide, I don't care anymore).  I used to tell people I'd finally gotten over my painful shyness because I'd been yelled at by judges in open court, and hadn't melted down and left the room crying.  I know people who would consider such treatment in the course of doing their jobs to be unbelievably brutal and grounds for quitting and never returning to THAT place!

Lawyers in court either put up with it or do probate or business law, something that requires almost no litigation practice at all.

It really isn't that bad.  I really did realize that if I could stand that, I could pretty much do what I wanted in the world.  Still painfully shy, though.  I've learned to live with it.