I am not a lawyer, but I wonder how Mr Goldstein had the nerve to show up in court without any evidence. Would he still get paid?
I don't know how the system works, but I imagine the average lawyer isn't short on nerve. : )
My favorite case though,
was the one where the Trump lawyer, after complaining GOP observers were barred from observing the ballot count, when the judge asked how many GOP observers were in the room he said "a non-zero number."
"At the city's federal courthouse on Thursday evening, attorneys for Trump asked a judge to issue an emergency order to stop the count, alleging that all Republican observers had been barred.
"Under sharp questioning from Judge Paul S. Diamond, however, they conceded that Trump in fact had 'a nonzero number of people in the room,' leaving Diamond audibly exasperated.
"'I'm sorry, then what's your problem?' asked Diamond, who was appointed to the federal bench by President George W. Bush. Denying Trump's request, Diamond struck a deal for 60 observers from each party to be allowed inside.
"At one point on Friday afternoon, 12 Republican observers and five Democrats were watching the count, according to a ballot counter who was working."
After that "nonzero" answer, Diamond pressed the Trump campaign lawyer to be more explicit - and he suggestively invoked their standing with the bar: "I'm asking you as a member of the bar of this court: Are people representing the plaintiffs in the room?" The lawyer responded more directly: "Yes."