Legal System Philosopher Mugs

"Are you telling me that just because something is against the law, that makes it illegal?"

'I request an postponement, Your Honor -- I have to study for my bar exams.'

'Ignorance of the law is no excuse, especially when you're majoring in Law.'

Barristers

"Judgement Day: Division Four"

'I'm being sent back. I told you I have a great attorney.'

Truth

'Your Honor, my client would like to wave his right to a speedy trial.'

"Gimme a 'D'! Gimme an 'N'! Gimme an 'A'!"

"Objection, your honor, my client's feelings are being hurt."

"I've learned something in this trial. My firm needs to hire that prosecutor."

'Wow! I never before saw such a strenuous objection.'

The Birth of a Lawsuit

"Better that a hundred guilty men go free than one innocent man be convicted, right?"

"They're class action figures."

"Permission To Treat Prosecutor as Hostile, Your Honor?"

"In a just world we'd have 'No Lawyer Left Behind'."

10 Commandments in the Supreme Court (USA)

'Let's try it again. And this time, don't cross your fingers.'

' Of course there isn't one law for the rich and another for the poor..There's only one impartial law. For all who can afford it.'

'No need to text me the answer to that. I'm right here.'

'I got a suspended sentence.'

'I gotta admit - this 'jury by my peers' idea of yours is looking pretty good.'

'You wanted a speedy trial, so I'm sentencing you to a swift kick.'

"Can you hurry up with that will? I don't have all day."

"Thank you for the rewind, Miss Cooper. Now let us fast-forward to that fateful moment in February and hit the pause button."

"Please accept the apologies of this court. You're free to go now, and, by the way, here's your DNA back."

"Twenty five years! But your honor,

'It was a very strange divorce — the judge got custody of my wife.'

I Litigate Therefore I Am.

'I'm suing my way alphabetically through the phone book.'

"Impartiality becomes you."

"That settles it. I'm moving for a retrial."

'Is there any chance I could do the five years vicariously?'

'I believe in trial and error, I believe my client being brought to trial is an error.'