Show some respect for the court.
I'm not one to advise attorneys to roll over and play dead when the court is obviously out in left field, but there are ways to do it and ways not to do it. At The Practice they noted that stating the following to a judge after his ruling was not a good idea:
"Your honor, you don't cite any case or rule that supports your position. We want to know the authority for your decision."
I would like to add to that one one that I witnessed during an oral argument:
"Judge if you rule that way I'm just going to take you up on appeal .... "
What were they thinking?
