Vol. 56 No. 6
Trial Magazine
Hearsay
The Lighter Side of the Law
June 2020“What do the #Grinch & a Trooper have in common? They both would have pulled this vehicle over for illegal lighting.”
Washington State Patrol Public Information Officer Heather Axtman in a tweet about an SUV illegally decorated in Christmas tree lights. She added that the trooper, who let the driver go with a warning, “doesn’t have a heart two sizes too small.”
“I’ve never had a Facebook account, but I do lurk on Twitter . . . I use a different name and I never tweet myself.”
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan discussing her use of Twitter at the New York State Bar Association’s annual gala.
“There may well be a difference between one who serves as ‘the assistant regional manager’ and ‘the assistant to the regional manager.’ But either way, that person is, at best, second in command.”
U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss referencing a long-running joke from the hit TV show “The Office” in an opinion involving the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution.
