Thread:Jurislady/@comment-34478085-20190919192141/@comment-34478085-20190920204758

No, I'm abashed to admit I haven't been watching enough news lately. Our own president disgusts me so much I can hardly stand the news because so much of it details his antics. I will have to look into the case you mentioned -- it sounds interesting.

How amazing that you've been to the Supreme Court twice! You sound like you love it! I hate it when I get big cases. I don't like being a lawyer and those stress me out even more and I feel like I have NO training for what I have to do. I will be sitting here dealing with roads, subdivisions, septic regulations, personnel, and involuntary commitments (all things I've dealt with so far today) and my county will suddenly get sued or have to sue on some huge issue that i can't believe i have to be involved with. I've had 4 state supreme court cases (argued on 3 and just had to brief on the 4th with no oral argument) and the first time I thought I'd vomit my guts out. I am a lawyer who almost never goes to court and  here I was at the Wyoming Supreme Court. Luckily I have won all 4 of those. To boot, in my county we have an Indian reservation and I have had two federal cases regarding its boundaries. In the first one I just had to brief and the state did the oral arguments at the 10th circuit court of appeals in Denver, while I went along for the ride. In the 2nd one, after the 10th circuit, where the state once again did the oral arguments, I had to get licensed in the U.S. Supreme Court and brief it to defeat certiorari. That is not something I ever, in my life, expected to have to do! Luckily, we defeated certiorari on the briefing alone.

What were the issues in your two Supreme Court cases? Were you the sole legal counsel for your client? I'm lucky I've had our state attorney general's office on my federal cases to help me. I'm the only one representing the county, and in the second one, my boss "pimped me out" (as I like to tell him) as well to the city which would have been declared to be on our reservation if we lost our case. There were hundreds of people counting on me and I just hated that.

I laugh when I talk to the attorney general's office, because those guys have 1 or 2 cases at a time. I'm trying to figure out how to do this huge litigation while I'm dealing with constant interruptions regarding the daily sewage and roads, etc. issues.

I so hope you feel better soon and that nasty ol' flu leaves you alone! That is rough stuff. I'm sending you virtual chicken soup, but with lots of noodles because I think those are the best part! I'll have to go check out the case on the scope of your government's power. Happy Friday!