Thursday, January 13, 2005
Two Men Arrested For Telling Lawyer Jokes
From Law.com: "Did you hear the one about the two guys arrested for telling lawyer jokes?
It happened this week to the founders of a group called
Americans for Legal Reform, who were waiting in line to get into a Long
Island, N.Y., courthouse. 'How do you tell when a lawyer is lying?' Harvey Kash reportedly asked Carl Lanzisera. 'His lips are moving,' they said in unison.
While some waiting to get into the courthouse giggled, a lawyer farther up the line Monday was not laughing.
He told them to pipe down, and when they did not, the lawyer
reported the pair to court personnel, who charged them with disorderly
conduct, a misdemeanor. 'They just can't take it,' Kash said of lawyers in general. 'This violates our First Amendment rights.' Dan Bagnuola, a spokesman for the Nassau County courts, said
the men were 'being abusive and they were causing a disturbance.' He
said he did not have the name of the lawyer who complained.
Americans for Legal Reform monitors the courts and uses
confrontational tactics to push for greater access for the public. The
pair said that for years they have stood outside courthouses on Long
Island and mocked lawyers." Story . . . [Mark Godsey]
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2005/01/arrested_for_te.html
Perhaps the arrest was actually for not coming up with a more original joke. I giggled at that too, when I was 16.
I mean, there's whole books full of lawyer jokes, many, many volumes, you know?
Posted by: Scott | Jan 13, 2005 3:59:59 PM