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Exclamations in the Courtroom: A Judge’s Punctuation Gets Noticed

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Source: Lawfare
Exclamations in the Courtroom: A Judge’s Punctuation Gets Noticed
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A Lawfare column critiques Judge Richard Leon’s heavily punctuated, exclamation-mark–heavy opinion in Kelly v. Hegseth, arguing the stylistic flourishes are arresting but risk distracting from the underlying legal questions around ripeness, military justice, and the role of a judge’s expressive style in judicial writing.

Topics:nationcourts-and-litigation#courts#courts-and-litigation#exclamation-marks#free-speech#judicial-opinions#law
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