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Mike 03

(16,616 posts) Fri Jan 31, 2020, 12:59 PM Jan 2020

Rep John Dingell: "You write the substance, I'll write the procedure & I'll screw you every time."

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Rep John Dingell: "You write the substance, I'll write the procedure & I'll screw you every time." (Original Post) Mike 03 Jan 2020 OP

Boy, is that the truth. TruckFump Jan 2020 #1

K&R! Outstanding quote, and advice to be VERY aware of. calimary Jan 2020 #2

That's the first thing you learn in law school: The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #3

Absolutely true! I've served on a number of boards, and... Pacifist Patriot Jan 2020 #4

TruckFump

(5,812 posts)

1. Boy, is that the truth.

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 01:02 PM

Jan 2020

If one cannot win on the procedure to get the issues before the trier of fact -- judge or jury -- one never can get up to bat to hit the home run win on the merits.

calimary

(81,304 posts)

2. K&R! Outstanding quote, and advice to be VERY aware of.

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 01:04 PM

Jan 2020

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,719 posts)

3. That's the first thing you learn in law school:

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 01:07 PM

Jan 2020

Procedure matters. It's boring but it matters, absolutely.

Pacifist Patriot

(24,653 posts)

4. Absolutely true! I've served on a number of boards, and...

Reply to Mike 03 (Original post)

Fri Jan 31, 2020, 01:13 PM

Jan 2020

as soon as I saw procedures start to change or established procedures (think Roberts Rules of Order) begin to be applied strategically, I knew a coup of some kind was coming. I have never been proved wrong.

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