The oral argument’s real losers? The lawyers
Some top legal experts monitoring the arguments were utterly unimpressed by Schnapper’s disjointed, at times incoherent arguments. In a series of tweets, Columbia Law Professor and former special assistant in the Biden administration Tim Wu said he thought the 230 cases brought before the court would fail, thanks in part to Schnapper’s repeated own-goals.
“I don’t know if I’ve ever seen lawyers do so much damage to their own case,” Wu said. “Schnapper for petitioner was way out of his league and threw away every lifeline threw to him. Painful to watch such a nationally important issue be so badly argued.”
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Though Schnapper fared worse, Wu sent a dose of criticism towards Google’s lawyer as well, who he says walked into lengthy arguments that could have been avoided.
“Google’s Lisa Blatt had a much easier case—but got into an unwise and often patronizing battle with Justice Jackson that she could have easily dodged or softened,” Wu added. “Google’s Lisa Blatt had a much easier case—but got into an unwise and often patronizing battle with Justice Jackson that she could have easily dodged or softened.”
