Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no lies

Two studies out there, recently covered by The New York Times, reveal that the more questions a lawyer is asked by a judge at the Supreme Court, the more likely they will lose. A couple years back, an ambitious second-year law student at Georgetown made a report of this trend, which caught the attention of Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. He tested the theory himself and after an elaborate study, he determined that not only was the student accurate, but the likelihood of losing for the more-questioned party was an astounding 86 percent. So is this knowledge going to help or hurt us? Next time you’re in court, ask your junior to keep a tally…