Tell me she did not wear the shirt on purpose to delay proceedings and cost the tax payers more money. What's next among the lawyers? I don't think that Antifa filling the courtroom will really help the case. Maybe that is the next effort to waste tax payers money? At least the judge can kick people out of the courtroom who display any bad behavior. Bad behavior is likely both inside and outside the courtroom.
If she’d ever been in the courtroom before as a defendant’s lawyer, she knows the rules. This was a deliberate tactic to slow or impede the process. She needs to be fined, or held in contempt.
It appears that we will have to bring back dress codes in schools, in professions, meetings of legislatures, and various other public places that function better with standards of conduct to provide some structure.
Attorney Clayton needs more than a sanction. She should be disbarred! How does someone that unhinged (and downright stupid) ever qualify to be a lawyer in the first place? Unbelievable 😠
Courtrooms are not campaign rallies. They are constitutional arenas governed by rules designed to protect impartiality. When an attorney injects overt political messaging into jury selection—especially in a terrorism case—the damage is immediate. The mistrial wasn’t about speech suppression; it was about preserving due process. If lawyers treat trials as activist stages, they erode the legitimacy of the verdict before it’s rendered. Justice requires discipline. The rule of law cannot coexist with theatrical provocation aimed at juror psychology. You don’t win credibility by politicizing procedure. You win it by respecting the institution you claim to defend.
I hate that we have to wonder about that. Clayton's attire is a symptom of the disintegration of professionalism generally. Sinking to the lowest denominator so to speak.
I wonder why no one pointed this out to the judge before the jurors were brought into the courtroom.
Tell me she did not wear the shirt on purpose to delay proceedings and cost the tax payers more money. What's next among the lawyers? I don't think that Antifa filling the courtroom will really help the case. Maybe that is the next effort to waste tax payers money? At least the judge can kick people out of the courtroom who display any bad behavior. Bad behavior is likely both inside and outside the courtroom.
If she’d ever been in the courtroom before as a defendant’s lawyer, she knows the rules. This was a deliberate tactic to slow or impede the process. She needs to be fined, or held in contempt.
I agree. There were very likely rules broken.
Pushing boundaries and breaking rules is their MO. She thought the court would let her get away with it and was surprised when it back-fired.
I don’t know Andy, maybe I’m just old now, but exactly when did a T-shirt become appropriate attire for court, especially an attorney?
I'm surprised only because most courts have rules of decorum, that include dress codes for attorneys. It's common.
It appears that we will have to bring back dress codes in schools, in professions, meetings of legislatures, and various other public places that function better with standards of conduct to provide some structure.
"Diversity" is turning us into Zimbabwe. That woman is not qualified to be an attorney in civilized society.
Attorney Clayton needs more than a sanction. She should be disbarred! How does someone that unhinged (and downright stupid) ever qualify to be a lawyer in the first place? Unbelievable 😠
Kangaroo court would be consistent with fascistic antifa's tactics.
Courtrooms are not campaign rallies. They are constitutional arenas governed by rules designed to protect impartiality. When an attorney injects overt political messaging into jury selection—especially in a terrorism case—the damage is immediate. The mistrial wasn’t about speech suppression; it was about preserving due process. If lawyers treat trials as activist stages, they erode the legitimacy of the verdict before it’s rendered. Justice requires discipline. The rule of law cannot coexist with theatrical provocation aimed at juror psychology. You don’t win credibility by politicizing procedure. You win it by respecting the institution you claim to defend.
I wonder if any of the U.S. District Court judges in Portland would've had a problem with her attire.
I hate that we have to wonder about that. Clayton's attire is a symptom of the disintegration of professionalism generally. Sinking to the lowest denominator so to speak.
How many of the defendants are out on bail?
Shirt with “Donald Trump riding an eagle with an ICE flag.” These would sell like hotcakes