Right on the point what the he!! Is expedient 2 months? It seems to me that the federal system has no idea what to do here? I know mountains of paper work were thrown at them, but is that not common in any case that could set precedence? One week, it would appear to the normal individual (non lawyer), starts to make the term expedient irrelevant?
A "bad news press release" by her/press standards would be granting the TRO that allows an **alleged** perpetrator of sexual assault to resume playing college basketball. We can all think/believe what we want around here, but by far the less positive public reaction would be that ruling versus the alternative.I have a bad feeling that the judge is waiting till Friday afternoon, the typical time for a bad news press release, ro release her ruling.
I think broadly a decision to grant the TRO would be viewed as an unpopular decision. There is a small subset of Illini basketball fans who might view it a different way, but not allowing a school to suspend a player with these serious charges pending is the reason you might slip it in late on Friday I would say.I have a bad feeling that the judge is waiting till Friday afternoon, the typical time for a bad news press release, ro release her ruling.
agree 100%I think broadly a decision to grant the TRO would be viewed as an unpopular decision. There is a small subset of Illini basketball fans who might view it a different way, but not allowing a school to suspend a player with these serious charges pending is the reason you might slip it in late on Friday I would say.
The longer this goes the more I think the judge is considering ruling in TJ’s favorI think broadly a decision to grant the TRO would be viewed as an unpopular decision. There is a small subset of Illini basketball fans who might view it a different way, but not allowing a school to suspend a player with these serious charges pending is the reason you might slip it in late on Friday I would say.
Will Judge Pokorny remain the judge for the duration of the case? It is also interesting (and perhaps not unintentional) to see the picture of women's rights champion RBG in Tricia Bath's office.Take a look at the Zoom photo that Dan posted from Scott Richey's article. I think it's ominous looking at that the image from the DCSO (Douglas County Sherriff's Office) Correctional Facility video (lower right) in the same video conference with Terrence Shannon (upper left). There are several big matchups coming in this next meeting on 2/23. The most obvious one will pit Mark P. Sutter (upper right) and Tricia Bath (lower left) against DA Suzanne Valdez and however is assisting her (maybe again Asst DA Brian Dieter, who was also in the 1/18 meeting, but wasn't in the photo).
Another part of a long-waged battle will continue between Judge Sally Pokorny and DA Valdez. The fact that these two women don't like working with each other, and, seemingly, don't like each other, could be a good thing for TSJ. The real question there is, could that growing bad blood help Shannon and his lawyers persuade Pokorny that there isn't probable cause on one or both charges on 2/23. Regarding the bad blood, it shouldn't work that way, but I wouldn't be surprised if it did.
That’ll workA "bad news press release" by her/press standards would be granting the TRO that allows an **alleged** perpetrator of sexual assault to resume playing college basketball. We can all think/believe what we want around here, but by far the less positive public reaction would be that ruling versus the alternative.
So if indeed that's what she's waiting for (color me skeptical, personally) that shouldn't garner a bad feeling for those who believe TSJ should be able to play. Quite the opposite.
Agree, however, I have to believe if Terrance is found guilty of this, then a larger issue is why Whitman allowed him to play at all this year.A "bad news press release" by her/press standards would be granting the TRO that allows an **alleged** perpetrator of sexual assault to resume playing college basketball. We can all think/believe what we want around here, but by far the less positive public reaction would be that ruling versus the alternative.
So if indeed that's what she's waiting for (color me skeptical, personally) that shouldn't garner a bad feeling for those who believe TSJ should be able to play. Quite the opposite.