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Originally Posted by pwalker8
If your assumption is that she wrote a draft opinion rather than just take notes, then yes I have an issue with that. There is a reason that I referred "How We Decide" earlier. I'm afraid that your standard of proof is far, far higher than Judge Cotes' standard of proof. What exactly would be required for you to say that it is likely that Judge Cote wrote much of her opinion before the actual trial? What is the verbiage that will satisfy you? If you are looking for Judge Cote to say "Sure I wrote most of it before the trial, and you know it sure would take some major evidence before I was going to change my mind. I would rather call the only witnesses to the events liars than change it"? There is no way she would admit that. Few people will admit, even to themselves, that once they form an opinion, they are very resistant to changing it.
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Straw man.
I'm not trying to prove anything. You are the one who is asserting that it has been proven that she wrote most of her final judgement before the trial.
Graham