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Where do all the little green men come from?

By Marks & Katz, LLC

A Lexis search of appellate opinions shows no judge calling anybody a nutball or whackjob.  However, a Lexis search does show at least two dozen occasions where appellate opinions have included the phrase "little green men", including yesterday's opinion from the D.C. Circuit.  We recognize that in a nation of 300 million people, with millions of government employees, some are bound at any given moment to be acting unwisely, foolishly, counterproductively, mistakenly, maliciously, viciously, even inanely. But the particular combination of sloth, fanaticism, inanity and technical genius alleged here seems to us to move these allegations into the realm of claims ?flimsier than ?doubtful or questionable?? . . . ?essentially fictitious,?? Best, 39 F...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on November 18, 2009 (boomark / email).