Rhetoric and flattery
Bryan Garsten, Yale professer of Political Science, wrote a book in 2006 on rhetoric — Saving Persuasion: A Defense of Rhetoric and Judgment — and in it said this:
Aristotle argued that when citizens sat as jurors, they listened with an ear for gratification . . . and let their own
Vexing judges
Bryan Garner writes in his ABA Journal column that "[t]here's a disconnect between what judges say they want" in briefs "and what lawyers give them."
He offers three reasons to favor the judges' view — "the 'halo effect'", "less is more", and "easy is better".
While Blawgletter agrees with each point