Clash of the titans?

“CG2” has been podcast:

One of the great things that I got to do before I was a “recovering lawyer” was argue a case in the United States Supreme Court. It was just over 15 years ago, and, frankly, it had receded to a warm but distinctly hazy memory.

And, then today I discover that my argument is now available in a Podcast for all to download.

Of course, the reality is that few of those who download the Podcast are likely to hear me while they’re fast forwarding to get to the argument by the lawyer everyone wants to know more about today, John Roberts.

Roberts and I happened to be arguing the same side of a case dealing with a very interesting (to lawyers) and intellectually challenging, albeit arcane, question of statutory interpretation back then. The outcome we wanted was for the Supremes to agree that Virginia hospitals could not sue the state in federal court demanding higher Medicaid reimbursement rates. We lost 5-4.

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Waldo Jaquith (JAKE-with) is an open government technologist who lives near Char­lottes­­ville, VA, USA. more »