Judgements Cartoons

"Let's be reasonable. Just approve my client, and we'll all be spared a lot of nasty litigation."

"I may be a jackal-headed god of the underworld, Janet, but I'm also your lawyer."

"How did this case ever get so far?"

The Subtext of All Tattoos

"Would you like a professional critique of your orders?"

"I find your ruling on the avocado-grapefruit-and-pomegranate salad overly narrow."

"The 'Post' did an unflattering piece on me."

"We the jury, on the advice of our lawyers, decline to render a verdict."

The Judgment of Paris

"The bailiff will change the venue."

"Why don't you try one before you start comparing them to oranges?"

"After the judicial system, I'm my own harshest critic."

"You know what you're doing? Criminalizing policy differences."

"No one could claim that Judge Walker doesn't approach these obscenity hearings with an open mind."

"Let's not forget one thing—theirs is California money."

"Under the Freedom of Information Act, I'm requesting that you disclose what you have on me in your files."

"I've had you appraised."

"I'm happy to say that my final judgement of a case is almost always consistent with my prejudgement of the case."

That party went well.

"Next time write the book about the crime after you've been convicted."

"Blasphemy, yes, but it was funny."

Everyone's a Media Expert

"Let's just drop it, Andrew, and leave it to future historians to decide which of us was right."

"It's very touching. She was his first teacher."