Circuit Judge William Sosnay held up court for about three hours Tuesday after a prosecutor showed up wearing a red ascot to court despite a rule requiring lawyers to wear neckties.
Sosnay decided that Warren Zier's ascot - a silk scarf-like loop of cloth worn at the base of the neck - "borders on contemptuous."
Thank you, Judge Sosnay, for upholding traditional American values. Decent God-fearing Americans are supposed to wear a regular tie when they appear in court. Bow ties are OK on occasion, but sear sucker can only be worn between Memorial Day and Labor Day. If a lawyer is smart enough to pass the bar, he or she should be intellectually capable of following these simple rules.
Ascots are French, and embracing French fashion in American courts is a dangerous idea because the French have no respect for the rule of law. They didn't bother with trials of their leaders during the French Revolution; they went straight to the guillotine. Also the French are currently on their fifth constitution since 1789. They just get bored and rewrite the rules of their country every 20 years or so.
And they number their constitutions because they know there will be yet another one in the future. In American history, yes the Articles of Confederation were a disaster, but there will never be a Second or Third Constitution of the United States. They one we have right now is good enough, thank you very much.
Also, what message does it say to the clients you represent when you wear French fashion? That you are a cheese-eating surrender monkey. As soon as the trial gets tough, you will collapse like a house of cards.
Zier said he plans to continue with his practice of rotating his neck wear from a long tie to a bow tie to an ascot.
What an idiot. Spending time in jail to make a fashion statement. That's exactly why civil disobedience was invented.
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