An obstetrician's opinion

[rogue06]

H_A as a judge: What qualifications do you have that makes you an expert in this area.


Expert Witness: I have a PhD in the pertinent field and wrote my dissertation on this very subject. Since then I've written over 20 peer-reviewed papers on this topic and have taught a post-graduate class on it for the last decade at one of the nation's top universities.

Your appeals to status may have an impact on others, but they fail with me.

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

Sure you have. You've argued that the OP's status makes her opinion worthwhile in pretty much the same way you declare cow-pokes is not.

She is a qualified medical professional with experience of high risk pregnancies.

[rogue06]

Yeah, the fundamentals are all the same - "just the facts, ma'am", and you actually have to have process, procedure, rules of evidence, solid presentation....

And judges tend to have very little tolerance for misrepresentations, duplicity, folks who think they're too cool for school or clever and want to play games.

Right or wrong, judges tend to run their courts like a kingdom and tend to run a tight ship (ah the smell of mixed metaphors in the morning)

[CivilDiscourse]

I have made no appeal to her status.

Sure you have. You've argued that the OP's status makes her opinion worthwhile in pretty much the same way you declare cow-pokes is not.

[rogue06]

Is that likely?

As likely as many of the scenarios that you've fabricated

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

So, why does your appeal to the status of your proxu opinion carry water?

I have made no appeal to her status.

[CivilDiscourse]

Your appeals to status may have an impact on others, but they fail with me.


Might being the operative word.

Since when does having dinner with an advocate give another person competence in legal expertise?

If you want to put your money where your mouth is why not provide us all with a detailed account [I hope you made notes] of your exchanges with regard to this law and its potential impact on citizens in Texas.

So, why does your appeal to the status of your proxu opinion carry water?

[Hypatia_Alexandria]

You've tried that one before.

Your appeals to status may have an impact on others, but they fail with me.

Yeah, I wouldn't expect an ignorant to "get it" that somebody who as a tremendous amount of experience in Texas law and Texas courts just MIGHT be more informed than a NYC abortionist who outright lies about the Texas law.

Might being the operative word.

And you probably ignored the part where I actually had dinner Tuesday night with lawyers from the Office of Attorney General of Texas where we discussed this case.

Since when does having dinner with an advocate give another person competence in legal expertise?

If you want to put your money where your mouth is why not provide us all with a detailed account [I hope you made notes] of your exchanges with regard to this law and its potential impact on citizens in Texas.

[Cow Poke]

To be honest, even a simple layman with basic reading comprehension and an eye for detail could pick that out.

Well, yeah, but I'm considering you-know-who.

And even if they couldn't pick that out, if you explained it to anybody with a brain, they'd say, "oh, yeah - that makes sense".

[Gondwanaland]

Fact is - anybody with even ONE TENTH the experience you have would note the glaring errors in both Dr Karvorkian's and H_A's goofy distortions (or lies) about the Texas Heartbeat Bill.

To be honest, even a simple layman with basic reading comprehension and an eye for detail could pick that out.

[Cow Poke]

Not near as much as you overall but I've been involved as an expert witness in a LOT (like, over 150) of civil cases. I'm a geological engineer so get called in as an expert witness on all sorts of cases especially ones that involve a home or business that was lied to about the area and its risk of rockfall, slump, etc., things like that. Did end up as expert witness in one criminal case, with a negligent manslaughter charge with a poorly maintained dam.

But yeah I suspect even I have a good deal more experience in basic law, civil cases, etc. Than H-A

Fact is - anybody with even ONE TENTH the experience you have would note the glaring errors in both Dr Karvorkian's and H_A's goofy distortions (or lies) about the Texas Heartbeat Bill.

[Gondwanaland]

You have had experience but that, in and of itself, does not automatically and unquestioningly guarantee that you are in any way competent.

I am not accusing you of incompetence I am simply noting that citing experience as a justification for competency may not necessarily be either credible or conclusive.

Okay: the clueless twit you quoted in the OP who showed she is either a liar or doesn't have a clue what she was talking about, is much less likely to be competent. There's a pretty good chance she is not. How about that?

[CivilDiscourse]

You have had experience but that, in and of itself, does not automatically and unquestioningly guarantee that you are in any way competent.

I am not accusing you of incompetence I am simply noting that citing experience as a justification for competency may not necessarily be either credible or conclusive.

So what makes your opinion maker competent?

[Cow Poke]

H_A --- you really are making a fool out of yourself.

NOBODY here appears to be agreeing with you or believing your bird-brained posts.

It's really evident to everybody that all you're doing is ing.

Seriously --- have you no sense of self-respect or dignity?

[Cow Poke]

You have had experience but that, in and of itself, does not automatically and unquestioningly guarantee that you are in any way competent.

You've tried that one before.

I am not accusing you of incompetence I am simply noting that citing experience as a justification for competency may not necessarily be either credible or conclusive.

Yeah, I wouldn't expect an ignorant to "get it" that somebody who as a tremendous amount of experience in Texas law and Texas courts just MIGHT be more informed than a NYC abortionist who outright lies about the Texas law.

And you probably ignored the part where I actually had dinner Tuesday night with lawyers from the Office of Attorney General of Texas where we discussed this case.