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Government

Nov. 17, 2000

Live Legal Soap Opera, 'The Trinity of Chad,' Premieres in Florida

The presidential election impasse has given Americans another acute attack of ambivalence about attorneys and the legal system. Probably not since the days of the O.J. Simpson criminal trial five years ago have lawyers and judges so totally dominated a situation or so completely commanded the country's attention. Even the failed impeachment of President Clinton last year allowed for an occasional nonlawyer to stumble across the stage.

        By Garry Abrams

        The presidential election impasse has given Americans another acute attack of ambivalence about attorneys and the legal system.
        Probably not since the days of the O.J. Simpson criminal trial five years ago have lawyers and judges so totally dominated a situation or so completely commanded the cou...

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