
The rabble had gathered with the sort of expectant tension usually reserved for the final chukka of the Cowes Regatta, all in hopes of witnessing a ruling from Judge Jia Cobb. Lisa Cook, our beleaguered Fed Governor, had thrown down legal gauntlets at President Trump for booting her, seemingly sans cause. Alas, instead of a bombshell verdict, Cobb, exhibiting the patience of a saint at a vicar’s tea party, chose to merely lend an ear to Cook’s barrister, Mr. Abbe Lowell, and the DOJ’s principal deputy chap, Yaakov Roth. The pair sparred for nigh on two hours, producing more legalese than a family reunion of lawyers, after which Cobb asked both barristers to jot down their cleverest arguments on parchment and deliver by next Tuesday. Procrastination: a tradition as old as British rain.