Carmichael Religious Liberty Contest With Virginia - Transcript of January 15, 2009 Hearing

Here is the transcript of the 15 Jan. 2009 hearing on the motion for injunction. I spent the significant part arguing on the merits. If I can’t win on the merits, my facts about my damages are irrelevant.

I believe that I only had the burden of showing -that I could show- that an injunction is needed to prevent impending damage that is not recoverable through any other remedy.

I don't have any idea which way the judge leans. I am concerned that she had no idea about 12 exhibits that I had submitted to the Court prior to the hearing. I had referenced those exhibits in the brief that I submitted ten days prior to the hearing. I was somewhat encouraged when I found out two days ago that the entire case file is now on the judge’s desk. At the close of the hearing, she indicated that she had been ready to give a ruling but I had given her too many things to read. Now that the ruling has not come forth in a week, and she has the entire file on her desk, it may be that she was planning on ruling against me on the day of the hearing. We don’t have any way of knowing.

I have given this my best shot.

Here is a link to the transcript as sent to me in digital form by the reporting service. I put some things in parenthesis to emphasize places where I was quoting something or to indicate spelling changes. If you want a quick read, just go to some of the areas that I highlighted.