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...Although Fisher acknowledges that his argument was “a bit of a gamble,” seven justices ultimately ruled in its favor...
...Although many lawyers told [Fisher] to focus on a narrower issue that was specific to the Crawford case in his oral argument, he knew when to be bold,” says Richard D. Friedman ’73, who is Aigler professor of law at the University of Michigan. Friedman assisted Fisher with the case and sat with him during his oral argument...
...this case, one thing was unusual,” Fisher says. “In almost all Supreme Court cases you argue on precedent, but in this circumstance I argued that all its previous rulings that used the reliability framework were wrong and that there was an absolute right to cross-examine the witness...
Those who worked closest with Fisher admired this fresh approach...
...Fisher argued that this violated the right to a trial by jury, and the Supreme Court ruled five to four in his favor...