Willis argues that both parties to Wade’s divorce proceeding agree that their marriage has irretrievably broken down (and fault is not at issue). Indeed, both parties agree that the marriage had broken down “prior to Plaintiff Nathan J. Wade ever meeting Non-Party Deponent Willis” (Willis’s motion at page 6). Thus testimony regarding Willis’s relationship with Wade is arguably irrelevant to the divorce proceeding.

Professor Turley wonders at the blizzard of bad-faith accusations that accompany Willis’s argument regarding relevance and leaves it at that. However, one might also infer that the accusations constitute the equivalent of the race card Willis played in church this past Sunday and that the allegations regarding Willis’s relationship with Wade are as alleged.

[I have been trying for more than a week to make an intelligible headline reference to The Band’s “The Weight” on one of our Fani Willis story. I am not at all surprised that my friend Scott leveraged his mastery of music to beat me to the punch. — Ed]