Write consecutively.

• Jurisdiction: United States

Section 64. Write consecutively.—There is always a strong temptation to leave the difficult or the less important point for the end—to toss in the jurisdictional argument later, or to do the easy points first and to reserve the difficult one until you get into the swing of writing. That is the easy way, no doubt about it—and a very natural one; years ago, I frequently succumbed to it. But I found that when I did, my briefs would acquire a lopsided twist that no amount of future editing would ever quite...