The Silly Court is our new institution at Manifold to help resolve silly questions. The question up for trial in this market is Obama's last name. The comments section of this market will be used for each side's lawyers to argue their case. To become a lawyer for one side, all you have to do is post a comment in support of your favored side.

Closing arguments may be made on April 1, when the jurors will vote on the resolution. To become a juror, all you have to do is vote on the resolution. E̶a̶c̶h̶ s̶i̶d̶e̶ m̶a̶y̶ c̶h̶o̶o̶s̶e̶ t̶o̶ r̶e̶m̶o̶v̶e̶ u̶p̶ t̶o̶ t̶w̶o̶ u̶s̶e̶r̶s̶ f̶r̶o̶m̶ t̶h̶e̶ j̶u̶r̶y̶ p̶o̶o̶l̶ b̶y̶ g̶i̶v̶i̶n̶g̶ a̶ s̶u̶f̶f̶i̶c̶i̶e̶n̶t̶l̶y̶ s̶i̶l̶l̶y̶ r̶e̶a̶s̶o̶n̶ t̶o̶ r̶e̶m̶o̶v̶e̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ j̶u̶r̶o̶r̶. T̶h̶e̶ v̶o̶t̶e̶s̶ o̶f̶ t̶h̶e̶ r̶e̶m̶o̶v̶e̶d̶ j̶u̶r̶o̶r̶s̶ w̶i̶l̶l̶ n̶o̶t̶ c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶ t̶o̶w̶a̶r̶d̶s̶ t̶h̶e̶ f̶i̶n̶a̶l̶ c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶. A̶s̶ t̶h̶e̶ S̶i̶l̶l̶y̶ J̶u̶d̶g̶e̶, I̶ w̶i̶l̶l̶ d̶e̶t̶e̶r̶m̶i̶n̶e̶ w̶h̶e̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ t̶h̶e̶ r̶e̶a̶s̶o̶n̶s̶ g̶i̶v̶e̶n̶ f̶o̶r̶ e̶x̶c̶l̶u̶s̶i̶o̶n̶ a̶r̶e̶ s̶i̶l̶l̶y̶ o̶r̶ n̶o̶t̶. T̶h̶e̶ t̶w̶o̶ p̶e̶o̶p̶l̶e̶ r̶e̶m̶o̶v̶e̶d̶ b̶y̶ e̶a̶c̶h̶ s̶i̶d̶e̶ w̶i̶l̶l̶ b̶e̶ t̶h̶e̶ f̶i̶r̶s̶t̶ t̶w̶o̶ p̶e̶o̶p̶l̶e̶ w̶h̶o̶ s̶o̶m̶e̶o̶n̶e̶ h̶o̶l̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ s̶h̶a̶r̶e̶s̶ i̶n̶ t̶h̶a̶t̶ s̶i̶d̶e̶ a̶s̶k̶s̶ t̶o̶ r̶e̶m̶o̶v̶e̶ w̶i̶t̶h̶ a̶ s̶i̶l̶l̶y̶ r̶e̶a̶s̶o̶n̶.

A hung jury will occur if the final vote is a tie. In this case, the top shareholders on each tied side will play a to-be-determined silly game to decide the resolution.

Whoever submits the winning answer gets the lawyer fee bounty, which due to silly reasons is contained in two markets:

/PlasmaBallin/silly-court-lawyer-fees-find-obamas

/TimothyJohnson5c16/winning-lawyer-for-silly-court-obam