Argument
An argument is both the process of giving reasons for believing something is true as well as the term used to describe the reason(s) given.
An argument is also a disagreement between two or more persons, in which opposing parties openly voice their opinions and dispute their respective opponents’ claims and viewpoints.
See also Closing Argument and Golden Rule Argument.
Stay On Point
An attorney may know from Supreme Court decisions he cannot rely on automobile search cases so he gets cases from administrative law, which is another subject matter, and then when he gets to the Supreme Court he is told he is off point, these cases don’t apply to this situation.
You can’t argue police powers in a search and seizure circumstance anymore than you can argue administrative law cases when you are in a search and seizure circumstance. Or vice versa or any combination.
When you are talking about 5th amendment you must get 5th amendment cases, when talking about police powers you need police power cases, when talking about traffic you must get traffic related cases.
Judges complain that pro se litigants argue bananas when the subject is apples and oranges.