Whether it's physical (the protagonist is
running from a barrage of bullets), mental (he's figuring out a mathematical problem that will bring him closer to resolution), or
emotional (the journey or obstacle is causing
emotional upheaval), every scene needs to let the reader think the protagonist is trying to answer the
current question or overcome the
current problem.
So, to keep my
running list
current, courts are not at all interested in hearing your clever rhetoric; your
emotional exaggerations of how good, bad or ugly the other side's case is; or your disrespectful or uncivil language directed toward the court, opposing counsel, parties, witnesses or anyone else.