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PRO BONO LAW MORPHS INTO LEFT-WING LAWFARE
Powerline ^ | July 24, 2014 | PAUL MIRENGOFF

Posted on 07/25/2014 8:45:34 PM PDT by expat1000

Do you remember Shirley Sherrod? She’s the former Department of Agriculture official caught on camera saying she denied a white farmer the full measure of benefits she could have given him, before later describing how she ended up rejecting this racist approach to her job.

The late Andrew Breitbart posted excerpts of the Sherrod video that failed to include the part about how she overcame her racist impulse and ended up helping the white farmer.

The Obama administration fired Sherrod after Breitbart posted the video. However, based on a review of the full video, Sherrod was offered a new position at the Department of Agriculture.

Even so, Sherrod decided to sue Breitbart. And now that Andrew is no longer with us, she is pursuing her claim against his widow.

Sherrod’s vengeful, spiteful crusade against Andrew’s widow is being prosecuted by lawyers at the mega-firm of Kirkland & Ellis. They are doing so on a pro bono basis. In other words, they are doing it for free.

(Excerpt) Read more at powerlineblog.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: lawyer; probono

1 posted on 07/25/2014 8:45:34 PM PDT by expat1000
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To: expat1000

“andrew were a racess!”


2 posted on 07/25/2014 8:58:54 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ( "Never, never, never give up". Winston Churchill ...)
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To: expat1000

The Left uses anything they can grab hold of to defeat us. Where are the conservative pro bono lawyers?


3 posted on 07/25/2014 9:00:26 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Where are the conservative pro bono lawyers?

LOL, that's a step too far.

Where are the conservative lawyers?

4 posted on 07/25/2014 9:15:23 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Talisker

THANK YOU!!!!!!!


5 posted on 07/25/2014 11:19:02 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Just because I'm paranoid, it doesn't mean I'm wrong.)
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