Some member of the Massachusetts bar is about to score a big payday.
no they’re not. You don’t have to take whoever. Just like attorneys evaluate whether they can help a client or not too.
Ever heard of a declination.
If a physician accepts a patient, they have taken on an obligation to treat and not abandon the patient. But since Lincoln freed the slaves, they cannot be forced to accept a patient. Zero may change that, but for now slavery is still against the law.