[nathanbedford]

Appellate lawyers at the Supreme Court level are arguing issues without much consideration of the virtue or lack of it of the client. That's simply the way it is at those stratospheric levels. Incidentally, it is the way most Supreme Court justices view these matters; they are concerned to establish precedent which will affect the lives of millions of people and so the issue rather than the virtue of the individual appellant becomes very important.

How many partners were there in that firm and how did Ted Cruz vote? Did he even vote?

[Mechanicos]

Lawyers can refuse cases especially civil ones. partners vote on large campaign donations.

Every argument you make defending his lack of honorable character hurts your position, it shows he is has no moral compass -putting all his well crafted conservative optics in the perspective of a lawyer saying and doing whatever it takes to win. We have been down this road many times before and it has always turned out bad for us.