Posted on 06/28/2022 12:25:17 PM PDT by Red Badger
Two lawyers who successfully argued the landmark Supreme Court case affirming a constitutional right to be armed outside the home have been forced out of their Washington, D.C., law firm.
Amid pressure from clients and other attorneys at the firm, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, no longer will handle Second Amendment cases, Politico reported.
Former Solicitor General Paul Clement and Erin Murphy, who argued successfully before the Supreme Court in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen, said they had to resign.
"We were given a stark choice: either withdraw from ongoing representations or withdraw from the firm," Clement said in a statement reported by Politico.
"Anyone who knows us and our views regarding professional responsibility and client loyalty knows there was only one course open to us: We could not abandon ongoing representations just because a client's position is unpopular in some circles."
Kirkland spokesman Jon Ballis told Politico he hoped the firm could continue to work with the two attorneys on matters not related to guns.
The announcement of the dropping of gun cases and the resignations took place on the day the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to strike down New York's law requiring anyone who wishes to obtain a concealed-carry permits to demonstrate a "proper purpose" to have weapons outside the home.
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Those who serve the darkness are owned by the darkness.
They’re better off out of that place.
Rope is cheap and reusable.
I nominate either one to replace Wayne Lapierre.
This is about nothing more than money. Clients threatening to leave because of pressure placed on them from other quarters to do so. It is the very rare attorney in Washington and pretty much everywhere else that puts any principle or ethical consideration above money.
Kirkland and Ellis really showed their true colors. Two very smart lawyers won their case against the State of New York, at the Supreme Court. It seems to me the N.Y. Democrat powers players and some Kirkland and Ellis clients were unhappy.
It is a very dangerous path that Kirkland and Ellis have traveled. Succumbing to bribery is not a good look.
I know one of them. Good person. Conservative.
Good points. And yes. Regardless of the case. You can’t trust them to vigorously represnt you. Sad and scary.
We’ve got to play this same game. If the Dems do something nuts, look around for people who need to be cancelled. Then cancel them.
The left is full out, demon possessed deranged.
They did too good of a job and won their case and now they are being penalized for it.
Only in the 21st century USSA.
So, you’re an admitted retread on your 19th incarnation?
IBTZ
Again.
rudraN: "even freerepublic is un-american.
I had been banned from freerepublic 18 times for expressing different opinion that pissed off mods."
metmom: "So, you’re an admitted retread on your 19th incarnation?
IBTZ
Again.
Lol!! It was just his 19th nervous zotdown.
rudraN is a real glutton for punishment or needs a strait jacket.
Dang it. After the ZOT again!
Looks like you are going to get banned again.
Wasn’t much time to play, lol.
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