Yeah I think so too.
If she is snakebitten, she could just admit it instead of writing an throughly unreadable article.
Agreed. They were nearly hysterical pieces, so much so that I wondered if she really believed what she was saying.
And as you both have pointed out, he was working as a lawyer in a law firm. I don't think his work on this case is a real indication of how he would vote in any particular case that would cross his desk in the future.
And I say that as a trained lawyer (though I've never practiced). If someone came to me needing help, I would want to help them. It is the nature of the job, and of our legal system.
For example, defense attorneys might think their client is guilty of murder (and in fact, defense attorneys don't even want to know if their client is actually guilty, because if they do they can't put him on the stand in his own defense), but they will use all their training to exonerate him.
It's the way the system works.