Roberts Donated Help to Gay Rights Case

The Los Angeles Times ^ | 8/4/05 | jamese777

[Calpernia]

>>>FREE and DONATE

Way to go with the political buzzwords.

[ModelBreaker]

If in Roberts' case, he was below that quota, or not participating in another pro-bono case at the time, then yes, it is an unwritten rule of professional conduct that he would be obliged to take it on.

I practiced law for 25 years with much appellate work and not a little pro bono. Never heard that rule, written or otherwise. The bottom line, pro bono is something you do voluntarily and deliberately to contribute good to the society. Sometimes it is helping a widow recover money taken by a con man. Sometimes it is advancing an important point of law.

It is not something you use to help deliver body blows to the constitution, unless, like David Souter, Justice Kennedy, and Justice Stevens, Justice Ginsberg and Breyer, you think body blows to the constitution are good things or you just don't care and you are helping a buddy in the firm deliver the body blows.

Neither explanation gives me much comfort.

[Raycpa]

I am an accountant who has helped lefties set up non-profits whose mission I have disagreed with.

[Happy2BMe]

" Nahhh - last post I responded to on this issue indicated that most Freepers don't seem to support that position."

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What causes you to thing the majority of FReepers are 'conservatives?"

Does the animal even exist anymore?

I don't believe the liberal claims that the majority of Americans support abortion as a right. Would you favor laws making abortion illegal in your state?

Yes
40.6%
Yes, with exceptions
35.9%
No
20.4%
Pass
1.6%
Undecided
1.5%

[Happy2BMe]

"DONT INCLUDE ME IN THE MOST FREEPERS CATEGORY.

I HAVE CONTINOUSLY SAID ROBERTS IS A STEALTH CANIDATE THAT WE CAN NOT TRUST WE MUST BE OPEN TO THE IDEA OF BEING SCREWED ITS HAPPENED TOO MANY TIMES TO LIST BEFORE."

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