[Dog Gone]

The reality of the situation is that a lawyer must argue for the client, and when the client is assigned to him by the law firm, you either do what the boss says or you quit.

It's real easy for armchair quarterbacks to insist that he quit rather than represent a client he might not agree with, but that would require every lawyer to quit 100% of the time.

[Reagan Man]

You need to get up to speed. The boss demanded nothing. This was pro bono work. Roberts should have refused to get involved. It was a bad decision on his part. Period.

>>>>It's real easy for armchair quarterbacks ...

I happen to believe America is in the middle of a culture war against the forces of liberalism. And as an American I have every right to speak out against what I believe was a wrongheaded move by John Roberts.

[rushmom]

Do you think he would have fought a case promoting special rights for pedophiles because that became the in thing to do? If so, what does that tell us about his principles?