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More Than 15,000 Lawyers Sign Letter Opposing Steve Bannon’s Appointment
Huffington Post ^ | 11/22/16 | Rebecca Shapiro

Posted on 11/22/2016 8:54:04 PM PST by bobk3

Thousands of attorneys have signed a letter opposing the appointment of Steve Bannon as President-elect Donald Trump’s chief strategist and senior counselor.

Bannon has a long history of making bigoted comments and has been accused of domestic abuse and being anti-Semitic. Under his executive chairmanship, Breitbart has trafficked widely in white nationalism and homophobic and sexist content.

The more than 15,000 lawyers who signed the letter co-authored by Nancy Leong, associate professor at University of Denver law school, called on members of Congress to “take all possible measures” to make Trump “rescind his appointment of Mr. Bannon”:

As attorneys, we swore an oath to uphold the Constitution. We committed to protect the institutions upon which our democracy depends. We committed to provide zealous representation for all our clients, regardless of their race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic.

Mr. Bannon has demonstrated his opposition to the stable, democratic form of government that our profession embraces and strives to maintain. His words could not be more clear: “Lenin wanted to destroy the state, and that’s my goal, too . . . I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today’s establishment.” This contempt for our longstanding governmental institutions has no place in a crucial leadership position.


“Many of the signatories to the letter self-identify as conservative or libertarian,” Leong wrote in an email to The Huffington Post. “Opposing the appointment of someone who has enabled white nationalism and other hate-based ideologies is not a partisan issue.”

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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bannon; lawyers; racialying; trumpcabinet; trumptransition
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To: bobk3

I’ve never seen people get so bollixed up over an appointment.

Judging from the over the top reaction, you would think Trump suspended the Constitution, burned books and set up concentration camps.

Godwin’s Law at work.


21 posted on 11/22/2016 9:02:48 PM PST by goldstategop ((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
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To: bobk3

HuffPo = Leftwing diarrhea


22 posted on 11/22/2016 9:04:10 PM PST by pissant ((Deport 'em all))
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To: bobk3
[Bannon has a long history of making bigoted comments and has been accused of domestic abuse and being anti-Semitic. Under his executive chairmanship, Breitbart has trafficked widely in white nationalism and homophobic and sexist content.]

Those who defines the terms wins the argument. TRUMP won. A pyridine shift has taken place. A new day is dawning in America...

23 posted on 11/22/2016 9:04:16 PM PST by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. Psalm 33:12)
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To: bobk3

Well, I guess it’s over then. /s


24 posted on 11/22/2016 9:04:36 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: bobk3

15,000 reasons he he needs to be exactly where he is.


25 posted on 11/22/2016 9:04:46 PM PST by ZULU (We are freedom's safest place!!!! #BOYCOTT HAMILTON!!! #BOYCOTT NEW YORK CITY!!!!!!!)
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To: bobk3

15,000 lawyers against him?

That’s 15,000,0000 Americans FOR him based on that alone.

What a pathetic whining bunch of p*ssies the leftists are.

Weaponize the IRS and punish the enemies of the Trump state. Executive Orders when Congress doesn’t behave. Repatriate the illegal invader aliens here and the Muzzies here and in Europe to a Safe Zone in Syria.

Put Americans back to work rebuilding infastructure and repatriating money. Give tax incentives to create jobs here. Punish those taking jobs away from Americans.

AMERICA FIRST.

#WINNING


26 posted on 11/22/2016 9:05:22 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: comebacknewt

about 100,000 too few?


27 posted on 11/22/2016 9:05:32 PM PST by pissant ((Deport 'em all))
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To: ari-freedom

Ellison said the Jews were behind 9/11.

FAKE NEWS party.

Dems are now in control of major cities with high crime rates and a population that wishes they could leave.

How do we Red Pill the big cities so we can have 8 years of MAGA?


28 posted on 11/22/2016 9:07:05 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: bobk3

Looks like Brietbart wins.

These asshats starting a campaign to rile the hateful left.

Elections have consequences.


29 posted on 11/22/2016 9:07:46 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: bobk3

Many of the signatories to the letter self-identify as conservative or libertarian,” Leong wrote in an email to The Huffington Post.

Well, luckily you didn’t proffer this screed to the FBI. Because you would get the Martha Stewart treatment.


30 posted on 11/22/2016 9:11:34 PM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through you're anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: bobk3

What do you call 15000 lawyers who sign a letter opposing Steve Bannon, chained together at the bottom of the ocean? A: A good start.


31 posted on 11/22/2016 9:11:43 PM PST by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: bobk3

Fifteen thousand pedophiles and lesbians. So what. How many know Bannon? Two? Trump needs to tell them all to kiss his @$$. Bannon is a done deal.


32 posted on 11/22/2016 9:12:01 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (A proud, irredeemable deplorable of the Trump Revolution.)
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To: bobk3

That’s what you get when you drag 15,000 $1.00 dollar bills through a trailer park.


33 posted on 11/22/2016 9:12:08 PM PST by DoughtyOne (jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
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To: bobk3

Well, I always knew we had too many lawyers... ;-)


34 posted on 11/22/2016 9:12:09 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Eddie01

I’ll bet these same “lawyers” had no problem with Eric Holder, Loretta Lynch, Valerie Jarrett, Huma Abedin, etc.


35 posted on 11/22/2016 9:12:17 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (November 8, 2016..... Donald Trump schlongs Hillary Clinton. 306 Electoral Votes)
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To: bobk3

Fifteen thousand rich and greedy shyster lawyers. So what. How many know Bannon? Two? Trump needs to tell them all to kiss his @$$. Bannon is a done deal. If he allows them to get away with his commie horsesh*t, he will have one miserable presidency. Trump needs to stick to his guns.


36 posted on 11/22/2016 9:13:57 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (A proud, irredeemable deplorable of the Trump Revolution.)
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To: bobk3

What is the difference between a lawyer and a tick? The tickets falls off when you die.


37 posted on 11/22/2016 9:14:15 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try.)
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To: bobk3

15,000 lawyers are idiots, this should not come as a surprise.

Just ignore the news til inauguration day if you can’t sort this stuff out. It’s all agitprop and BS.


38 posted on 11/22/2016 9:14:40 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: bobk3

I don’t give a tiny rat ass to what 15000 scumbag lawyers think.


39 posted on 11/22/2016 9:14:47 PM PST by Rebel2016
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To: bobk3

What do you call 15,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean?


40 posted on 11/22/2016 9:15:00 PM PST by A_perfect_lady
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