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 Trumps 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 thats my goal, too . . . I want to bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of todays 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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Okay, who are these 15,000 lawyers?, Show me the list.
Fake news.
White nationalism? “Making America first” is white nationalism? Open borders is treason.
Well at least we know the sharks won't eat them.....Professional Courtesy.
Lawyers.
Everyone LOVES lawyers.
LOL.
The population of DC metro area is 5,000,000 and 1/2 are attorneys. 15,000 you say? What a joke. I meet that many on the metro in the morning.
Sorry, but if this election proved anything it proved that the old order media is dead.
No one under 60 watches TV news. No one under 50 watches TV at all. Not broadcast TV. Most people get their news from the internet and social media. No one reads newspapers. They are as dead as the former trees they are written on.
News is now on demand and online.
15,000 liberal Dems signed a letter.
Pray America woke
More Than 15,000 Lawyers Sign Letter Opposing Steve Bannons Appointment.
What a wonderful endorsement!
Go Bannon!
Steve Bannon interviews Donald Trump, November 5th, 2015
https://soundcloud.com/breitbart/breitbart-news-daily-donald-trump-november-5-2015
Bannon is terrific.
what do you call 15,000 lawyers lying end to end across the atlantic ocean......... a good start
What do you call 15,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean . . .>>>>
a good start
No rational evidence cited. Try clicking the article’s embedded links, and be ready to projectile-vomit.
HuffPo is a failing high school blog.
Same tired song, second verse.
Get ready for more winning.
Since there are 1,300,705 lawyers in the, U.S. (Source: American Bar Association, 2015 National Lawyer Population Survey), that isn’t even a drop in the bucket. They shout that number like it is really impressive. But in the larger picture it is nothing.
14,999 of them voted for Cankles.
Knowing Trump he will only dig his heels deeper.
Lawyers do rule the world, at least the world that the lower and middle class live in. That is why the only way a true Representative Republic can survive long term is to get rid of them all and teach every child true Civics.
Line ‘em up and march ‘em into the sea....a good start!
You're right, it's late.
C'mon guys. It's never too late for a pyridine shift:
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