Posted on 04/21/2018 5:27:29 AM PDT by Kaslin
Man, if only we could elect republicans to hold the con-gre$$, we’d show ‘em who’s boss!
Instead, we have gutless coward RINOcrats in charge of Congress.
The issue with attorney client privilege is ATTORNEYS.
Judges are attorneys. They pretzel the law to their political (financial) benefit.
They mock the law and create distrust.
This won’t go on much longer.
Hillary Clinton’s attorneys got immunity, Trumps get raided. This is a travesty!
There’s a fraud exception to this which is apparently what they used to justify it.
L8r
According to the article, they argued a public right to know without any claim of fraud being made.
What, you want me to start actually reading the articles now?
I am at a loss as to why Judge Wood even allowed the Media lawyer to make any argument at all. As soon as he identified his clients, it was clear he was not a party to the case before her. He had no business even being in the court room.
* She allowed a party with no standing to make an argument in a criminal case.
Even worse, the argument was to breach the Attorney-Client privilege for no purpose other than to help the news media and embarrass a private citizen who was no party to the criminal proceeding.
Lookout journalists, you’re next. The privilege assumption for any professional is over.
This is all just a game to lawyers. Never mind that mere peons often suffer from their sport. Lawyers make the laws then defend and prosecute the accused lawbreakers under the careful supervision of the head lawyer, a judge. What a system. The best a peon can hope for is to not get caught up in the so-called justice system since your life, your livelihood, your freedom may depend on it. Shakespeare had it right.
Great point on immunity deals. The news channels including Fox missed that very important point
I am at a loss as to why Judge Wood even allowed the Media lawyer to make any argument at all. As soon as he identified his clients, it was clear he was not a party to the case before her. He had no business even being in the court room.
* She allowed a party with no standing to make an argument in a criminal case.
Even worse, the argument was to breach the Attorney-Client privilege for no purpose other than to help the news media and embarrass a private citizen who was no party to the criminal proceeding.
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What stuns me is that Judge Wood could have taken the argument under consideration and made the decision about whether to make the client list public at another time. In the mean time, she could have kept the name(s) sealed so the current case could move forward, and make a more researched and thoughtful decision on the CNN’s lawyer’s argument about whether the public had a right to know the name(s).
She instead immediately had the name released in open court. She can not un-ring that bell. Incredibly irresponsible.
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I would have refused to comply with the judge’s order and cite attorney-client privilege as my authority for doing so. I believe that the order was ultra-vires.
How many of these media members have attorneys?
How many have been married more than once & records of their divorce proceedings are available?
How many of them would like to see their entire liegal life laid out on the internet & media without any attorney/client privilege?
NONE of them.
But they think nothing of cannabalizing another person’s life-—even when there is no basis for doing so.
Reminds me of the wrongful accusations against Richard Jewell & his actions during the Atlanta Olympics.
Kimba Wood needs to be removed from the bench-—permanently.
It could be inferred that the change of heart either benefited Judge Wood in some way, or prevented personal damage to her standing in some way. In any event, Robert Balin had the goods to metaphorically twist her arm to gain cooperation.
Same playbook as breaking open the Jack Ryan sealed records to elect BHO (2004) in Illinois.
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