Posted on 11/15/2020 6:44:26 PM PST by Rummyfan
Back in the summer I mentioned on The Mark Steyn Show that "cancel culture" was increasingly literal: It used to mean you got kicked off Twitter or Facebook; then it progressed to losing your job or television show or book contract. By 2020 it had advanced to being denied domain registration on the Internet, credit-card services, bank accounts and other basic necessities of modern life. Now, in a country with more lawyers than the rest of the planet combined, the supposedly "most powerful man on earth" wakes up and finds his counsel just canceled:
Lawyers with Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP submitted a filing late Thursday stating they were withdrawing as counsel in a federal suit seeking to block Pennsylvania from certifying its vote. No reason was given. In a statement issued Friday, the firm confirmed the filing but did not say why it was exiting the case.
Powerline's John Hinderaker reckons the reason is pretty obvious:
Porter Wright is a mid-sized law firm with offices in eight cities across the country. But apparently it lacked the courage to stand up against the Twitter mob. The "Lincoln Project" doxxed the two Porter Wright lawyers who signed the Pennsylvania complaint, tweeting their pictures, addresses and telephone numbers, and encouraging leftists to harass them. Reportedly there also were employees at the law firm who objected to representing President Trump. Porter Wright's abandonment of its client is shameful conduct for which I suspect it will receive little but praise.
(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...
Doxxed = terroristic threat. Use of terminal defensive force is authorized.
Never knew a Lawyer to turn down billable hours
Steven Tyler wrote:
“Never knew a Lawyer to turn down billable hours”
so, all of those lawyers bolted? I don’t think so.
more MSM spin.
I have. Quite a few actually.
The offer to not represent the particular client is better than the potential billable hours.
Lawyers are one of the least "regulated" professional entities we have in this country. Who is to know if they charge their client for 2 hours of work that was actually spent back-slapping the opposing counsel at the country club, yacht club, etc? Who can prove the billable hours fraudulent without spending even MORE MONEY?
The offer to not represent the particular client is better than the potential billable hours.
True, a competing offer may be more attractive in terms of future career prospects, real property owned by the lawyer, family health and security, etc.
Somebodies committed multiple massive crimes. Somebodies do not want investigations. They may commit more crimes to block President Trump from the office of President
Correct link to article: https://www.steynonline.com/10762/an-ambulance-with-no-chasers
Styne tells is as it is:
If you like the sound of all that “unity” and “healing”, this is what it boils down to - unity in the sense the Soviets meant it: the absence of opposition. And, when they’re done with Trump, they’re serious about that “Truth & Reconciliation” enemies list. To reiterate a point I’ve made for months: on free speech and related issues, things are going to head south very fast. I carelessly assumed they’d wait till the inauguration, but it seems “the Office of the President-Elect” is already on the case.
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