Posted on 03/10/2010 2:32:38 PM PST by Syncro
WHAT'S ARABIC FOR 'YOU'RE NO ATTICUS FINCH'?
March 10, 2010
A group of "leading conservative lawyers" -- a phrase never confused with "U.S. Marines" -- has produced an embarrassingly pompous letter denouncing Liz Cheney for demanding the names of attorneys at the Justice Department who formerly represented Guantanamo detainees.
The letter calls Cheney's demand "shameful," before unleashing this steaming pile of idiocy:
"The American tradition of zealous representation of unpopular clients is at least as old as John Adams' representation of the British soldiers charged in the Boston Massacre."
Yes, but even John Adams didn't take a job with the government for another 19 years after defending the British guards -- who, in 1770, were "the police." He also didn't take a position with the U.S. government that involved processing British murder suspects.
I'd be more interested in hearing about the sacred duty of lawyers to defend "unpopular clients" if we were talking about clients who are unpopular with anyone lawyers know.
Every white shoe law firm in the country has been clamoring to take the cases of Guantanamo detainees, while young associates line up to be put on the case. This is even more fun than defending Ted Bundy!
As The Wall Street Journal put it in a 2007 article, a list of the law firms representing Guantanamo detainees "reads like a who's who of America's most prestigious law firms" -- which conveniently doubles as Santa's "naughty" list.
The terrorists' lawyers have included Shearman and Sterling, Arnold & Porter; Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr; Covington & Burling; Hunton & Williams; Sullivan & Cromwell; Debevoise & Plimpton; King & Spalding; Cleary Gottlieb, Morrison & Foerster; Jenner & Block; O'Melveny & Myers and Sidley Austin.
At least 34 of the 50 largest firms in the United States have performed pro bono work on behalf of Guantanamo detainees.
Years ago, when I nearly died of boredom working for a law firm, I heard whispered rumors about a partner, Michael Tierney, whom none of the female associates wanted to work with because his pro bono work included defending -- gasp! -- pro-life groups. (There was at least one female associate who wanted to work with him!)
I didn't hear a peep about the august "American tradition of zealous representation of unpopular clients" back then.
Like Hollywood actresses, lawyers need to believe they're noble and courageous to help them forget that they are corporate drones doing soul-destroying work, which mostly consists of making photocopies.
Defending terrorists gives status-conscious attorneys a chance to get standing ovations at the annual ABA convention -- much like promoting "global warming" makes climatologists feel like they're saving the world, rather than studying water vapor.
It took me exactly one Nexis search for "ABA," "award" and "Guantanamo" to find that the 2006 "Outstanding Scholar Award" at the ABA annual banquet was given to New York University law professor Anthony G. Amsterdam for his "extensive pro bono practice, litigating cases that range from civil rights claims, to death penalty defense, to claims of access to the courts for the detainees at Guantanamo Bay."
A rule I have is: You're not defending an unpopular client if you're getting awards from the ABA, particularly if the award mentions "courage."
Read the more Ann Coulter.Com
Is there a typo somewhere, or did Ann contradict herself? Either the female co-worker did, or did not, want to work with him.
Like the ACLU, they get reimbursed for their costs if they win a civil rights case. (If losing the case, they get nothing.)
(There was at least one female associate who wanted to work with him!)
woo hoo! this is a fun thread!
It sure is!
Well if they have KSM stand trial in NY all rules of an impartial jury are dust in the wind. Every case in court will no longer have that. Odumbass already declared him guilty.
My daughter offered to translate your post, too. LOL
Thanks, those look pretty similar
LOL durka durka durka
“Courage” is one of those terms that the culture reserves for Hollywood celebrities and terrorist lawyers, as opposed to, say, deployed military.
Funny that picture, and your screen name...[Put] OnTheDress
Another Home Run by Queenie.
Pray for America’s Freedom
Is how I would put it....
Very pretty. But your stone girl has a hamburger once in a while.
with the exception of the (!) at the END of the text. ;-)
The pouncing on Liz also strikes me as sexist.
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