I wouldn't expect much from this judge: based on this

Posted at June 23, 2008 7:25 PM in response to Judge: Why Litigate When You Can Arrest?

I'm sick of Hillary's kamikaze approach to this primary, but I'm actually with you on this one, foreigner. Her entire (public) reason for staying in this race is that she believes she's better suited for potential crises in the White House. This ad just shows a lot of crises and asks who you think is better prepared for them. What's the issue?

Posted at April 21, 2008 12:01 PM in response to New Hillary Ad Shows Bin Laden, Asks: "Who Do You Think Has What It Takes?"

Is it possible that Chuck and Goerge's performance was so transparent and ugly that people are going to start honestly talking about media bias? I can see this becoming part of Obama's stump speech: "I'm fighting against the stupid in American political discourse. If you thought it didn't exist, just watch this debate. I'm the candidate that'll make us all smarter." (of course, he'd say it better). Is it too optimistic to think that some good might come of the debate?

Posted at April 17, 2008 12:25 PM in response to ABC: All Bad for Citizens

The ethics of lawyering hold lawyers representing their client to a much different standard than lawyers advising clients, and rightfully so. In the first instance, your duty is to zealously advocate for your client--if a guilty man is freed, the responsibility lies with the adversarial system of justice and the finder of fact, not with the individual lawyer.

A lawyer who is advising his client operates under a much higher duty--the duty to state the law precisely and accurately. If an attorney tells a client that murdering his neighbor is legal, then the attorney has breached his obligations to the law and to the client, and deserves disbarment, if not prosecution as an accomplice.

No further evidence is needed for Yoo--his memo is a per se breach of his duty to the executive branch. If this is not fireable at a law school, I don't know what is.

Posted at April 11, 2008 5:35 PM in response to Berkeley Law Dean: Yoo Was Not The Decider