Tuesday, September 09, 2003

Indecent exposure of lawyers The folks at RealityChecker have an idea for harnessing the power of the Web to react to the lawyers who represented the claimants in a recent very prominent and astoundingly idiotic lawsuit, in a way that can be much more effective than the traditional ethics-board approach.  My only concern is that there is a danger in tarring the lawyer with his client's brush.  Our tradition is, after all, that even a dog should have his day in court, with the right to zealous legal representation.  Perhaps the public does not always understand, but we as lawyers do understand that representing the client does not mean accepting his ideology. RC is having some fun today, but consider what could happen if the same "public pillory" approach were to be used in the case of  lawyers representing the Klan in a lawsuit seeking access to public streets for a demonstration, or to others representing abortion clinics in a very visible Operation Rescue dispute.  The fault in the Fox News case lay with the client, not its lawyer. 11:29:49 PM     The dream debate Within half an hour, another "debate" will be played out among the Democratic presidential candidates, this time in Baltimore.   It has been a long time since we have had anything close to a real debate.  I would love to see, on national TV, a one-hour session between two candidates, just sitting at a table and arguing political issues between themselves.  No scripts, no advance looks at the questions, no prepared answers, no moderator.  Just one on one, for an hour, and let the viewers see them at their best and their worst. 7:31:39 PM

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