Republicans LOVE corporate lawyers, but HATE peoples lawyers.

[spanone]

Why is it that corporate or governmental lawyers are ok, but lawyers representing WE THE PEOPLE are crooked and a bunch of thieves?
Do rethugs care about WE THE PEOPLE at all???

John Roberts is a corporate lawyer, John Edwards represented the people.

[Proud_Lefty]

1. There you go again

Making sense. Geez.

[ComerPerro]

2. Young Republicans aspire to be corporate lawyers

because they make a ton of money.

Remember that one young Repub whose lifelong dream was to be a drug company lobbyist?

[zanne]

3. They're finding use for alot of lawyers now, huh?

Now that they have to defend themselves from the DSM memo and Plamegate, their lawyers are running all over Washington, looking for loopholes with magnifying glasses.

[Land Shark]

4. one reason why "everyone" supposedly hates lawyers:

it's the guy on the other side of the issue that's dishonest in his arguments, never your own side. Sometimes that's true, but often it's that we sense the other side stretching every inference in their favor because it is more painful.

That being said, the average person can't afford a lawyer and all three exceptions to that are under attack:

1. class actions.
2. contingency fees (what lawyer would take no fee except a percentage of recovery on a frivolous case? You'd go out of business...)
3. public defenders (criminal only, and only for the lowest income, middle income often disqualified due to insufficient funds to cover "up" that "high"

YOu may think the legislature has passed certain statutory rights, you may believe in the constitution, but against someone determined to deny you, you don't HAVE any rights unless you are able and willing to go to court and all the way to trial if need be. Otherwise, they can just wait you out, til your rights essentially expire, your lawyer withdraws and they get your case dismissed eventually.

[paparush]

5. Clearly, you hate Amurka.

[geek tragedy]

6. Actually, most corporate lawyers are liberals as well.

I wouldn't call John Edwards a lawyer for the people--he didn't take those cases pro bono.

[Bluerthanblue]

7. Corporations ARE 'people'

they have all the 'rights' of people-

but none of the responsibilities-

Nice concept eh?

Funny how when the Constitution was written, corporations are never mentioned- and didn't have ANY rights-

Money talks, people pay- often with their lives.

[KansDem]

8. Actually, governmental lawyers are not OK with GOP...

Unless the GOP owns the government, which they do now, or rather, unless their corporate sponsors own the government.

Corporate lawyers are hunky-dory all the time.