a word about the idiocy of various special interest groups

now the conservatives are howling about roberts. why? because he did some work for playboy and the plaintiffs in romer v. evans.

here's a clue, people. when you work for a hot shot law firm like hogan, you get assigned high profile cases -- cases that might end up reaching the supreme court, and those cases that reach the supreme court are inherently controversial as they contain unsettled questions of law. as a lawyer, your job is to be an advocate for your client. it is your duty to make the best case possible for your client. not to do so would violate the code of professional responsibility. OKAY?! the fact that he shaped many of the legal arguments that eventually helped win romer v. evans AND that he also served as counsel for the elder bush as well as reagan only tells me one thing: he's a good lawyer. he's a good... no, a GREAT advocate for whoever requests his services.

hopefully, the senate (comprised almost entirely of lawyers and therefore understand what lawyers do) will ignore all of this irrelevant brouhaha about his former clients and look at his court opinions instead.

[note: i've never read any of his opinions, so i'm neither endorsing him nor dissin' him. as if i have a say in this anyway. however, my point is... stay with the relevant stuff, mmm'kay? lawyers are like ronin. you're an advocate for pay. the best lawyers can argue any side they're stuck with. the judge's job is to parse the crap the lawyers come up with and interpret the law.]