As a lawyer, clients often are irked when I don't give my view on an issue until after I've read the file or documents of a case and had time to consider what I've read. Imagine a judge asking if your lawyer has read the contract at issue and your lawyer says: "No." That is the position our nation's top lawyer is in. Attorney General Eric Holder admitted before Congress that he had not read Arizona's controversial legislation about local police authority to enforce illegal immigration law.
Nevertheless, Holder has been outspoken in opposition to the law he has not bothered to read. That is reminiscent of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's remark that Congress needed to pass the healthcare bill in order to find out what's in it.
It is incredible that no storm of protest has arisen from the liberal media as to Holder's malpractice. Imagine the flogging Ed Meese, John Ashcroft or Clarence Thomas would have been subjected to had any been guilty of such conduct.
But we all know why that hasn't happened: Holder is a liberal democrat, a close friend of Obama and he's black. Only conservative blacks are held to any account. [Cf: Jackson or Sharpton) Holder can and does get away with legal malpractice despite admission of guilt.
Shameful.
About Me
- Jim Sweeney
- This blog is about politics and people. Politically, I'm a conservative independent with city, state and federal campaign history but not party affiliation. I think of myself as a libertarian but I'm not a Libertarian. I'm a capitalist, a Milton Friedman economics believer. In real life, I'm a lawyer and consultant to both start-up and operating companies and founder of the American Children International Foundation. I've substantial business experience, including being CEO of a public company. I am single, live in Arcadia CA, have 4 grown children and a 10 year old son; served in the Marine Corps; enjoy baseball, tennis and am a warm weather guy. Hawaii is my favorite vacation place. It's America for one thing, blue-state America but you can't have it all.