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NoMoreRepugs

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3. Agree - kudos to the attorney. Does make me wonder

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Tue Apr 17, 2018, 08:31 AM

Apr 2018

though, might Koch or Adelson or Oil Company attorneys start showing up as well to defend his Orangeness and the minions? Just asking.

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We should all be congratulating lawyer Robert Balin representing media who went to the bar [View all] malaise Apr 2018 OP

Robert Balin, a lawyer with Davis Wright Tremaine who said hes representing a consortium of media hlthe2b Apr 2018 #1

+1,000 malaise Apr 2018 #4

Amen!!!! spanone Apr 2018 #2

Agree - kudos to the attorney. Does make me wonder NoMoreRepugs Apr 2018 #3

won't be recognized if no standing. Balin represented the media and thus public interest. hlthe2b Apr 2018 #5

I wish that were true, but those fuckers manage to intervene in environmental cases all the time. SunSeeker Apr 2018 #6

Yes, but there they can establish standing (however distasteful) as businesses directly impacted hlthe2b Apr 2018 #8

In this instance they're already supporting Trump by paying his legal fees via donations. nt SunSeeker Apr 2018 #10

Sure, but they can't enter into the legal proceedings. They are societal blood suckers hlthe2b Apr 2018 #11

The judge should had the bones to deny the "writing the name on a piece of paper" bit. LiberalFighter Apr 2018 #7

It would not have meant she would not read it aloud--in fact she likely would have hlthe2b Apr 2018 #9

K&R G_j Apr 2018 #12

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