"More evidence Ann Coulter is right and this guy should never have been nominated!"
When are you people going to understand that a good lawyer will, can and does represent people that may or (more likely may not) share his views. I am anti-big business but if I was retained by big business to represent them in a cause, I would and could do it.
My views as a citizen have nothing to do with my legal actions.
A good lawyer does NOT WORK FOR FREE TO HELP GAYS IN A LAND MARK CASE TO ADVANCE GAY RIGHTS! A liberal RAT does.
If you're an attorney you know that the decision to take on a particular client pro bono is a voluntary choice, not a forced choice. There may be and often is, in any particular firm, a requirement for attorneys to perform a certain number of hours pro bono work, but I don't know any firm that would force one of its attorneys to do pro bono work on behalf of a cause or client that the attorney is uncomfortable supporting. In that regard, pro bono work is a different creature than for-pay work.