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Justice Sotomayor's Very Bad, No Good Idea For Lawyers (mandatory pro bono work)
Forbes ^ | May 24, 2016 | George Leef

Posted on 05/24/2016 8:41:24 AM PDT by reaganaut1

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To: SaraJohnson

He’s a conservative Christian was my point. Too many assume those who do probono are bleeding heart liberal defense types. MrR isn’t in the least.


21 posted on 05/24/2016 9:43:23 AM PDT by reaganaut (I am not "reaganaut1".)
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To: bill1952

Its true. If you are not forced into doing something (like probono) you are more likely to help those who need it. My husband is a great example of this. He opposed probono when we were in CA because it was required, now he does it because he is licensed in a state where he doesn’t have to do it. He chooses to. Like I said, he went into law to help people, not ‘get rich’.

Of course you don’t understand, you probably hate lawyers.


22 posted on 05/24/2016 9:46:24 AM PDT by reaganaut (I am not "reaganaut1".)
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To: bill1952

Oh, c’mon! There’s GOT to be some. Probably somewhere south of 0.01%.


23 posted on 05/24/2016 10:00:36 AM PDT by chesley (The right to protest is not the right to disrupt.)
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To: reaganaut

Your husband’s situation highlights another corrosive feature of Sotomayor’s stupid proposition - mandatory public “service” cheapens authentic public service.

There was a time when a major contribution to the common good was voluntary activity - by churches, by fraternal organizations, by local community groups. Even deToqueville commented on how he was impressed by the way local communities prospered by voluntary activities initiated by the citizenry.

Then the liberal/socialist mindset decided that such things were best handled by bureaucrats, and gradually the role of church-based schools and hospitals, fraternal aid societies and community groups were marginalized to give us the dysfunctional systems we live with today (hello, Obamacare, etc).


24 posted on 05/24/2016 10:05:35 AM PDT by Stosh
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To: Stosh

There is a statistically provable inverse correlation between how liberal the voting patterns of a State are, and now much the people of that state give to charity. The Lib mindset is “that’s the government’s job, I don’t have to do it.”


25 posted on 05/24/2016 10:24:40 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: reaganaut1

Lawyers for some time now have been immune from scrutiny of their practice due to very large contributions to the Democratic Party. I have said for years: given that access to healthcare is a moral right while access to the legal system (courts, etc.) is a constitutional right why are we not regulating the cost of legal services as we do physicians services. We are required to pay hundreds (thousands?)of dollars per hour to exercise our constitutional rights to the legal system (try doing it without a lawyer and see how far you get).

Now it is coming the legal profession. All that money from the trail lawyers down the tube.


26 posted on 05/24/2016 10:28:34 AM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men (people) to come to the aid of their country!)
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School districts in the state of Washington require mandatory community volunteerism by high school students. I guess we never had a slave issue in this country; it was actually mandatory community volunteerism that also included free relocation.


27 posted on 05/24/2016 10:34:30 AM PDT by dirtymac (Now is the time for all good men (people) to come to the aid of their country!)
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"On May 16 at an American Law Institute meeting, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor declared that she was in favor of forced labor – at least to the extent of compelling lawyers to do enough pro bono work so that poor people in America can have legal representation when they need it. "

Doing "enough pro bono work so that poor people in America can have legal representation when they need it" should keep every lawyer in the country -- including the ones working as Starbucks baristas -- busy until the end of time.

28 posted on 05/24/2016 10:38:55 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Every nation has the government it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: puppypusher

‘On the other hand,if a lawyer or any other profession voluntarily does it than good for them.They should not be coerced.’


same should apply to helping or donations to federal govt - what we currently call federal taxes.

I don’t say state or local because people in USofA would have the ability to move if they don’t like taxes of a state or local.

Helping out the Fed govt should be by choice and letting each person decide.

That would make Fed govt really have to consider using what they receive material, time, abilities and money donated wisely.

The better they do with people’s donations, the more people would likely want to help or give.

They could list what’s needed and the public could consider donating or not.


29 posted on 05/24/2016 10:54:15 AM PDT by b4me
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To: reaganaut1

I like it.

“I expected the oil company lawyers to be sneaky and dirty towards us. I was amazed when our own lawyers were sneaky and dirty towards us.”


30 posted on 05/24/2016 10:55:44 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: reaganaut1

I agree with Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor with one addition. If a case has a Pro Bono lawyer then the judge must contribute their time as Pro Bono also.


31 posted on 05/24/2016 6:43:34 PM PDT by B4Ranch (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.--Orwell)
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