pjohns (08-20-2019)
alexa (08-20-2019)
Some of us find Donald Trump to be arrogant, brash, egotistical, and amoral--and without any apparent effort, on his part, to hide these personality and character flaws, either--but we still like most of his policies. So we voted for him in 2016; and probably will do so again in 2020.
And that is not just the reaction of lawyers, either...
It's about winning and making the most money possible. It's a perversion of what justice and the justice system is supposed to be. And while they reap the benefits, this all wouldn't be possible without our corrupt state enabling and allowing it to happen. Lawyers should be few and far between, and their services should only be needed in times of extreme necessity. But the government has criminalized anything and everything, and the way trials actually play out is a joke that has nothing to do with guilt or innocence. In reality, if one is innocent, most of the time a lawyer shouldn't even be needed, as the burden is supposed to be on the state to prove guilt, but trials and American law don't play out like that. It's all about lying, semantics, appeals to emotion, personality, corruption, etc, things that have nothing to do with the actual substance of guilt or innocence.
Trish (08-20-2019)
pjohns (08-22-2019)
Well, you are all wrong. I don't know any lawyer that doesn't donate significant time doing pro bono work. Most bar associations strongly encourage it and most firms require it. Pro Bono means "for free". It is all about the rule of law for the good and ethical lawyers. Yes, yes, I know -- XL doesn't like the American Rule where everybody pays their own lawyer. In 32 years, I've had clients crying thanking me for helping them countless numbers of times, I've given away scores of hours, represented losing cases on principle and tried to do what's right. There's bad in every profession, but I won't make excuses for them.
Regardless, I won't convince any of you and you won't convince any of me. We'll toil away here doing the best we can for our clients within the bounds of ethics. I hope none of you ever need a lawyer.
Any time you give a man something he doesn't earn, you cheapen him. Our kids earn what they get, and that includes respect. -- Woody Hayes
MisterVeritis (08-20-2019),Peter1469 (08-20-2019),Trish (08-20-2019)
pjohns (08-22-2019)
Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.
Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution as written and understood by this nation's founders, and to the Republic it created, an indivisible union of sovereign States, with liberty and justice for all.
pjohns (08-22-2019)