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Speaker of the House John Boehner had to find a new lawyer to represent him in his lawsuit against President Obama after his attorney quit because he was worried that the suit could harm his credibility.
The New York Times reported,
House Republicans on Friday replaced the firm handling their lawsuit against President Obama after the lawyer representing them pulled out over what was said to be political backlash among his colleagues at the firm, Baker Hostetler.
The lawyer, David B. Rivkin Jr., had taken the case on behalf of House Republicans in August, right after they voted to sue the president, accusing him of overstepping the powers of the presidency. Two people with knowledge of the situation said Mr. Rivkin withdrew from the case under pressure after facing criticism that he had taken on an overly partisan lawsuit. Some members of the firm feared the case against Mr. Obama could drive off potential clients and hurt Baker Hostetlers credibility, according to one of the people with knowledge of the case. Both people said they were prohibited from publicly discussing such a delicate case.
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/09/22/john-boehners-lawyer-quits-obama-lawsuit-harm-credibility.html
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)a neocon mouthpiece and member of the Federalist society who actively partiicpated in suits against ACA.
gvstn
(2,805 posts)The rats are abandoning ship!
Thanks for the info Skidmore!
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)n/t
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)WAAAAA! My lawyer ditched me and said I was nutz...I need a NEW LAWYER!!!!!
HIYA, DOLLFACE!
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)It would be a case made in Heaven for him.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,015 posts)Overseas
(12,121 posts)Gothmog
(145,322 posts)The firm was smart to dump this case
RoccoR5955
(12,471 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)lob1
(3,820 posts)rocktivity
(44,576 posts)The "You forgot the 'Not From The Onion' Disclaimer" category.
The next thing he needs to do, of course, is quit Boner!
rocktivity
Cha
(297,323 posts)Mahalo CW~
Cleita
(75,480 posts)Thanks for the laugh CW.
Blanks
(4,835 posts)I got the impression (from the article) that the law firm was concerned about being seen as too 'politically one-sided'.
I would guess that any business wouldn't want to eliminate an entire demographic (democrats) by coming down too hard on one side of the political spectrum.
I personally believe that it's not a credible lawsuit, but that's not really what the article says.
when anyone with a law degree is pointing and laughing at you because you got suckered into litigating a law suit against the President that even a first year student knows is a complete joke, it's not surprising that you would bail.