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0 pointsjohndhi2y ago0 comments

That's the thing -- it feels risky (at least for me, a lawyer) because being a federal judge is like the most coveted position in the world, and lawyers are incredibly serious people about maintaining their reputations and impartiality etc.

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vkou2y ago

And? Lawyers have argued cases for the benefit of far worse groups than Coinbase, without tainting their reputations and impartiality.

It's not the case that a lawyer argues - everyone who needs legal representation deserves to have it, it's how a lawyer argues it.

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vkou2y ago

And? Lawyers have argued cases for the benefit of far worse groups than Coinbase, without tainting their reputations and impartiality.

It's not the case that a lawyer argues - everyone who needs legal representation deserves to have it, it's how a lawyer argues it.

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