Jonathan Turley’s Op/Ed about the double standards the legal profession has adopted got me to thinking about how law firms have become little more than ideological enforcers of the left whenever politics rears its ugly head.
Lawyers and the legal profession in general occupy a special place in liberal democracies like ours, which is why we expect that they strictly adhere to a code of ethics much more strictly than we do of others. At least, that used to be the case.
As much as we like to hate lawyers–and often with good reason–they serve an important role in societies trying to maintain high levels of social trust. They are supposed to be zealous advocates of their clients to ensure that their rights are strictly observed, and in that role they often play the role of sophists whose job it is to spin things to the best advantage of their clients….
