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Top GOP Lawyers Withdraw From House Proxy Voting Suit
Law360 (May 14, 2021, 10:07 PM EDT) Prominent conservative attorney Charles J. Cooper and other Cooper & Kirk lawyers on Friday withdrew as counsel for House Republicans pending appeal in a high-profile lawsuit against Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., over the constitutionality of proxy voting during the pandemic.
The unexplained withdrawal comes after the D.C. Circuit heard oral arguments in November about a district judge s dismissal of the case. The circuit judges voiced skepticism about the Republicans standing to sue but have yet to issue a ruling.
Most of the GOP plaintiffs have since withdrawn from the suit. Some have started using proxy votes, including a few lawmakers who were.
What stands to be lost, at least temporarily, is a full reckoning for what may be the most dismal day for American democracy since the end of the Civil War.
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In this image from video, David Schoen, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, speaks during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. | Senate Television via AP
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