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Alexandra Brodsky is a civil rights lawyer who has written about sexual assault for many prominent publications. Last week, the New York Times published her opinion piece: I’m a Civil Rights Lawyer. Cuomo Got His Due.Her forthcoming book is: “Sexual Justice: Supporting Victims, Ensuring Due Process, and Resisting the Conservative Backlash.”
Former Trump Lawyer Says Attorneys Who Back Conservative Causes Face Backlash
Ron Coleman, an attorney who was on the legal team for former President Donald Trump’s campaign in Pennsylvania, said in a recent interview that lawyers who back conservative causes face blowback in their professions.
In a conversation with investor Adam Townsend, released on Feb. 25, Coleman said that the backlash that lawyers face for representing right-of-center causes and clients is leading to a “flattening of mores” where “outrage theater” prevails in pet areas of liberal concern but meaningful outrage is discouraged in complicated issues like someone wrongly accused of being a white supremacist.
the president still can sustain a veto over it, but to have that many republicans signal this, it definitely shows that the president may not be able to exert his will over the direction of the votes in the senate every time he wants to. and it s a pretty resounding message from congress that they do not like the way the president is trying to divert funds using this national emergency power. hey, melanie, by way of welcoming you to the broadcast, please tell us about thom tillis. north carolina republican. he s up next time around. february 25th he comes out and publicly that he s going to break ranks, that he has to vote against the national emergency, fast forward to today, not so much, he voted the president s way, what s his underpinning, what s his reasoning? it s simple. he caved to the pressure, he had come out in an op-ed and said, i m going to vote with the resolution and vote against the president, and he got a lot of conservative backlash. of course, he s up for
definitely shows that the president may not be able to exert his will over the direction of the votes in the senate every time he wants to. and it s a pretty resounding message from congress that they do not like the way the president is trying to divert funds using this national emergency power. by way of welcoming you to the broadcast. please tell us about thom tillis. he s up next time around. he comes out and says publicly that he s going to break ranks, that he has to vote against the national emergency, fast forward to today, not so much he voted the president s way, what s his underpinning, what s his reasoning. he caved to the pressure, he had come out in an op ed and said i m going to vote with the resolution and vote against the president, and he got a lot of conservative backlash. he s up for re-election in 2020, this is going to be a difficult vote for him either way.