Fill in some of the details here: 25 YEARS AGO, the judge worked for a firm now known as Perkins Coie—one of the largest law firms in the country, which employs over a thousand lawyers and represents hundrds of clients. Decades later, the firm he worked for was retained by the DNC and the Clinton campaign. If that’s supposed to count as a “conflict of interest,” you’re never going to find a judge to hear a political case. At least not one that’s ever worked for any major law firm.
Fill in some of the details here: 25 YEARS AGO, the judge worked for a firm now known as Perkins Coie—one of the largest law firms in the country, which employs over a thousand lawyers and represents hundrds of clients. Decades later, the firm he worked for was retained by the DNC and the Clinton campaign. If that’s supposed to count as a “conflict of interest,” you’re never going to find a judge to hear a political case. At least not one that’s ever worked for any major law firm.