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Karl Hungus said:
Getting a murderer off is part of the legal system, part of the balances needed for it to work...
Taking a civil case to help roll back clean air regulations so a client can get richer while polluting more is [greedy or evil]



But that's just you assigning your own, personal, moral standards to different acts and arbitrarily deciding which people do or do not deserve representation.

Attorneys aren't supposed to do that. Their job, indeed, their ethical obligation, is to "zealously represent the interests of [their] clients."

There is nothing illegal or objectively (as opposed to subjectively) unethical about representing a client that wants to change a law that they, personally, disagree with. In fact, the constitution gives every person the First Amendment right to "petition the government" as part of our system and part of what makes our system work.

Therefore, an attorney has no reason not to take the case.

Most people understand that in most circumstances. Therefore, I doubt that this sort of thing will damage any candidate, regardless of party.