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When lawyers strike (or not)

I've been debating whether to devote space on Grits to a suggestion from the new blog "Lawyers on Strike" that Texas lawyers "strike" next month to protest Judge Sharon Keller, but I hesitated because Mark Bennett and Scott Greenfield have cataloged most of the critiques I have of the idea from a practical perspective. It seems like the tactic, even if successful, would throw the lawyers' clients under the bus. For my part, I'd lose respect for any attorney who followed through on the idea without getting their cases reset, which of course would require showing up in court and make the idea of a strike moot.However, I'll add a few observations from the perspective of a political tactician that make me even more skeptical about the idea beyond issues of legal ethics: IMO the notion is simply bad political strategy and misunderstands the role of blogs and new media in modern politics, for several reasons...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on October 26, 2010 (boomark / email).