Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Laurence Tribe, the Constitutional law prof at Harvard, has concerns about Bernie. [View all]Right if it was an "attack"on Tribe.
No, it wasn't and I don't find it amusing one bit in who he's represented that's why I posted the article for people to read.
If you stand with Tribe fine but I'm not throwing Bernie or anyone coming down on the side of the people over the corporation under the bus based on what Tribe says after reading things like this about Tribe. I think Tribe would be inclined to throw Senator Warren under the bus too.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/did-laurence-tribe-sell-out
"Should Tribe be let off the hook if he sincerely believes his positions? That surely matters somewhat. It would be much worse, as an academic, to simply sign ones name to views not really held, in exchange for money. But for work to be considered in the public interest, it ought to be, at least in part, on behalf of clients who are in some way underrepresented, or present views that would not be heard. This is true of some of Tribes work; but in much of it he is empowering the powerful. Tribe usually buttresses the work of corporate defense attorneys, as in the arguments he has made against net neutrality. In the Peabody Energy case, his constitutional arguments, including the idea that the regulation of carbon is an unconstitutional taking, are well-worn anti-regulatory bromides. As two of his Harvard colleagues wrote, Were Professor Tribes name not attached to them, no one would take them seriously.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided