Please Support The Lawyer's Firm Who Argued Against DOMA and FOR Marriage Equality

[TheOther95Percent]

Last edited Sun Apr 14, 2013, 07:06 PM - Edit history (1)

A colleague asked me to vote for his firm, Paul Weiss, in its matchup against Ted Olsen's firm

A partner there, Roberta Kaplan, recently argued on behalf of Edie Windsor against the Defense of Marriage Act.

Ted Olson is the conservative lawyer arguing against Prop 8.

That's one bright spot in a long line his firm doing some heavy hitting for very conservative causes.

Paul Weiss has a long history of working for progressive causes ranging from death penalty representations, on behalf of immigrant workers, reproductive rights and advocating for the disabled.

You can vote for Paul Weiss here at the link.

http://abovethelaw.com/2013/04/atl-march-madness-the-law-firm-with-the-brightest-future-finals/#more-237965

I'm not sure of the rules surrounding this but if it's a violation, please PM me and I'll delete the post.

[TheOther95Percent]

1. If the link doesn't work go to AbovetheLaw.com and go to this story: ATL March Madness: The Law...

[TheOther95Percent]

2. Can you kick and let me know if you voted? Thanks much.

[customerserviceguy]

3. So, if Weiss is such a great guy

why did he take this position? I guess if he did a 'bad' job of it, and marriage equality flows from his poor performance, I might find it in my heart to forgive him. However, I figure that the Justices will punt, declare that the side against Prop H8 had no standing, and let the lower court ruling stand, re-opening equal marriage in California.

In either case, how does that make Weiss a good guy on this issue?

[TheOther95Percent]

4. Paul Weiss is a law firm

A lawyer from Paul Weiss argued against the Defense of Marriage Act. The Prop 8 argument was a separate argument held the day before.

Here's a link about Edie and her lawyer.

http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2013/03/27/after-court-hearing-edie-windsor-says-its-gonna-be-good

[customerserviceguy]

5. Ok, then why is this lawyer so great

and why is this law firm so good for arguing against equality?

[TheOther95Percent]

6. DOMA is against Marriage Equality

This lawyer argued that DOMA (the 1996 law against federal recognition of anything other than heterosexual marriage) is unconstitutional.