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  • I dunno. Compared to every other president we’ve had since Kennedy, he’s about the best we’ve ever had for about a generation. I mean, he did get Osama. I mean, yeah, he wasn’t a “get us to the moon” or a “defeating Hitler” president, but he was good for what he accomplished. Yeah, ObamaCare should have been better, but compare it with the market beforehand: hhhuuugggeee Medicaid expansion, coverage for pre-existing conditions, and a simple, easy-to-use market. It could have been Medicare for All, yes. But Republicans, Big Donors, and the corporate Dems would never have allowed it.














  • Well, the rules of professional conduct, which all attorneys are bound by, make it very clear what the client gets to decide versus what the attorney gets to decide. Essentially, the client gets to decide what the best conclusion is while the attorney decides the best means to get there (or, as close as can be) via the legal apparatus such that the other rules of professional conduct aren’t violated. Basically, the client pulls the trigger, the attorney furnishes the gun and aims it as best as can be for the client.

    So, when there’s no guidance or direction, they’re saying the political establishment isn’t giving guidance on what the end result looks like. So, the attorney can’t proceed.