Regrets

Barry Richard, the Greenberg Traurig lawyer who achieved fame for his successful representation of George Bush in the Bush v. Gore recount suits, is set to give a speech blasting the Bush administration Saturday night.

  Law.com

I don’t know. Seems like he needs to do a little more than that for penance.

I’m not finding anything on the net post-blasting, but I’ll try to remember to keep a look-out.

Richard says he’s a constitutional lawyer. I’m gonna need some turoring about just how stepping all over Florida state election laws was mandated in the Consitution. More from Law.com pre-blast:

Richard will be the keynote speaker at the National Association of Former U.S. Attorneys' (NAFUSA) annual conference starting Thursday and running through Saturday at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Miami Beach, Fla.

More than 100 former U.S. attorneys are expected to attend the conference, which will also feature a panel discussion on the controversial U.S. attorney firings by former Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez. That panel — scheduled for Saturday afternoon — will feature two of the eight former U.S. attorneys who were allegedly fired over politics last year: David Iglesias, former U.S. attorney in New Mexico, and John McCay, former U.S. attorney of the Western District of Washington.

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Richard said in an interview he has never spoken out against the Bush administration before and that he did not reveal the topic of his speech when asked to speak by NAFUSA.

"I'm sure people will see my name on the program and expect I will be defending the administration," said Richard, a Tallahassee, Fla., lawyer.

"But I'm a constitutional lawyer. I am concerned with the Bush administration's assault on American liberties ... how the administration deals with habeas corpus and the administration's posture on electronic surveillance. This administration has gone farther than any other."

By the way, Richard is a Democrat. Before you act surprised, think about all the Democrats in Congress who have been supporting the Bush.

I hate the way people can pave for Bush or for his war and then try to distance themselves. If you backed him, you're responsible. If you were his lawyer, you're reprehensible.

  Daily Pulp