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Legal Question for You Lawyers Out There
Aug. 25th, 2004 12:35 pmI read this today:Bush Campaign's Top Outside Lawyer Resigns
Granted, Kerry's got a lawyer working with a group that is doing 'get out the vote' drives, but isn't this illegal? I thought that the 527s had to operate entirely separately from candidate's campaigns. If they're sharing a lawyer, isn't that coordinating in an extent? According to the article, no, since lawyers are deemed 'not strategists.' Who the hell does that law thinks it's kidding? Lawyers are excellent strategists. It's basically what they do for a living...
Granted, Kerry's got a lawyer working with a group that is doing 'get out the vote' drives, but isn't this illegal? I thought that the 527s had to operate entirely separately from candidate's campaigns. If they're sharing a lawyer, isn't that coordinating in an extent? According to the article, no, since lawyers are deemed 'not strategists.' Who the hell does that law thinks it's kidding? Lawyers are excellent strategists. It's basically what they do for a living...
