So the NYT headline screams that Bush campaign lawyer Ben Ginsberg also did work for the Swift Vets. Yet the story also reveals that one of the Kerry campaign’s lawyers also did work for the 527 America Coming Together (as noted here). The Kerry campaign tries to claim Ginsberg’s work proves that Bush secretly approves of the Swift Vet ads. Not so. Clients do not have a veto on who else their lawyers work for unless there is a (legal) conflict of interest — but that point may be to subtle for some who write on the “story.”
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Jonathan H. Adler is a professor at William & Mary Law School.
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