Eliot Spitzer, the announcement reveals, will give the keynote address.
What explains the choice of Mr. Spitzer?
His eminence as a legal scholar?
His exemplary conduct?
I am perplexed.
Do I need to recite the conduct that led to Mr. Spitzer's resignation as governor of the State of New York? I don't think so. Suffice it to say that Mr. Spitzer's conduct was unprofessional, unethical, and corrosive of the public's trust in government.
The choice of Mr. Spitzer as the keynote speaker of a major law conference is a disgrace.
The choice of Mr. Spitzer as the keynote speaker says volumes about the attitudes of the people who run the American Constitution Society.
I repeat my question: What explains the choice of Mr. Spitzer?
His aggressiveness and arrogance?
His fame? His infamy?
His wealth?
I assume it's some combination of the above factors.
When Mr. Spitzer was New York's attorney general, he was much less forgiving of his adversaries than the ACS is of him.
As governor, Mr. Spitzer did not do much better: He promised to be a steamroller.
Mr. Spitzer's arrogance alone should have disqualified him as keynote speaker at the conference to be held at NYU.
Perhaps sometimes there is such a thing as guilt by association.
It's here: the law of evidence on Spindle Law. See also this post and this post.
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Perhaps even more jaw-dropping was the invitation Mr. Spitzer got from the Edmond J. Safra Center for ... yes ... Ethics of Harvard University: http://www.ethics.harvard.edu/news-and-events/lectures-and-events
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/13/nyregion/13spitzer.html
Perhaps Spitzer will speak about the Mann act and how it has been unevenly applied in New York State, In 2009 a New York State Supreme Court Justice , a Republican, was prosecuted and convicted for transporting a prostitute across state lines. He remains in prison. Why is Spitzer walking the streeets ?
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