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The Ever Creepy John Eastman |
Just yesterday we learned that Eastman has filed a brief with the US Supreme Court to stay Oregon's marriage decision. Given that Justice Kennedy is responsible for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, that is also likely to be a futile enterprise. Is his meter always running on behalf of NOM? One wonders what other legal endeavors Eastman has been involved in for his new best client? He hasn't demonstrated much success.
His activities do beg some questions:
- Eastman is primarily known as an academic. Is he really NOM's best choice for counsel? Does he even have the staff to support all of this litigation?
- Without a substantial law practice, is he litigating issues that should not be contested while clocking up legal fees? In Brian Brown he has an untrained and inexperienced manager that he can exploit.
- What protects NOM's donors from getting fleeced? After all, this is a clear conflict of interest. It's also a conflict that NOM has not publicly addressed.
In 2010 Eastman ran a failed campaign for California attorney general. Eastman tried to dupe voters by being listed as “assistant attorney general” or “special assistant attorney general” in campaign materials and on the Republican primary ballot. Eastman has never been an assistant AG in California — or anywhere else for that matter. His excuse was that he was acting as outside counsel for South Dakota's Attorney General.
Why would anyone expect Eastman to act in the best interests of NOM's non-profit corporations? For Eastman conservatism seems to cease when other people's money is involved.
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