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Bush Supreme Court Nominee Former Microsoft Lawyer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-thats-one-way-to-get-at-this-story dept.

DaveM writes "Bush's most recent Supreme Court nominee, Harriet Miers, successfully argued that people who were sold defective software by Microsoft weren't "injured," and couldn't participate in a class action against the company. The case involved unstable compression features in MS DOS 6.0, which were corrected by a $9.95 update, MS DOS 6.2. Plaintiffs wanted Microsoft to offer the updates for free, but eventually lost to Miers' arguments."

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  1. What do you expect? by Viper+Daimao · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What was she supposed to argue? "My client is guilty."?

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  2. You know, here's a news flash... by hivemind_mvgc · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Most lawyers argue a case because they're paid to argue the case, not because they have some personal convictions involved in the case.

    Microsoft pays well.

    I fail to see any relevance to this story, beyond the usual anti-Microsoft rabble rousing.

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  3. Re:Key phrase by SimilarityEngine · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But it goes further, to say: if you have defective brakes, you are not entitled to a free replacement - even if those brakes are shown to have caused serious accidents.

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  4. Re:Nice flaming headline. by monkeydo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's like people expect lawyers to have scruples or something.

    Yeah, lawyers who zealously represent their cllients even when they personally disagree are like those scumbag doctors who'll treat just about anyone. I mean, wouldn't the world be a better place if Christian doctors refused to treat homosexuals, and liberal doctors refused to treat Republicans? Of course not. And just like medical care, the legal system only works if everyone has the best counsel available to them.

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  5. Re:Nice flaming headline. by Shakrai · · Score: 5, Insightful

    if he wasn't Christian, the liberals would not have a problem with the guy.

    Respectfully, I beg to differ.

    My disgust with Dubya has nothing to do with the fact that he is religious. It has to do with the fact that he is a dangerous neo-con with absolutely no regard for the opinions or suffering or others. And believe it or not but liberals can be religious too. We just don't believe in forcing it on people the way that members of the far-right do.

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