{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Voices at Temple","provider_url":"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices","title":"\u201cSaying \u201cNo\u201d Is Not Client Betrayal - Voices at Temple","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"uV4VYbSTEN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/saying-no-not-client-betrayal\/\">\u201cSaying \u201cNo\u201d Is Not Client Betrayal<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/saying-no-not-client-betrayal\/embed\/#?secret=uV4VYbSTEN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;\u201cSaying \u201cNo\u201d Is Not Client Betrayal&#8221; &#8212; Voices at Temple\" data-secret=\"uV4VYbSTEN\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www2.law.temple.edu\/voices\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/doj.jpg","thumbnail_width":400,"thumbnail_height":300,"description":"\u201cBetrayed.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0Acting Attorney General Sally Yates said \u201cno\u201d to President Trump and refused to order the Department of Justice to defend the immigration\/refugee ban.\u00a0 This was decried as an act that \u201cbetrayed\u201d the Trump administration, stood as \u201ca further demonstration of how politicized our legal system has become[,]&#8221; and an instance of \u201cpeople refusing to enforce our laws\u2026.\u201d These attacks on this career prosecutor misunderstand a lawyer\u2019s fundamental duty and the specific role the Attorney General plays. Lawyers say \u201cno\u201d to clients all the time.\u00a0 We tell clients that a particular claim or defense can\u2019t be raised or that an argument won\u2019t be presented.\u00a0 Our duty is to the client within limits set by law.\u00a0 There is no principle that says a lawyer must (or may) do whatever the client wishes and defend any position no matter how unconstitutional or unlawful. Indeed, the Rules of Professional Conduct sometimes require us to tell the client \u201cno.\u201d We cannot lie or present false evidence to a court, and we are also forbidden from following a superior\u2019s orders &hellip;"}