African Americans FOR Bernie Sanders

[Art_from_Ark]

120. She probably became a "Democrat"

when she hitched up with a rising star in the Democratic Party of Arkansas.

But before Bill won the election for state attorney general in 1976, Hillary was defending Arkansas utility companies against residential rate-payers.

"Clashing interests of the well-to-do & the rest of Arkansas were in evidence in 1976 in the form of an initiative. The initiative had been launched by advocates for the poor, a group called the Association of Community Organizations for Reform (ACORN).

"With utility rates in Arkansas skyrocketing, ACORN pushed through a ballot initiative requiring utilities to lower rates for residential users in Little Rock and to increase them for business. The measure passed.

"Business fought back. The engine driving the challenge was the Rose Law Firm, which enlisted Hillary to help. Hillary could hardly decline to fight her friends, especially so early in her career. This was the by-product of Hillary's choice to join Rose. She would advocate for clients who would be on the opposite sides of the causes she had formerly championed.

"The winning brief was crafted by Hillary and a colleague. The judge embraced the theory--that the ordinance amounted to an unconstitutional taking of property."

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