“He who represents himself has a fool for a client” — Abraham Lincoln

“He who represents himself has a fool for a client” — Abraham Lincoln

Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador should have heeded Honest Abe’s advice before launching his repeated frivolous attacks against the Open Primaries Initiative (OPI). Lincoln was saying what is common knowledge amongst lawyers and judges–a lawyer who pursues a hotly-contested claim in which he is personally invested can make serious errors of judgment, effectively sabotaging his or her own case. The self-interested lawyer often substitutes wis…