Lawyers Rally Against Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas

[December 21, 2009] — at least two-thirds of them local attorneys.   The noon rally was a surprising show of strength from a profession that generally prefers filing motions to openly agitating — and indeed, the few scattered immigration activists in the crowd definitely stuck out from the majority of protesters, who were older, whiter, and almost entirely clad in suits. . . . In a series of short speeches, the protestors focused on two things: defending the local judiciary from Thomas’ onslaught of attacks, and then turning the tables and attacking Thomas.”