As a recovered lawyer (though still licensed in several states), and friends with many judges, i'm again, aware, and have read plenty of it, and been forced to

As a recovered lawyer (though still licensed in several states), and friends with many judges, i'm again, aware, and have read plenty of it, and been forced to talk about it at parties (unfortunately). That is precisely why i said " this is not a close call, as the order is written, and as the bar has ever been interpreted, either by caselaw, or by ethics opinions." What is here would never be considered reasonable grounds. It's not even close. Outside of random people arguing on hacker news, of course.