Fun fact: Sometimes a lawyer's job is to tell the client things they don't want to hear, to question a client's representations if they appear inconsistent with other evidence, and to refuse to make arguments or take positions that they know to be frivolous.
![Section 11 of the February 20, 1792, Act to establish the Post Office and Post Roads within the United States.
"Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That, if any Deputy Postmaster, or other person authorized by the Postmaster General, to receive the postages of letters, shall fraudulently demand or receive any... [continued in next image]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cn54gi4w3anugyfn4czrrdw3/bafkreifmoe7lnq64cz45ra3faenujx4e7ychyps4vkhe3tqw2vy6cz6s2q)
