If I were advising ACORN (and no, I have no connection to the group), I would turn it into a political circus if it comes to trial....and raise the firing of the US attorneys (Attorney-gate)....and subpoena Gonzales et al.
Particularly with the circumstances in Nevada very similar to those in New Mexico, where the US attorney was fired by Bush/Gonazales.
While prefacing its results as incomplete because of the refusal of several key Bush administration officials to cooperate, a DoJ Inspector General report released last year found that David Iglesias, the US Attorney, was fired for not giving into pressure to pursue cases with purely partisan allegations despite a lack of evidence.:
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"[...W]e believe the evidence we uncovered showed that Iglesias was removed because of complaints to the Department of Justice and the White House by New Mexico Republican members of Congress and party activists about Iglesias's handling of voter fraud and public corruption cases in the state."
As detailed above, many Republicans in New Mexico believed that fraudulent registrations by Democratic Party voters was a widespread problem in New Mexico, an evenly divided state politically that has had very close national elections. Beginning in the summer of 2004, New Mexico Republican Party activists talked to Iglesias about the “party’s . . . efforts” on the voter fraud issue, and sought to involve him in those efforts....
In sum, we believe the evidence shows that the complaints about Iglesias from New Mexico Republican politicians and party activists, both to the Department and to the White House, caused Sampson to place Iglesias on the removal list.
http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/s08...apter6.htm#IVB
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The partisan nature of the DoJ's pursuit of "voter fraud" cases at the request of Republican party officials in numerous states, particularly swing states, in recent years and the resulting firing of the US attorneys including Iglesias and others who put the law about partisan politics and not going along with the plan would make a great side show at the trial.