That’s a colossally bad mistake on ACORN’s part to even attempt to cast the videographers as the bad guys, especially when Maryland law has a pretty wide exception that allows undercover taping in areas that are public - like reception areas and offices, where the expectation of privacy isn’t present.

Moreover, ACORN isn’t even the right party to be suing here. It’s the two people who were fired in the Baltimore office. They’re the ones who were sent packing after ACORN got wind of the video. ACORN’s leadership even thanked the videographers for outing the few bad apples.

The problem here is that ACORN moved ahead with this lawsuit because they’re angry and have been outed and humiliated by a couple of young ‘uns. They’re out for blood, and they think that this is the best way to get back at them and Breitbart.

Of course, had ACORN gone the route of letting this play out and die, they could have emerged relatively unscathed.

Instead, this guarantees that the story wont go away anytime soon and their political cover will continue scurrying to avoid connections. They will continue losing support, and going after a media type like Breitbart means that he will have reason to keep the remaining two videos under wraps to be released at a moment where they will do the most damage, and can continue to hone in on ACORN activities around the country from his website services and through other media outlets. The suit means that other media outlets will have to cover it as well, compounding ACORN’s woes.