Do lawyers such?

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 11:45 AM 1/7/00 -0500, Nathan Newman wrote:
>Justin, as someone who is on my way to a law degree, I still side with the
>people who say that lawyers as a class are scum; just because there is a
small
>group of heroic folks with law degrees trying to undo the damage does not
>improve the average moral basis of lawyering as an activity.  It is
>prosecutors/lawyers who railroaded Mumia and a hanging judges/lawyers who
have
>kept him and others on death row, while it is corporate lawyers who protect

-- snip

Nathan, do not forget that racial seggregation in this country was
abolished not by the so-called "elected representatives" in congress but by
courts, that is lawyers.  Do not also forget that our *only* line of
defence against corporate malfeasance are those 'sleazy' lawyers willing to
take cases on a contingency basis.  I would go as far as saying that the
court system and vast supply of litigation-happy lawyers is the life
support that keeps democracy alive in this country.

Also the National Lawyers Guild prides itself that Edgar Hoover considered
it more dangerous than bomb throwers - having such enemies surely means
that they are doing something right.

So if you do not like the system, do not shoot your lawyer, shoot
(figuratively speaking, of course) your so-called "elected representative"
who sells public trust to the highest bidder and passes laws favoring
corporate profits over public good (otoh, these scumbags are often lawyers).

wojtek