Lawyers Should be Indicted (Re: [lbo-talk] Doug Henwood profile

Luke Weiger lweiger at umich.edu
Thu May 27 12:04:40 PDT 2004


----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>


> I don't know about the legal arguments or the facts of the case, but
> the politics of it stink. Stewart is perfect for trying to legitimize
> the criminalization of defending unpleasant characters, whether
> they're terrorists or mobsters. It's sad that Reason mag seems to see
> this more clearly than you.
>
> Doug

What do you think of this article: http://writ.news.findlaw.com/colb/20030730.html ? Does it somehow misrepresent what Stewart did? (A sincere question. I'm not very familiar with the facts of the case.)

-- Luke



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