interesting how many congresspersons who are attorneys voted for the patriot act, knowing it could be used in this manner. attorneys serving on the supreme court illicitly put shrub in office. al gore in his recent rouser had to put a plug in for himself at the end of his otherwise accurate speech about how he essentially abdicated his rights as a candidate and citizen in order to stand for the "rule of law." when is the legal profession going to realize it has a responsibility to police itself? otherwise, those trying to do a decent job will be picked off one by one.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 7:35 AM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Doug Henwood profile
Michael Perelman wrote:
>Lynne Stewart
There's a good piece in the current ish of Reason (not on web) on the Justice Dept's attempts to criminalize being a defense attorney. It's not just Stewart they're after - it's an entire pattern. Of course the Stewart prosecution is politically scarier. She's not being charged under the PATRIOT Act, because her alleged offenses were committed before that law was passed. Under the PATRIOT Act, the very defense of an accused "terrorist" could itself be prosecuted as terrorism.
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