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Future American lawyers to be proud of.
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 14:58:57 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: "Robert J. Berger" <rberger () ibd com> Date: January 25, 2006 2:16:45 PM ESTTo: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>, Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: Future American lawyers to be proud of. Future American lawyers to be proud of. ... and Alberto Gonzales. http://insomnia.livejournal.com/652389.html?nc=2&style=mine [A few good pictures on the website] Alberto Gonzales spoke before law students at Georgetown today, justifying illegal, unauthorized surveilance of US citizens, but during the course of his speech the students in class did something pretty ballsy and brave. They got up from their seats and turned their backs to him. To make matters worse for Gonzales, additional students came into the room, wearing black cowls and carrying a simple banner, written on a sheet. [The good Ben Franklin quote: "Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither"] Fortunately for him, it was a brief speech... followed by a panel discussion that basically ripped his argument a new asshole. And, as one of the people on the panel said, "When you're a law student, they tell you if say that if you can't argue the law, argue the facts. They also tell you if you can't argue the facts, argue the law. If you can't argue either, apparently, the solution is to go on a public relations offensive and make it a political issue... to say over and over again "it's lawful", and to think that the American people will somehow come to believe this if we say it often enough. In light of this, I'm proud of the very civil civil disobedience that was shown here today." - David Cole, Georgetown University Law Professor It was a good day for dissent. –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Robert J. Berger - Internet Bandwidth Development, LLC. Voice: 408-882-4755 eFax: +1-408-490-2868 http://www.ibd.com ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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