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by klyrs
1545 days ago
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> Most Americans would say that an American businessman has more of a right to effective legal counsel than foreign jihadists detained in Guantanamo. 1. Alleged foreign jihadists. An incredibly small minority of whom have actually been convicted, mostly (6 of 8) through plea deals. [1] 2. Little surprise (though, citation needed) that most Americans disagree the Constitution. That doesn't mean we should burn the document. [1] https://www.aclu.org/issues/national-security/detention/guan... |
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I agree! Tell that to the folks this article is talking about, who say stuff like “the Constitution is racist.” (E.g. https://www.newsweek.com/elie-mystal-doubles-down-against-ha.... Author is the former editor of a popular legal news site.)
These folks want to upend the taboo that currently exists in the legal profession over judging other lawyers based on who they choose to represent. My point is that this sort of politicization of the profession doesn’t go down the road they think it does. There is no stable equilibrium where lawyers face social blowback for representing Weinstein or Catholic hospitals or Trump but are lauded for representing suspected terrorists and sex traffickers.