[Mb-civic] Fwd: Future American lawyers to be proud of !

[Linda Hassler]

Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 10:33 AM
Subject: Future American lawyers to be proud of !


Future American lawyers to be proud of.
... and Alberto Gonzales.

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.

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To make matters worse for Gonzales, additional students came into the 
room, wearing black cowls and carrying a simple banner, written on a 
sheet.

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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.
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