Law Students Turn Their Backs On Gonzales (literally. click through for the pictures)
The quote that matters:
“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
This is a fine and lovely thing to see. I know not everyone in this country has the backbone or brains of these students, but at least they do.
In other news, I just called my belovéd (cough) senators to tell them that I’d sure appreciate it if they’d refuse to support the patriot act until some real language has been written into it to curb possible abuses of National Security Letters and sneak-and-peak warrants. I mention this mostly because when I asked the young lady on the phone (who seemed largely disinterested in me, shock!) if she needed my zip code or anything to prove that I was a citizen of this particular partisan hack‘s jurisdiction she said “No, I’ve got your phone number right here.”
Not that that should worry anyone. I mean, it’s just Caller ID, right?
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