Monday, May 09, 2005
RESTRICTIONOFCIVILLIBERTIESOMG!!!!!onehundredeleven!
Oh, no!
Summary:
Lynne Stewart is under trial for passing on a message from her client that she wasn't allowed to pass.
Lisette B. Poole complains about how the government is wrong to try her for defending an unpopular dude.
Now, while one could argue that she's only facing trial because her client dude is unpopular, Poole doesn't do so. She just goes straight from one to the other.
Her trial has raised concerns among civil rights organizations who are challenging the U.S. PATRIOT Act, which gives police authorities sweeping powers to indiscriminately search the homes and personal records of citizens.
Does it really? I mean, really, does it? Have you ever read it?
One has to wonder, too, how putting out a press release for her client was part of her job as his defense attorney. But hey, whatever. Don't let me get in the way of a good bitch about civil rights.
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