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Attacking Defense Lawyers

By Michael Blankenship

In the McCarthy era, demagogues on the right smeared loyal Americans as disloyal and charged that the government was being undermined from within. In this era, demagogues on the right are smearing loyal Americans as disloyal and charging that the government is being undermined from within. Read more... Defense attorneys have never been popular with the general public. But the most recent attack by a group calling itself Keep America Safe sets a new low by stating that attorneys who represented detainees did not share American values. A number of prominent conservatives have spoken out against this new form of McCarthyism. Never mind that the vast majority of detainees have been released from custody, many by the Bush Administration. Never mind that the Bush Administration's policies have been repudiated by the U...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on March 09, 2010 (boomark / email).