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I Understand Elizabeth Cheney's Attack On Detainee Lawyers

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

For 15 years, I've heard it. "How can you?" It's either "How can you represent those people, how can you defend those people, how can you sleep at night, how can you live with yourself?How can you?There is no question that better displays a person's ignorance.The average American believes in our Constitution, but only parts of it. They believe the First Amendment protects them when they say anything they want to say, but not others who say things that offend them. They believe the Second Amendment allows them to carry a gun, period. They believe the Fourth Amendment is only to protect drug dealers, and that the police can come into their house anytime they want because they have nothing to hide. They believe the Fifth Amendment allows them to remain silent, even though they never would, and that if someone accused of a crime remains silent, it should be evidence against them to infer guilt...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on March 09, 2010 (boomark / email).