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ID: Jack Van V for victory

By Skelly

I liked him as opposing counsel out at the Barrister courthouse; I loved him as the gutsiest civil libertarian in town. My colleague Jack Van Valkenburgh is taking a break from his labors after 18 years of nurturing civil liberties in the arid soil of my home state. From Left Side of the Moon:A Local ChampionThis was a bit surprising though not totally unexpected. Eighteen years is a long time especially given the intensity of an organization like the ACLU.The newspaper photograph bearing his likeness marks the day in 1990 that then-Gov. Cecil Andrus vetoed a bill that would have created the most restrictive abortion laws in the country. It was the same year Van Valkenburgh helped open the American Civil Liberties Union office in Idaho. He had been working as a city prosecutor...continue to full post

Full post as published by Arbitrary and Capricious on January 25, 2008 (boomark / email).