[Lawyers s/be] the first defense outside of government against the rejection of due process, probable cause and habeas corpus ...

October 6 / 7, 2007 | Who Will Confront the Unprecedented and Unconstitutional Concentration of Executive Power? | Where are the Lawyers of America? | By RALPH NADER
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Lawyer jokes aside, the first defense outside of government against the rejection of due process, probable cause and habeas corpus should come from the officers of the courts-the attorneys of America. With few exceptions, they have flunked, asleep at the switch or loaded with excuses.

The exceptions are a number of law professors such as David Cole (Georgetown University) and Jonathan Turley (George Washington University) and the magnificent one-year presidency of Michael Greco at the conservative American Bar Association.
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Unfortunately, the courage of Greco and his colleagues has not been contagious with hundreds of thousands of lawyers throughout America or the 50 state bar associations who might have taken some action or position to stand after the ABA stood tall in 2005-2006. ...