Looking up from the Bottom of the Slippery Slope

[civic_oracle]

I used to watch Boston Legal on television. One of the attorneys in the law office that was the focus of the show had an argument that he called his "United States of America" speech. He would get up in front of a jury and say "My client was subjected to thus-and-such treatment while in police custody. This just cannot happen. You cannot allow

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[civic_oracle]

Forget standing up for Padilla, stand up for everyone. This puts everyone's liberty in terrible jeopardy.

[civic_oracle]

Ah, good! ;-)

Should we re-post the entire discussion here as well? :-)

[civic_oracle]

Allow me to add to this an excerpt from the American Bar Association's 2002 statement on Ex parte Quirin