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John Yoo and The “Al Qaeda Seven”

March 10, 2010 By tedf

A group called Keep America Safe has published an ad (video available at KAS's website) criticising several Justice Department lawyers for having represented Guantanamo Bay detainees. I was glad to read that many prominent lawyers in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: cheney, justice-department, keep-america-safe, lawyers, yoo

Rep. Fagan on Cutting Victim Services

March 24, 2009 By southstreet

Rep. James Fagan, who once squealed with delight at the chance to cross-examine a child victim of sexual abuse (http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/2008/06/ma-rep-james-fagan-d-taunton-on.html), is back at his bully pulpit again, this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: advocates, budget, child-abuse, crime, cynical, district-attorneys, james-fagan, lawyers, legislature, victims, witnesses

Yesterday’s rally of Lawyers in support of the Pakistani Lawyers

November 14, 2007 By AmberPaw

The President of the Asian Bar Association, as well as Amnesty International, the Hispanic Bar Association and others spoke.  I recognized members of the distric attorneys staff, senior partners from law firms, the Executive Director … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: constitutional-supremacy, democracy, independent-judiciary, lawyers, pakistan

Hooray for Lawyers

July 24, 2007 By tedf

Now, I should say that I am one of the "urban drivers" whose rates could very well go up under competition unless regulations aimed at protecting urbanites prevent an increase. I should also say that I don't see any grave problem with our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: auto-insurance, burnes, lawyers

“TedF” and “Speaking Out” discuss the LaGuer case

June 16, 2007 By Speaking Out

  Let me take your points one at a time. ... of course I (and you) lack any personal knowledge of what happened at the scene of the crime. This is both true and a truism. Very few cases don't require the power of deduction to arrive at … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: ben-laguer, civil-liberties, dna, laguer, law, law-and-lawyers, lawyers

Mass Lawyers Weekly’s first endorsement: Patrick

October 13, 2006 By cos

Kerry Healey's attacks have prodded Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly to break a longstanding tradition, and endorse Deval Patrick:During the 34-year history of Lawyers Weekly, the paper has never endorsed a candidate for elected office. This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deval-patrick, endorsement, kerry-healey, lawyers, massachusetts

Heads of the Mass. & Boston Bar Associations speak out

October 13, 2006 By oceandreams

As a practicing Boston lawyer and founder of the earliest Boston bar association, John Adams defended British troops accused of the murder of patriots at the Boston Massacre. Six of those soldiers and their captain were acquitted. Though he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: deval-patrick, distortion-of-record, justice, kerry-healey, lawyers, negative-campaigning

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