Great point, I hadn't thought about this at all.
What I have been thinking about a lot lately is John Adams serving as defense attorney for the redcoats in the Boston Massacre. The "we don't need trials" mentality is as anti-legal as one can get. We can't be free when our government is anti-legal.
What I have been thinking about a lot lately is John Adams serving as defense attorney for the redcoats in the Boston Massacre. The "we don't need trials" mentality is as anti-legal as one can get. We can't be free when our government is anti-legal.
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Adam Weinstein
Was just reading John Quincy Adams' oral arguments before SCOTUS in the Amistad case and this part seems, uh, pretty relevant
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