At 10:31 PM -0500 5/22/01, Mac Norton wrote:
>Your friend is largely correct, but there are some important
>exceptions to his general principles that may be troublesome.
>For instance, "every man has an obligation to give his
>evidence." It's one of those "citizenship" things, but it
>applies to mere residents as well. Granted, nationwide
>subpoena reach (rare, but sometimes permitted) does make
>compliance with this obligation a good deal more inconvenient
>than anticipated at common law--or does it? Can't one get
>from Seattle to Boston today a lot faster than one could get
>from Boston to New York two hundred years ago? And much more
>comfortably?
As Declan's case showed, it's still a two-day, perhaps three-day,
matter to get from the East Coast to the West Coast (absent red-eyes,
which I don't think _anyone_ should be compelled to take). This is a
far cry from being asked/commanded to drop by the Boston Courthouse
in 1795 to "give his evidence."
>
>Be that as it may, your friend seems to want my taxes to put
>him up at the Ritz and fly him first class and limo him fro
>the airport, if not send a Lear for him. My personal view is
>that your friend's demands are rather unreasonable, and I'll
>bet my personal views are shared by most taxpayers.
My friend did not speak off either a Learjet or digs at the Ritz. Nor
did he speak of a limo. You have erected a strawman argument. My
friend spoke of what he spoke of...I shant repeat it here.
>
>I appreciate your friend's view about hiring expensive lawyers,
>or hiring lawyers in general. I'm a relatively inexpensive
>lawyer, but cheap or dear, most lawyers sincerely do appreciate
>folks like your friend. It's the Framm oil filter thing: Pay
>me now, or pay me later. And it's more later.
A friend of this friend of mine takes an even more extreme view than
my friend does. My friend's friend has seen what has happened in
recent political show trials, so he chooses not to say more about
what a real punishment for abusers of the Constitution should be.
--Tim May
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Timothy C. May [EMAIL PROTECTED] Corralitos, California
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