November 5, 2009
Neither Left Nor Right
Sometimes you just have to scratch your head.
Nathan Koppel, in an article at the Wall Street Journal's online site, finds it
odd that a former Bush administration attorney is now in private practice
arguing against a prosecutor who fabricated evidence in a murder suit. A
similar piece at law.com, by Tony Mauro, proclaims that, "To Build Practice,
Ex-Bush [Solicitor General] Embraces Liberal Clients."
Now, I'm not exactly a conservative, but I make common cause with conservatives
all the time. Many of my best friends are conservative, and so are some of my
best ideas. So I ask you: Since when is defending a wrongfully convicted man
against a lying, unjust prosecutor any more "liberal" than "conservative"?
Does conservatism really mean letting governments cook up evidence to throw
innocents into prison?
No.
And yet both of these writers characterized former Solicitor General Paul
Clement as somehow liberal and unconservative for "embracing" -- yes --
"liberal clients."
Well, a hug was involved. But if a lawyer ably defended you against a malign,
immoral agent of the state, mightn't you offer a hug?
Embraces aside, the issue at hand is neither conservative nor liberal.
Americans -- of any party -- oppose injustice. Right?
Or: left?
This is not a matter of left-right disagreement. Or party politics. Or, even,
America vs. other nations. It's simple justice.
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