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> David Goldberger, who was the ACLU attorney in the Skokie-Nazi case, was my
> First Amendment prof at Ohio State Law, also my legal writing instructor. He
> was rather surprised to find that a National Lawyers Guild type like me was
> also a rabid kneejerk old-fashioned defend-the-rights-of-Nazis-to-march civil
> libertarian.
I supported the ACLU in the Skokie-Nazi case for the same reason that I opposed
the limits on the rights to abortion opponents.
>
> The ACLU did some less-than-honorable things during the high cold war. I am
> certain it would not do them again.
Now they are taking tobacco money, aren't they?
> Neil exaggerates some when he says that the law will not go after a big time
> capitalist.
Oh no. Neil is on target here. Betty Ford for the rich, prison for the poor.
In my book, Transcending the Economy, I discuss some studies that indicate that
penalties for small companies are disproportionately high.
> It's also true that the rich have better chances because they can afford
> better lawyers. But they are not immune.
>
> Ask Dwayne Andreas, heir to the ADM fortune, who is going to prison for
> criminal price-fixing.
Are you sure? But we mention him because he is probably the only example.
> The Seventh
> Circuit Court of Appeals just turned down his appeal. In a smaller way, my
> judge just presided over a tax fraud trial of a crooked investment advisor
> who tried to avoid paying taxes on a $1.3 million commission he had received.
Yes, this type of crook will get punished.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
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