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> CB: However, the NLG as an organization has long taken the position of not defending
>Nazi/KKK rights to speak as attorneys.
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You mean the NLG doesn't defend as atty's the free speech rights of fascists? Far as I
know the only notable fascist whose free speech rights are at stake, or were, is
Matthew Hale of Carbondale, who graduated SIU Law School, but was denied admission to
the Illinois bar because of his political beliefs. He's Pontifex Maximus of the Church
of the Creator, I think it is called, a white supremacist outfit indirectly implicated
in the racial murder by a nut case of Northwest basketball coach Ricky Birdsong about
2 minutes from my house.
The U.S.Ct. wouldn't take Hale's case. Personally, I think that's wrong. I think he
should be admitted to the bar (if he passes the bar exam) regardless of his political
views. There's legal basis for this--the cases from the 60s saying that the states
couldn't keep commies out of the bar.
--jks
Anyway, if the Guild as an organization doesn't defend the free speech rights of
fascists, that's OK. The ACLU does, so there's a division of labor.
