Needing a law degree for the Constitution
The point is you don't need one. Read the 1st and the part about representing yourself and having an attorney appointed to ASSIST you. ____________________________________________________________________ Beware gentle knight, there is no greater monster than reason. Miguel de Cervantes The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------
When you're a defendant. Because I wouldn't answer questions, I got off the stand very quickly. John Young didn't have an attorney sitting a few feet away who was from a large law firm and ready to file an emergency appeal to the 9th Circuit, and he spent far longer on the stand. He authenticated email, responded to questions about his posts to cypherpunks, etc. that he wouldn't have had to if he claimed a journalist's privilege. This is not to say that John did anything but take a principled stand. When Robb London insisted that Carl Johnson set up a working AP bot, John stuck to his "spoof" line. His testimony probably helped the defense more than the prosecution. -Declan On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 06:27:33PM -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
The point is you don't need one.
Read the 1st and the part about representing yourself and having an attorney appointed to ASSIST you.
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Beware gentle knight, there is no greater monster than reason.
Miguel de Cervantes
The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:
When you're a defendant.
Because I wouldn't answer questions, I got off the stand very quickly.
John Young didn't have an attorney sitting a few feet away who was from a large law firm and ready to file an emergency appeal to the 9th Circuit, and he spent far longer on the stand. He authenticated email, responded to questions about his posts to cypherpunks, etc. that he wouldn't have had to if he claimed a journalist's privilege.
This is not to say that John did anything but take a principled stand. When Robb London insisted that Carl Johnson set up a working AP bot, John stuck to his "spoof" line. His testimony probably helped the defense more than the prosecution.
Which proves my main point. ____________________________________________________________________ Beware gentle knight, there is no greater monster than reason. Miguel de Cervantes The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------
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