Defending People

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“Awesome” Indeed.

Mark Bennett | January 27, 2010

It’s easy to respect the rights of the pretty people, the popular ones, the charming folk, the nice guys.  No one’s going to run roughshod over Mr. Rogers’ rights.  We probably don’t need a Constitution to protect the Prom Queen.  It’s the assholes we need to write the rules for.  It’s harder to treat them [...]

Wrong, Wrong, and . . . RIght?

Mark Bennett | July 19, 2007

Young Shawn Matlock, Ft. Worth criminal defense lawyer, writes here about his “conservative” (in American politics, code for “in favor of big government unless it gores my ox”) political views.
Not to pick on Shawn, but here are some highlights of his goodnatured post:
Do I think, in general, Bennett’s person convicted of trafficking 400 grams of [...]