tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413947437151478107.post2870073146340500447..comments2023-10-09T06:57:21.214-07:00Comments on A Bunch of Hot Air: Kill the Lawyers, reduxSiroccohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01690606094337353266noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413947437151478107.post-50468666966779655492009-04-26T17:16:00.000-07:002009-04-26T17:16:00.000-07:00I totally understand why, in terms of what Obama h...I totally understand why, in terms of what Obama hopes to achieve, he would like to let it go. It's going to be a firestorm, a huge distraction from what he wants to accomplish with his agenda.<br /><br />Of course, one shouldn't overlook torture on the grounds it's more convenient to simply let it go.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong, in terms of what I think would help the country more in the long term, I would take a better health-care system and more environmental protection rather than prosecutions for torture ... but there is not only a legal, but a moral obligation to prosecute, no matter how 'inconvenient' it might be.<br /><br />You understand that of course ... but just for anyone else reading this little give-and-take.Siroccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690606094337353266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413947437151478107.post-29301926160998511952009-04-26T09:40:00.000-07:002009-04-26T09:40:00.000-07:00Understood.
I am sure you realize the odds are go...Understood.<br /><br />I am sure you realize the odds are good that this is going to become a real mess, and I think that is why Obama would prefer to let it go.<br /><br />I think that option is toast at this point.x4mrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726002265345298344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413947437151478107.post-75247055290148617692009-04-26T06:36:00.000-07:002009-04-26T06:36:00.000-07:00But how is this different now? If, for example, a ...But how is this different now? If, for example, a lawyer provides truly poor representation in a case (or, at least, if he consistently does so), he can be disbarred.<br /><br />Take it a step further - assume a case where a lawyer not only provides poor advice, but provides poor advice designed to justify, say, a murder. Doesn't he become an accessory to the crime then, and thus punishable?<br /><br />If this causes the OLC to take more conservative positions which tend to be more restrictive of Presidential power, I see that as a good thing.Siroccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690606094337353266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413947437151478107.post-85789855723966300132009-04-25T21:11:00.000-07:002009-04-25T21:11:00.000-07:00I would have commented sooner, but I've been strug...I would have commented sooner, but I've been struggling with this.<br /><br />The theory plays out as you suggest and I don't disagree. I choke on the implementation where rubber meets road and how it pans out with respect to the implications.<br /><br />Every concern you express is solid, but how do we go after these guys without emasculating future requests for legal opinion? I'm not saying there isn't a way. I am saying that this has do be done with savvy.<br /><br />The conversation has to be crafted in a way that distinguishes the true nature of the crimes committed without opening a pandora's box. Again, I get what you're saying, but how do we steer clear of "Write a legal opinion, but if later sentiments disagree, you could go to prison."?x4mrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726002265345298344noreply@blogger.com