NEW YORK LAWYER CONVICTED OF AIDING TERRORISTS

YAHOO NEWS ^ | 02-10-05 | LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Writer

[Max Combined]

Good news, indeed. Throw all three of them into jail and throw the key away.

[New Orleans Slim]

"I'm stunned anyone on this forum would defend the traitor."

Read my post again. I give a damn about Stewart, and I am certainly not defending her. What I am worried about is the government trying to use its power to bully defense lawyers in other cases, including any attempts to increase the use of SAMs.

Always keep an eye on the ball. Never trust the government to cabin new powers to use against "traitors." Think about how RICO quickly expanded from its stated purpose of use against mobsters and right into attacking legitimate political protest like that done by anti-abortion groups.

[Former Dodger]

And the difference between her and Kerry is?

She's a CONVICTED criminal, now.

I believe she used to work with William Kuntsler all the time.

Now we have to see the sentencing and then "Grandma Goes to Jail".

[MEG33]

I am thrilled with the verdict.

[AZ_Cowboy]

Tip of the hat to you, Tex. Looks like we've bagged another lib terrorist sympathizer, hopefully. Apparently the old punishments for treason aren't in place, which is a pity.

How 'bout that fur cap? I guess she's still reporting from the politburo even after the Soviets are gone.

Actually, we still have Soviets. They live right here. We've got one teaching in Colorado masquerading as an Indian I hear.

I'll believe that this whole thing'll stand when I see it with my own eyes. That lady is a sneaky bugger, that's for sure.

I love your tagline, by the way. Well, here's to you, one Jesuslander to another.

[af_vet_1981]

You are defending her. You are so upset she was convicted you had to break cover to support her.

[MinuteGal]

She's so ugly that her only hope in life for romance is with her blind terrorist mullah clients.

Leni

[beelzepug]

It needs to be a pretty big boat for there lots of them that belong in it. Tow it out past the twelve-mile limit and use it for torpedo practice.

[Former Proud Canadian]

Even if she isn't a flight risk. She is going to jail. The only question is how long. So she gets bail??? It just doesn't make any sense.

[New Orleans Slim]

"You are defending her. You are so upset she was convicted you had to break cover to support her."

Which part of "don't like the precedent" is defending the person. Oh, that's right, no part of it. If you like state power so much, why are you on a conservative site?

[expatpat]

It's unbelievable to me that there are people in our society who actually promote the killing of American citizens.

There are people in our society who actually DO kill American citizens.

[Bennett46]

There should be a tar pit for creatures like this mess of a female; Ward Churchill...and the rest of the ad nauseum mutants percolating to the surface of our wonderful nation.

[SandRat]

I'm sure the dog would do the doggie variation of Navy Seal Rules for what to do if you see a Great White, "knaw one of my legs off so I can't run, then he'd run for the border headed in the opposite direction. Smart dog.

[JewishRighter]

I'm not joining in saying you are defending her. But I do think this is not a case of a dangerous growth of state power. It is a good thing if the State exercises power to defend itself and its citizens. It would be tough to think that there are many parallel cases waiting out there of innocent people smuggling messages into prisons which will put us on a slippery slope of these kinds of prosecutions.

Ultimately, Ms. Stewart got the best bulwark against runaway state power: a jury of her peers. The people, you might say, have spoken. Go to jail. Do not pass go.

[The Electrician]

Not to split hairs (well, OK, maybe just a few), but aren't there two different issues here? The fact that a jury has found Stewart guilty has no direct bearing on the government's ability to use SAMs, does it? Or are you hypothesizing that if Stewart had been found not guilty it would have somehow sent a "message" to the government about the inadvisability of using SAMs?

If Stewart had been found not guilty it would have had to be due to problems with the evidence or with the government's case, right? The jury would not have been instructed to find her not guilty if the jury decided that SAMs were unconstitutional, right? So where does the slippery slope come in that conservatives should be wary of endorsing?

[af_vet_1981]

Reading through some of your other recent comments I note you defend homosexual marriage as well. I am inalterably opposed to homosexual marriage, treason, and those who defend either. I think the positions you espouse are more in fashion at DU. You might try there.

[LibTeeth]

Your comments are reasonable and well reasoned, and your concern shows a healthy and historically supported cynicism of government power and strategy.

This hasn't been as much of a conservatively principled site since the molester left the oval oriface. As long as power is yielded by "our team" it can violate conservative principles and be lauded here.

In 3.5 years a blatent (as opposed to latent) socialist will inherit the triangulation Bush has brought us, and the coolaid slurpers will be squealing in protest, once again citing constitutional limitations and yearning for limited government. For now though, worship of the veto-less wonder is a popular tonic to cure the post-Clinton hangover. That's the trouble with collectivism, you can't fight it with more counter-collectivism.

[King Prout]

good.

[jocon307]

YEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAA!

And I say that as a born and raised New Yorker. I hope this commie slime never sees the light of day again.

[albee]

"She's so ugly that her only hope in life for romance is with her blind terrorist mullah clients."

Poke Mullah Omar's other eye out and both problems are solved!