Lawyers are paid to represent people. Sometimes as public defenders they are asked to represent horrible people–terrorists, murderers, rapists, etc. Most Americans understand that. However, the cancel culture doesn’t care.<\/p>\n
Yesterday The Epoch Times<\/a> reported that David Schoen, one of the lawyers who represented President Trump during the impeachment trial, has been suspended from a civil rights lawyer email discussion list and has had a civil rights course he was planning to teach at a law school canceled. I don’t even think that lawyers who have defended terrorists have been treated this badly.<\/p>\n The article reports:<\/p>\n \u201cI was hoping to teach a civil rights course at a law school in the fall. We\u2019ve been in talks about it, kind of planning it out. I wrote to them and I said, \u2018I want you to know, I\u2019m gonna be representing Donald Trump in the impeachment case. I don\u2019t know if that impacts on your decision at all,\u2019\u201d David Schoen, one of the three attorneys who argued before the Senate, told The Epoch Times.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cAnd they said, you know, they appreciated my writing and, frankly, it would make some students and faculty uncomfortable, so I couldn\u2019t do it.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThat was sad for me because I really want to go more and more into teaching. I like doing that,\u201d Schoen said.<\/strong><\/p>\n Schoen, an Alabama-based lawyer recognized for his civil rights litigation, declined to name the school that canceled his course. He likewise declined to name the legal organization behind the email list that suspended him.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cThey actually spent 48 hours discussing this with their board and so on. And they decided that they needed to suspend me from the list,\u201d Schoen said. \u201cIt\u2019s a very important one to me. It\u2019s very prominent civil rights lawyers and fine people.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The article concludes:<\/p>\n Schoen received the Pro Bono Publico Award from the American Bar Association (ABA) in 1995 for his civil rights work. The ABA handbook says (pdf<\/a>) he was \u201crecognized for his enormous contribution to bringing about change in schools, prisons, jails, foster care, police departments, and election ballot access in the South.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n The Senate acquitted Trump of the charge that he incited the mob that breached the Capitol on Jan. 6. Schoen said he spoke to the president after the acquittal. He said the president was \u201cvery upbeat, very gratified.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n During the trial, Schoen spoke to Trump two or three times per day. He said the president was always \u201cvery gracious,\u201d \u201cvery supportive,\u201d and \u201cvery much appreciated the presentations I made.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Days after the acquittal, a top House Democrat and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) sued Trump over the Capitol breach, accusing the president of planning a conspiracy to attack the Capitol. Schoen said the lawsuit is \u201cpolitical theater.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s any merit to it. I think it\u2019s an abuse of the statute that it\u2019s based on. And I think it\u2019s just going to lead to further divisiveness,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n It is unfortunate that neither the school nor the email discussion group had the courage to stand up for what is right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lawyers are paid to represent people. Sometimes as public defenders they are asked to represent horrible people–terrorists, murderers, rapists, etc. Most Americans understand that. However, the cancel culture doesn’t care. Yesterday The Epoch Times reported that David Schoen, one of … Continue reading