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Apparently a dozen top legal minds have joined forces, pro bono, to convince Judge Walton to allow Scooter Libby, the traitor’s friend, to remain free pending appeal. Walton is holding a hearing on the matter Thursday. He couldn’t resist saying this.
“It is an impressive show of public service when twelve prominent and distinguished current and former law professors of well-respected schools are able to amass their collective wisdom in the course of only several days to provide their legal expertise to the Court on behalf of a criminal defendant,” Walton wrote in granting the scholars’ request.
He added: “The Court trusts that this is a reflection of these eminent academics’ willingness in the future to step up to the plate and provide like assistance in cases involving any of the numerous litigants, both in this Court and throughout the courts of our nation, who lack the financial means to fully and properly articulate the merits of their legal positions.”
Awesome!