Word: nizer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...School forum broke out into controversy last night over the question of whether a lawyer has any obligation to defend a person whose political views he finds despicable. Earlier, the two panelists--Louis Nizer and Edward J. McCormack, Jr.--had agreed that the public image of a lawyer is not all it should...
Answering a question from the audience, Nizer, one of the most successful trial lawyers in the United States, said he could not represent or "argue with passion or sincerity for a man if I despise him--if he is a Nazi or traitor or subversive...
...Nizer pointed out, however, that he does not hesitate to defend a client unjustly accused of unpopular causes. He recently represented radio and TV announcer John Henry Faulk in his successful suit against Aware...
Casner stated that persons accused of unpopular of "despicable" political beliefs ought to have the benefit of the kind of defense a great lawyer like Nizer can provide, and that it was not sufficient for Nizer to say such persons can "get some other lawyer." In his defense, Nizer said that the right of selecting one's clients is "one given to every American...
McCormack expressed agreement with Casner's views, stating that otherwise unpopular individuals might never obtain adequate legal protection. If every lawyer shared Nizer's feelings, then the only person who could represent a Communist in court would be a lawyer who himself believed in Communism...