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Calling the failure to register women "a totally irrational distinction," Donald Weinberg, the Philadelphia attorney who will present the case against the SSS before the Supreme Court, yesterday said that his ultimate aim is not to adjust the program, but to "see that there is no registration, no draft...
...Weinberg's client, Robert Goldberg, won his suit against the SSS in Philadelphia federal district court in July, but Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan stayed the decision, allowing registration of 19- and 20-year-old men to begin as planned...
...Weinberg promised to "go with the exact same case we won with in Philadelphia." He added that he will concentrate on the "illogic of ignoring the skills and capabilities of 51 per cent of the population in the event of a national crisis." He declied to evaluate his chances of winning before the high court...
...lawyers are expected to try to persuade the trial jury that Williams, who met with the bogus sheik or his representatives eight times in eleven months, was improperly enticed by the FBI. An FBI tape played at Myers' trial records FBI Informer Mel Weinberg, who acted the role of the sheik's associate, coaching Williams on how to impress the fake Arab. Said Weinberg: "You gotta tell him how important you are. You tell him in no uncertain terms: 'Without me, there is no deal. I'm the man who's gonna open doors...
...closing arguments, the defense emphasized that the case, which is the first of separate trials of five more Congressmen on ABSCAM charges this month and next, rested chiefly on the testimony of Melvin Weinberg, an admitted swindler who was one of the principals in the undercover operation. Countered Prosecutor Thomas Puccio: "Do you really believe that a U.S. Congressman took $50,000 in an envelope when he really didn't want to do it?" Said Defense Attorney John Duffy: "It's Mel vs. Ozzie. That's what it boils down...