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Politics : Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator from New York? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: chalu2 who wrote (1030)	8/15/1999 11:13:00 AM
From: nuke44	Respond to of 3389

Yes, but "average citizen" includes everyone from highschool dropouts to Stephen Hawking and we would then be able to select from the drafted pool, those who we want to represent us. One of the most cogent reasons for a political "draft" is to avoid those who actively seek office of their own accord, and to have the option of selecting someone who doesn't go into office with a predetermined agenda, other than to do the will of the people. No reflection on you personally, chalu2, but one of the (many) advantages of banning lawyers from political office would be to put an end to the byzantine machinations of the law that have been carried out by lawyers in order to keep government and through government, access to power, as a private club for themselves. In reality, due to their own abuses of the legal and political system, lawyers themselves have made being bar certified and holding public office, the ultimate conflict of interest. As far as jury verdicts, don't even get me started. It may have been the jurors that acquitted O.J., but it was the attorneys that turned a murder case that had nothing to do with race into a racial issue that opened a schism in this country., that will not be healed for years to come.

To: chalu2 who wrote (1030)	8/15/1999 12:10:00 PM
From: C Kahn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3389

chalu2,I realize that it was jurors who acquitted O.J. But wouldn't you agree that his "Dream Team" of lawyers presented his defense to the jury in a different manner than a public defender would have? And wouldn't you agree that the way a case is presented to a jury can influence their decision? If I was charged with murder, I would much prefer a "Dream Team" of lawyers, than a public defender. And in the frivolous case of hot coffee from McDonalds, I would assume that the woman making the charge had a pretty sharp lawyer to present her case as well. C Kahn