Kinoy urges protection of Constitution
By Thomas Henderson
OF the Emerald
These are dark days for the
Constitution, and Americans
must "take the offensive” in
protecting it, civil rights at
torney Arthur Kinoy said
Friday.
Kinoy, author of the book
“Rights on Trial,” has been in
volved in a number of famous
civil rights cases, including the
trials of fulius and Ethel
Rosenberg and the Chicago
Seven.
A self-professed “people’s
lawyer,” he has argued on
behalf of blacklisted workers.
draft resisters, civil rights ac
tivists and others he considers
victims of power. Kinoy cur
rently teaches law at Rutgers
University.
Speaking without a
microphone, Kinoy’s voice
boomed through a packed two
room lecture hall at noon in the
law school as he drew lessons
for the present from struggles of
the past.
“There is. . .an invisible wall
between us here, at this mo
ment, and our past,” said
Kinoy, criticizing the failure of
people, particularly in the legal
profession, to learn from
history.
He related a case where 483
blacks were arrested in Dan
ville, Va., in 1963 for protesting
segregation. There was no
chance for a black defendant to
find justice in a Virginia court,
Kinoy said.
The county judge, he said,
had a loaded six-shooter on the
bench whenever blacks were in
the courtroom, even though
they were restricted to the last
two rows of seats.
According to Kinoy, the only
remedy he could offer his
clients through mainstream
channels was a possible victory
in the U.S. Supreme Court in
six or seven years.
Instead, Kinoy went for im
mediate action by resurrecting a
radical Reconstruction statute
from the 1860s, allowing civil
rights cases to be removed from
state jurisdiction if the state
could not provide a fair trial.
After fierce struggles with the
established power structure,
removal was granted, he said.
Danville, said Kinoy. was an
example of people taking the of
fensive to protect their rights,
and serves as a lesson today as
the Reagan administration at
tacks “the very written Con
stitution itself.”
President Ronald Reagan has
resurrected the doctrine of in
herent power where the presi
dent assumes the authority to
suspend constitutional rights
and disobey the law when in the
“national interest,” Kinoy said.
Among Reagan’s offenses are
his violation of international
law, as well as the Neutrality
Act of the 19th century, by at
tempting to overthrow the
Nicaraguan government, Kinoy
said.
“We have to explain to peo
ple all over the country the
lawless nature of the Reagan ad
ministration, in every respect,”
he said.
Kinoy’s appearance Friday
was sponsored by the Student
Bar Association, National
Lawyers' Guild and ASUG.
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In the rush to grab voter’s attention before
the November election, two national political
figures will be at the University Tuesday,
stumping for candidates and issues.
John Anderson, a former representative
from Illinois and one-time presidential can
didate, and Sen. I-owe! 1 YVoicker. R-Conn..
will speak separately as ASUO-sponsored
guests.
Speaking at 12:30 p.m. in Room IH7 KMl).
Weicker will address national security issues
and support Oregon Sen. Mark Hatfield's re
election campaign,
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campaign with his speech, “Reaganomics and
Oregon's Future.” A press conference with
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