Now let me get this straight – the Left insists that terrorism should be treated as a criminal matter, and that accused terrorists should be tried and imprisoned before courts constituted under Article III of the US Constitution. However, they object when a lawyer actually represents an accused (not convicted) terrorist – or consults with another lawyer who is on the case. Take the outrage of Christopher Orr of The New Republic, who is on the offensive against Fred Thompson over 3.3 billing hours of consultation with another lawyer in his firm..

In a political era in which the cost of a man's haircut can be treated as though it were a window into his soul, you'd think people would be a little more curious what it says about Fred Thompson that he'd do work--even just 3.3 hours of it--for indicted terrorists.

Lefties like the TNR staff want terrorists treated on the field of battle treated as criminal suspects, not prisoners of war.

They want them tried in the courts, with the presumption of innocence until proven guilty (which would mean they are indicted terrorists) and all the other rights a criminal defendant has under our system (including the right to an attorney).

But they want to disqualify for office any lawyer who ever does any legal work of any sort for them.

Are they truly intent of depriving those terrorists of the Sixth Amendment right to counsel?

Do they mean that such accused terrorists should receive only the worst, least competent counsel?

Or could it be that they are merely engaged in a partisan political attack upon an opponent who they know can beat them?

I’d argue that it is the latter – and that is reeks of rank hypocrisy for them to demand due process of law for terrorists while condemning those who work to see that they receive it.

H/T Ramesh Ponnuru of NROÂ’s The Corner.

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