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Law Practice

Aug. 11, 2020

Civil rights lawyer sees courts as antidote to dysfunctional government

Mark Rosenbaum has been utilizing the judiciary to further causes he believes in since he began his career helping to defend Daniel Ellsberg in the Pentagon Papers case.

Civil rights lawyer sees courts as antidote to dysfunctional government
Mark Rosenbaum

A judge once asked civil rights attorney Mark Rosenbaum, "Why don't you avail yourself of the political process? It is not our job to change certain circumstances. Go to the legislature, go to the executive," or something to that effect.

As director of Public Counsel Opportunity Under Law, and former chief counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, Rosenbaum has been utilizing the judiciary to further cau...

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