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THE FUTURELet evety nation Knout, ~ubether if wislm us tueNo~. i4 that wesMpa)? anyprice, 6eenn1ty burden, meet any hardship, snppororf anypien4 oppose unj~foe to assure the sxruiunl and fbesuccessof //he!-0.- Joht I! KenndjPRESIDENT'SMESSAGE\Nbe are at war. That is hat we face today That is whutwe face tomorrow. Collapseduddings, hijacked pla11es - there is nothing we cru~ do to stop it. It has happened., We knowthat the effects on our lives, on our children's liues, 011 our gradcldldrenblives, will be signiticant and fundamental. And unknown. The debh cloud that rosefrom the collapsed towels has d~lsted eely conler of America with sorrow and unce~%~inty Nocorner ofherim has been spaled, no courthouse left untouched. And just as ow lives cl~mgngodfo~ever on September 11,2001, so did the pmtice of law in America.During the cold war, Jolils and Etllel Rosenburg were convicted of transnlining nuclearsecrets to the Russians. In 1950, they wen convicted. They became the first US. civilians toreceire the death penalty in an espionage trial. On July 19, 1953, they were e~ecuted. Tl~eirla\\yas 11ad tried despemtcly to save them, hut public sentiment wm implacable. But tlus is different.I hed tl~mugh the Vietnam )mts wlw brave lanyers picked juries iinder wry l~ostile conditionsfor their "ddt dodger" clients Mapor Dailey accused pmtesteis of inciting riots as hispolice vented thcir anger upon Ule heads of hericm sms and daughters. At the end of t11eClucago Seven Conspimy Trial, the two defense attorneys were sentenced for contempt of court- one received a sentence of 20 months, the otl~er 4-years-13-days. But this is different.Vengeance Is in the heart of America. Our leade~s denland it. Tlte public &sts for it. Tl~cmedia encoumges it We will ham it, At twhat price?One day lie trials will begin. Our men~befs will sfand beside thearcuscd. Whm arrests occurbased on mistake^^ identity or false charges, it w i l l be our mcn~bers spec& up for the hopeless.\Ve must not forget our duty. It is our co~mt~y, 11aw no doubt, but it also the caunhy of thehapless and innocent thrown into jail. We represented Jack Rub~ we represented the Nazis ;ttNi~remburg and we nl11st co~~tim~e to do so, Mth heads held high. It is what we owe om countty.It is our duy.Remind jrour friends, neighho~s, and coegregations that wedlwml justice. Rut this is not theJust-Us ~etrih~tion that fills so many minds. Shoudd sealch wnmts and arrest ivarms be eliminated?Will that make us safe? \Ve know the a~swel; it will not Tlie founding fathers knew thatan aU-powehl government was more dangerous to the freedoms of its citims than mindlessterrorists.These are dark times, and there maybe darker times ahead, but we must IIOI lose sight of ourgoal --heedom. For ewlyone. Freedom fo~ all of 11s and fi.eedom for all of those umlike us. Uis the way that ue treat tire least amo~~g 11s that will define our legacy as a people. \Ve will punishthe guilty, but in our quest, we must not tnmple the innocent Wedl uot give comfort to ourenemies, but must not aUow our governmeot to strip us of our rights in the name of w. Godhave mercy om1 ouc souls if we do.6 VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE WWW.1CDla.COM OCyOSER 2001
ALR LawHB 63 - Cicense Suspension Period and ProcedureApplicnhilifJc Only tl~ereinstatenwt fee appl~cs to cases where comtissioi~ ofthe offense \ras conlmittedprior to September 1, 2001. N1 other HB63 chmgm apply "& to a person arrested for anoffense con~~uittedor after Septen~her 1,2001."Definition: The dehition of Driwm License for bothfailurc and refi~sal suspensions now includescomn~acid licenses and cotluuercial license pdtsIWfercrnfi: Sectiou 524 and 724 ae amended to add rU.R consequences to watercmR empowrtdwit11 enginm having a nnufachnw's ~ating of 50 horsepower or above.LicenseSeinm Section 524 011 and 724.ff32 are amended to allow arestulg officer at time of ai r -ing notice of suspension to (1) conten~poraneously seize defendauh license and (2) issuea tenipomydriving pernlit, eqiriug on the 4lst day of the ~ss~~ance. If conunefcial, it doesnot become eEcctive nntil24 hours after arrest. Article 524 032 section 4(d) and 724.041 sectio~~ ll(c) require LIPS to senddefendant doc~lmentntionof eltension of driving permit p~irdeges pending hearing and 524.035 (c) createsthe same clocumcntation rephemeat for continuance dates.Ketm~ oflicense: Department is required to reh~m license if the AIR judge docs llat hdin tl~eaffu~nativeSuspension fitended Iucreased Periods of Suspension:Pnilrr,~: No p~ior enforcerneut contacts witl~~10 yeae (forn~erlg 5), increased from 60 to90 days.One or inorc prior enfo~ement cont~ts within 10 yeam (fotmedy 51, iac~md from 180dnys to one year.R@sR/: No prior euforcen~ent contacts witl~in 10 yean (formerly 5), Incr~edfium~ 90 daysto 180 days. wit11 one or lnore prior enforce~nent contactspast 10 prs (formerly 5) increasedfrom 180 days to hvo yem.Gtven the incmse, dm sepmte categoq for under 21 drivers a eliminated.Rdnstate~neiit Pee: Increasedfro~n $100 to $125 for bat11 failwe aid refusal suspensions.SB886 elintinates occupational licenses for all Texas Goultuercid Driver's Lica~se suspcnsions.Section 521.242 of the Tmnsporfation Code entitled "Petitio~i"[under Subchapter I. entitled"Occnpational Lice~~se"] is an~ended so tl~at under (b) stating who may apply reference (1) toflwse swpendcd under Chaptw 522 “Tern Con~nwvid Dfiveh License AN" is deleted ,u~d nnnv (0 is added stating:(0 A court my not gmnt inn occupational license for the opentor of a Coninlercial Motorvebicle to which Chapter 522 "Tesas Conuuercial Driver's license Act" applies.CAPlCOLCORNERApplicabilit~? Senate B~U 886 "takes effect September 1, 2001." The bill niakes no farther referenceto applicabiliv Section 521.242.OCIOQER 2001 WWW.TCDLA.COM VOICE FOR THE DEFENSE 7
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