tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post3885696563688420332..comments2024-03-29T03:37:19.590-04:00Comments on SafeLibraries®: Obama Picks Ogden, Who Opposed Library Filters in US v. ALA, for Deputy Secretary of JusticeSafeLibraries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-80438946354087561222009-02-12T00:13:00.000-05:002009-02-12T00:13:00.000-05:00DAVID OGDEN SAYS INTERNET FILTERS ARE CONSTITUTION...DAVID OGDEN SAYS INTERNET FILTERS ARE CONSTITUTIONAL AND NEEDED!<BR/><BR/>"<A HREF="http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=43369" REL="nofollow">Senate Judiciary Committee Likely to Approve Playboy's Former Lawyer as Deputy AG</A>," by <B>Pete Winn</B>, <I>CNSNews.com</I>, 11 February 2009. What follows are direct quotes:<BR/><BR/>Ogden, who had filed a legal brief seeking to overturn the statute as unconstitutional, told Specter he personally believes that child pornography laws and Internet filters are not only constitutional – they are needed.<BR/><BR/>Here's a transcript of part of their exchange:<BR/> <BR/><B>Sen. Arlen Specter, ranking Republican:</B> What is your view on the propriety of Congress seeking to define obscenity and pornography – which we know what the legal definition is – and saying, at least as to minors, "You can't show it to them if you're getting federal funds in a library?"<BR/> <BR/><B>David W. Ogden, nominee</B>: I think as a preliminary matter, protected materials, constitutionally protected materials, as to adults, need to be respected by the law, but Congress does have broad power to protect minors from material that is obscene as to them, the court has recognized that. And I think that power is entirely appropriate.<BR/><BR/><BR/>A few moments later however, during questioning from Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), Ogden added to his answer, saying that he was only representing a client, the American Library Association, as a lawyer in private practice.<BR/> <BR/>"As the chief justice said when he was before this committee, a lawyer in private practice does not sit in judgment on his clients – his job is to present their views as persuasively and appropriately as possible," Ogden told the committee.<BR/> <BR/>Ogden said the legal briefs he filed for groups like the ALA represented their views, not his.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-10850424315271598282009-02-07T08:31:00.000-05:002009-02-07T08:31:00.000-05:00Apparently I called this one right. Even David Og...Apparently I called this one right. Even David Ogden himself says essentially what I said:<BR/><BR/>"I was representing a client as a lawyer in private practice," Ogden explained. "...A lawyer in private practice does not sit in judgment of his clients. His job is to present their views as persuasively and appropriately as possible."<BR/><BR/>"<A HREF="http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/feb/06/fidelis/obama-porn-lawyer-laid-bare/" REL="nofollow">The Truth-O-Meter Says: Obama Porn Lawyer Laid Bare</A>," by <B>PolitiFact.com</B>, <I>St. Petersburg Times</I>, 6 February 2009, finding the <I>Fidelis</I> article "Mostly True."SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-9393198605067528142009-02-04T10:50:00.000-05:002009-02-04T10:50:00.000-05:00See also, "Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nominee Ha...See also, "<A HREF="http://www.xbiznewswire.com/view.php?id=104372" REL="nofollow">Deputy U.S. Attorney General Nominee Has Adult Ties</A>," by <B>Rhett Pardon</B>, <I>XBIZ.com</I>, 4 February 2009. <BR/><BR/>Apparently, Ogden also represented the ALA in at least one obscenity case.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5060593324936581367.post-43049306164561039602009-02-04T07:05:00.000-05:002009-02-04T07:05:00.000-05:00See also, "Obama's Justice Pick Supports Porn 'Rig...See also, "<A HREF="http://www.wnd.com/index.php?pageId=87946" REL="nofollow">Obama's Justice Pick Supports Porn 'Rights'; Ogden's Clientele, Legal Arguments, Raise Alarms</A>," by <B>Bob Unruh</B>, <I>WorldNetDaily</I>, 3 February 2009.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.com