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Trump Impeachment Attorney Canceled by Law School, Civil Rights Law Group
2021-02-18
[EpochTimes] An attorney who represented President Donald Trump during the recent impeachment trial says a law school canceled a civil rights law course he was going to teach and he was suspended from a civil rights lawyer email discussion list.

“I was hoping to teach a civil rights course at a law school in the fall. We’ve been in talks about it, kind of planning it out. I wrote to them and I said, ‘I want you to know, I’m gonna be representing Donald Trump in the impeachment case. I don’t know if that impacts on your decision at all,’” David Schoen, one of the three attorneys who argued before the Senate, told The Epoch Times.

“And they said, you know, they appreciated my writing and, frankly, it would make some students and faculty uncomfortable, so I couldn’t do it.”

Schoen, an Alabama-based lawyer recognized for his civil rights litigation, declined to name the school that canceled his course. He likewise declined to name the legal organization behind the email list that suspended him.

“They actually spent 48 hours discussing this with their board and so on. And they decided that they needed to suspend me from the list,” Schoen said. “It’s a very important one to me. It’s very prominent civil rights lawyers and fine people.”

Schoen delivered an impassioned argument on the first day of the trial for why the Senate didn’t have jurisdiction to try a former president. At the conclusion of his remarks, he appeared to be choking back tears as he read an 1849 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow titled “The Building of the Ship.” Schoen told The Epoch Times that he chose the poem—and the quote from President Abraham Lincoln that preceded it—because he views the days of Lincoln as the closest parallel to the current division in the United States.

Schoen isn’t the only attorney facing repercussions for defending the president.

Attorney Michael van der Veen said vandals broke the windows in his home and defaced the house with graffiti. Van der Veen has had to move his children to a secret location and hire armed guards to protect his home and workplace.

Schoen said that he’s used to threats after decades of practicing civil rights law.

“When I lived in Alabama, I lived behind an electric fence with two German shepherds and I had to carry a gun every place I went. I faced many threats for different kinds of reasons, over the years. But if you let that stop you, I suppose you’re in the wrong business,” Schoen said.
No melting snowflake, he.
During the trial, Schoen spoke to Trump two or three times per day. He said the president was always "very gracious," "very supportive," and "very much appreciated the presentations I made."
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Posted by:trailing wife

#9  Forget liberal Arts colleges. They are dying out fast. 50% they say by year 2025. Conservative colleges however are thriving.
Posted by: Dale   2021-02-18 15:24  

#8  You have a Constitutional right to have a lawyer (if you can get one.) Lawyers do not have a Constitutional right to continued employment if they represent you.
Posted by: Glenmore   2021-02-18 15:20  

#7  The association

Posted by: Jack Jereting3608   2021-02-18 09:06  

#6  Next up - someone filing a complaint against him with the state bar association.
Posted by: Raj   2021-02-18 08:58  

#5  Does anyone else see the Irony of being banned from a civil rights class and mailing list for this? They are literally trying to deny someone (Trump) their civil rights with this kind of imtimidation.

I guess some people get more civil rights than others.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-02-18 08:25  

#4  “When I lived in Alabama..... I had to carry a gun every place I went.

Appears some precautionary measures pay off. He's with us today to tell us about it.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-02-18 07:02  

#3  There's a lot to be said about Trump's defense lawyers, but this is of course stupid.

"It would make some students and faculty uncomfortable."

Law school isn't supposed to be comfortable. Law is rough and ugly, and if you want to be a good lawyer, you better face reality sooner than later.
Posted by: European Conservative   2021-02-18 06:57  

#2  
Under the US Constitution
Every Citizen shall have a right to Legal representation and be present the evidence against them and the right to challenge it.

PS: As allowed by the DC Deep State.
Posted by: Just-Saying-It   2021-02-18 06:36  

#1  law school canceled a civil rights law course he was going to teach

Bad, but (not necessarily) the same as having an existing course suspended.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-02-18 03:33  

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