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.. . slnmtcd, "That's a Lic!", on scvcral occasions, and rcpcatcd I r i s charge thal the Judge is a "racist'.', a "fascist", and a "pig". . .. Wlrcn. g i w n pcrniissim to speak, Scalc maintaincrl that lit: was . not in contempt of court and that ho had "a riglit to stand up in court and ask for his constitutiona.1 righL#:'-adrling, ltI'l! contilrrrc .to ask for rny. . rights as a black man living in the scope of racist, dt:carlcnt Xnrr-rica. I I ' ' Ilc,rcsuiiicd his Scat ryunibling, "Enougii'of this. I've: Z ( f J t iiiy suit t o '.deal with. I'm suing YOU. It's going to a higher court nncl'wc.'ll scc Ghat. happcns thcrc--if it's p s d i b l c to gct justice anylvhcrc. in Anwrica, I' Thc suit he nicntioncd had r'cfcrcnce to the fact that on 4 NovtririI>cr, twenty-eight lauyers filcd a suit in a Chicago k-cdcral Ilistrict C;ourt askinl: that Scalc. be allow&l l o dcfcnd hirrisclf ;tnd sc-&king a pcrlnant!nt injunction restraining all court procccdinps in. thc trial uiiti 1 I r t ~ * . \ ~ i ~ s pcriiiittcd to do so. (Scale, it will be rccallcd, has pcraistcd through- out tlic trial in demanding that he-be allowcd to act a s his ~ V I I rkfcnsc, since the only attorney hu 'finds acceptablc, Ulaclc Pantlrcr Atti.lriicy Charlcs R. G a r i y , h a s bvcn unable by reasons o f hcaltli to rcprcsc*iit , Irini. Ad. Kunstlcr, .who is officially listcd as the .atteirncy nC rc*cnrcl for liin~. ) Tlw suit charged that Llrc binding and gagging o f Sc-alu U';IS " i i i l i i i i i i ; l i i and crwl": I)iit U. S. District .l;itlgc Edwiii A. Rcl)sf>ir, \\:lit> rlisiiijsst*cl the. - siiil. rult-d that "111) c)tlrcr rcnrcdy was available.'' lo .Iudgc 1 h l f i i : ; t n \\ lic!:i Scalc has rcfuscd to acknowlcdgc that hc is rcprc:scntccl by William . . . IIC ordcvrcd ~ e l r ~ c rcstrainid. . There has bccn considerable rriticiviii o f J1i4gc Ilt~iCiman ovcr 1 thc scveri,ty.ol thc four-year contempt scntc:ic:c. lic gavv Scalc!; and doubt of its validity has teen exprcsscd in view of a I?GH Suprcnrc Cocirl riil- iiic that in cascs of scrious conlenipt and long s ~ ~ n t . ~ ~ i c ~ . ~ s , a clclt~n~lsnt can clcmantl a jury trial. and acadanric circles that Hoffman has "over-rcacted" and has c'rc:atc<l constiluticrnal ptoblcnrs which could have b c m avoided. Furtlic rliicJr~!, IPOIIIC I>cl icvc that Itoffnian did in fact deny ScaIcls coiistitutional rights l)y rofusiiig to allow'hini. to. dcfsnd himsclf -in court. 1)ircctcrr of tlia Arir!:ric& Civil LiLcrLicrs' U n i m (ACI ,lJ) dcnrwnc-ccl the- sc.iil.cnccr ;IS "vicicniw': and "vxcc*fisivc:';; ; r n d A C l,ll I ; I \ v ~ c I'S \vt.rt* [.ti iril.a.1 TIrcrc has also bccn criticisni in ccrtain Ic:gal - Thr Esccutiw . . :+ . i . ' i . . -- ... ..--.. - ..- , . .. .-- _. .. - . I t . . . , - .- I