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Melvin Belli — Part 6
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22 yer is this—he is more impor-
13 tant than doctors, priests or the’
: president,”..Belli asserted. “He
i4 safeguards liberties. and . free-
5 dom.” -/ re
76 “Jt doesn’t ‘matter. who - is
.4 -elected president,” he added.
“ “whoever it is will-not be abie .
18, to undermine America’s - legal.
19 “ institutions. We lawyers will not
aries let them.” 2) 2 UC ee OE.
20 Belli was.’ .scornful of
21 statements by Wallace that he
> would alter directions of rulings
22 by the Supreme Court.” “Wal-
23 lace knows he can’t curb the
24 power of the court. He’s an
3 intelligent.-man. He knows the
25 principal of judical review goes
26 all the way back to Marbury vs..
27 Madison (a landmark coirt rul-
* ing handed down when ‘John
28 Marshall was chief justice early ;
29 -<_ in the 19th century.)”"° S03
:0 . The attorney’ explained ‘that;
“fy he felt “crime in the streets’
31 will cease to’ become.a serious |
32 problem. ~~ i _ i
2 He said he views it primarily. :
3 as a manifestion of “anger on :
374 the part of the black man.” . :
as “Really it goes back to the- :
2 Civil War,” Belli continued.: Te .
> “We are finally coming to .a’ i 3
37 national shakedown after the ae
18 -— war, but we are coming through’ of ef
: it beautifully.” ; a ae
39 Belli has offices in San Fran- ne
30 cisco, Tokyo, Rome and Frank-. -4.
« furt, Germany. One of his part- Lb
‘ ners in the Frankfurt firm is os
42 _|another famed: American law-i :
4 yer, F’. Lee Bailey. teat
Belli has represented -such i
44 figures as Jerry Rubin (leader .
45. of the Yippies), Raymond Burt: iB
46 (television’s Perry .. Mason), . ; _ __. ;
Jack Ruby (accused slayer ‘of Se — “
47 - Lee Harvey Oswald) and other |play’ a role in an ‘upcoming |
48 well-known personalities. -| movie about his life. “2° ~ ms ar
49 He said he views Rubin ‘as|'' In the movie, he’ will play a _
. “an‘ebullicat young rebel’? who] dishonest insurance broker. 7
30 acts on his-own “with no direc-|° The attorney was in -Mobile
31 tion from any foreign power.” - | Monday for a speech at Spring :
- Burr, actording to Belli, nas | Hill . College. His ,appearance
52 absorbed a great deal, of legal | was sponsored by the Student
53 | knowledge through his ‘role as Government Association,, the} -
54 - attorney Perry Mason.: © * « ~}same group which will sponsor
a . Belli himself hopes to absorb |a debate between LSD advocate |: -
35 ta little acting ability from gome| Timothy Leary, and a .medical |;
56 ; of his clients. He says he will | doctor Nov. 1-8
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