John Adams (2nd president of the US) famously represented the British soldiers who were tried for the Boston Massacre. He argued that everyone deserved a legal defense, regardless of how heinous their alleged crimes may be. A good test for a legal system is whether it fairly doles out justice to those accused of the most terrible crimes.

On the same site: Dutch lawyers drop terrorism cases for fears of similar travel ban.

https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2019/04/lawyers-drop-terrorism...

Chilling effects. Damn. Surprised this news hasn't made it to sites like TruthDig or Democracy Now yet.

This is happening to computer security professionals too. If they don't like your client your esta and visa are denied.

Not a surprise--they've found too many lawyers for terrorists were helping the terrorists.