NO QUARTER FOR CORRUPTION (Focussing on The Fed./FRBS)

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(Excerpts)... Once the lawyers of the Colonial Period passed their bar exam, there were guaranteed positions for them. Most lawyers were considered the elite of society. Most studied at esteemed universities such as Harvard College (now known as Harvard University). Once they graduated, they worked in law enforcement or in political fields. Many of the lawyers in the colonial times were forced to do things that they sometimes did not agree with. Lawyers such as Samuel Adams, James Otis and John Dickinson were forced to uphold British law even though they disagreed with it. Examples of these laws were The Sugar Molasses Act of 1764, The Stamp Act of 1765 and The Townshend Acts. Issues such as Taxation without Representation and forming a new united country were considered treason to discuss

One such lawyer is Samuel Adams. Adams, who is related to John Adams, graduated in 1740 from Harvard College. He wrote his thesis on whether or not it is lawful to resist the supreme magistrate. He said it was lawful. Adams was unhappy with the corruption of politicians and judges so he constantly petitioned England to change things. When England refused, he fought back. In 1772, Adams formed a rebellious and successful party to prevent judges from being paid by the Crown. One of his more forceful moments was when he was presiding over a legislature considering how to deal with the taxes of Britain. When Adams saw that the group was becoming pro-British, he locked the doors and kept the people in and forced them to either side with him or withdraw from office and appoint an anti-British member. Adams would have succeeded except one member managed to escape and ran to the local gaurd who ordered the door opened. Adams would go on to sit in the First Continental Congress and his anti-taxation ideals would help shape the United States. The legal profession had quite a turn-around in Colonial America. Lawyers became patriots of a new country.

Link: http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/16071783/law.htm