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Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:01:05 -0600

Missing from the above description of the Kerner case is that the legal theory of intangible right to honest government used by Thompson (and his first assistant Sam Skinner) against Kerner was later found unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court. It was too late for Kerner, who had died by then, but others convicted under that theory were granted new hearings or had their case overturned. Congress, however, did later codify the intangible rights theory.

Chicagoist: The Friday Flashback: Otto Kerner, Jr.

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