Can the A.B.A. declare independence? (American Bar Association's stands on political issues)

From: National Review | Date: July 8, 1991| Author: England, Robert Stowe | Copyright information

DURING a heated debate at the American Bar Association's annual meeting in Chicago last August, a pro-choice attorney said something quite remarkable in her plea for a neutral stand on abortion. "The ABA should not become just another political lobby-God knows the American public has enough of them already," Nancy Iredale told the House of Delegates, the body that dictates official policy for the ABA's 360,000 members.

Over the past 25 years the ABA has taken liberal and...

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