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"Ruth, listen to me, I have something very important to do right now......"

Immediately, Edward gave a brief and concise account of the Franklin incident.

"So, Franklin looking for you? I want you to defend him against the Stanford authorities," Rustberg asked

"Yes!"

"So what do you think......"

"Ruth," Edward sighed, "I know that I was listed as a visiting scholar at Stanford this time, and it was your mediation that made me exceptional." I know that very well, but I know that you are not asking me anything in return for doing so. And I also know that the best way to thank you is to throw out a stack of papers that can be used and will amaze the industry at the end of the visit......"

"Ed, you're really ......" Rustberg couldn't say any more, in fact, this is obviously just a very simple and simple thing, but women, after all, are emotional animals, especially in the dead of night, even the Yale flower, which has always been arrogant and calm, can't help but show the sentimentality in her heart.

"Listen, Ruth, my only concern now is if I defend Franklin, will Principal Lyman and the Stanford Board of Trustees take their anger out on you, and how will you respond? Please don't hide this and tell me the truth! You know where you are in my heart...... Don't try to fool me either...... You can't fool you! ”

That's what Edward fears the most, Headmaster Ryman may not be able to do anything about him loving someone, but it's hard to say that Rushberg is caught in the middle.

And to put it mildly, with Edward's size, if Principal Lyman had targeted him seriously, he would have made a name for him - the equivalent of Tyson vs. De La Hoya; Even if the latter is beaten into a dog, it is to show its face.

So if he really defended Franklin, it would be to stand on the opposite side of the whole of Stanford, and a mouthful of poison gas from Principal Lehmann might be all on Rustberg's head.

With Rushberg's status today, it is indeed worth Principal Lyman's action.

Edward feared that Lustberg would be blamed and even hurt for this.

But with his current vision, he really can't judge how Principal Lehman will take revenge on Rushberg, the level of this game is too high, and he is not even qualified to be a bystander......

So he wanted an answer.

As long as Rustberg hesitates a little, then fuck it, it's the king of heaven, and Edward won't pay attention to Franklin......

There are many opportunities to be famous, but "I love my teacher"!

As for the truth or something...... Ahem, after I love my teacher, I can also fall in love by the way, after all, the truth is a red fruit, ahem, Ruth can do the same...... Replace the two equally, and that's pretty much it......

Rustberg didn't hesitate at all, and asked directly: "I have two concerns, first, will they target you?" Secondly, Was Franklin really treated unconstitutionally? ”

Edward smiled wryly: "Against me? That's not it, firstly, Principal Lehmann would not be so stupid, and secondly, if I really defended Franklin, Principal Lehmann and his colleagues should have worried about their own lives and property, and 'Victory' is a real radical organization...... There was no shortage of rifles and incendiary grenades, and the idea of an armed secession in the United States might have started at Stamford...... Besides, what can he do to me? Big deal, I'm going to get out of Stanford...... I'm just worried that Principal Lehmann will do something to you, after all, I was the ...... you recommended you."

"Huh?" Rustberg laughed, "You think I'm going to be scared of this?" I'm not afraid even if I'm in New Haven, not to mention that this guy is on the West Coast...... And Ed, let me tell you, this matter is also discussed in New Haven, if it weren't for the fact that the distance is too far, a few teachers you know might actually be doing this job! ”

As he spoke, he reported a few names.

Edward was startled, and then realized Hugh Hefner's acumen, and he had just analyzed the benefits and disadvantages of it clearly in a few words.

It seems that there are a lot of smart people in China, and since there are people here at Yale who are willing to move, other Ivy professors are probably already eager to try.

The reason why we haven't fully acted yet, I guess we have to look at the direction of the wind.

Yes, since Nixon came to power, the social environment has begun to tighten, and what was commonplace during the JFK and Johnson years may now be in the game.

On the other hand, the more bigwig-level scholars are, the less like an intellectual, and their words and deeds are more similar to politicians, and they still have to be "respected" for Principal Lehmann, a hidden giant-type figure who has great influence and prestige in both academic and political circles.

In other words, most of these bigwig professors are still evaluating the benefits and costs of taking on lawsuits, and if the benefits are not enough to cover the costs of offending Stanford, it is better to pretend not to see it.

At the same time, they have to maintain their own inherent political image – in Edward's words, persona.

The law is certainly unforgiving, but it is not, and in today's generally tightened society, the act of being a lawyer for a blatant guy who shoots and sets fire to the Stanford campus is a non-stop taunt and abuse from political opponents and the boring media.

Everyone is old, for fear of being scolded for cerebral hemorrhage......

Edward hesitated, "Yes, from the information I have so far, Stanford's dismissal of Franklin is a violation of the First Amendment, which means that Franklin was fired because of his words and not ...... behavior."

"So, Ed, what are you waiting for?" Ruthberg seemed a little annoyed: "You've been in New York Literature for three years, and it's hard to learn this?" In the past three years, not to mention the things I taught you, look at the big lawn, whenever someone is taken away, there are always professors who are willing to stand up and protect them, but what about you? If I'm not too busy......"

"Ruth......" Edward said with a hippie smile, "I'm not worried about you, but since you don't think Principal Lyman's hands are that long, then I'll be fine......"

"Well, that's my good student"

"Is it just a good student?"

"I'm busy, I probably won't be able to come to Stanford, believe it or not......"

"I'm ......" Edward began to wipe his sweat "yes, there's one more thing ......"

"What?"

"Macaulay Andy" he thought about for a long time before he remembered the name "this bastard"

"Huh?" Ruthberg was suspicious, "I know this guy came out of Stanford Law School and mixed well on the West Coast, what's wrong with him?" Got you in trouble? I can't spare him! ”

"It's not a matter of causing trouble...... This guy is the former president of the ACLU in San Francisco and now goes to Berkeley's law school as an associate dean...... However, I had tried to get help from the ALCU. But Macaulay Andy argued that the ACLU shouldn't have intervened, saying 'this is a contract case and Franklin breached the contract, not a civil rights issue.'"

"How could he say that?" Ruthberg was furious.

"Because he used to teach at Stanford, maybe he thinks about going back to law school and becoming dean in the future......" Edward shrugged, "and, I guess the accusations against Franklin were written by his old colleagues, and Andy probably won't be able to save face and meet them in court, hell...... Is this guy also of Chinese ancestry? ”

Ruthberg laughed at him: "Come on, that guy may be great, but he only deserves to be your stepping stone!" ”

"You have so much confidence in me?"

"Of course, you're my best student!"

"The best is just the students?"

"Let me look for it, where is that invitation? Well, what about my shredder? ”

"Honey, I was wrong......"

"Uh-huh, that's pretty much it, go to sleep, I have to rest, too"

"Good night," Edward whispered

"Good night, dear" followed by a subtle "wave".

He hung up the phone satisfied, full of fighting spirit - it was indeed a long time since he had rushed to the tower!

And this time there is a strong support behind him.

……

The next day, he called Macaulay Andy, the former president of the San Francisco ACLU.

He also thought it was funny when dialing up, obviously there is a current president of the San Francisco ACLU, and then Mr. Andy still has a huge control over this rudder, which is really funny - this Nima is not old manpolitics, what is it?

Don't laugh at Moscow, the largest civil rights organization on the West Coast, after a long time of listening to the former chairman, this thing is said, TASS and Pravda probably have to laugh out of their big teeth, and then start writing manuscripts overnight......

However, someone is also the successor of capitalism, and this kind of matter of handing knives abroad will not be considered for the time being.

But......

At the right time - for example, a month before Beth flew to Moscow, you can give an interview to the TASS correspondent in New York and tell the whole story, so that you can sell a favor to the Soviet side and put yourself in the shell of a fighter against American academic and judicial corruption.

Not only will he be better entertained in Moscow, ahem, Moscow has always been willing to spend money and energy in this regard, he loves someone and plans to taste the taste of swallows, and by the way, enjoy the special treatment of being threatened by the KGB with a candid videotape, which ordinary people are not entitled to.

At the same time, it can also become a potential object of co-optation in the eyes of Moscow's officials, so that the actions of the "Legal Defense Plan for Soviet Jews" may be more convenient and lenient in the future......

Or when the case encounters great pressure, Edward can also take advantage of the spread of Pravda all over the world, and in turn create huge public opinion pressure on his opponents in the court, and then he can jump out and shout: "Look, it's the kind of Principal Lyman!" Flagrantly violating the concept of the founding of the country, handing knives to foreign forces......"

Ahem, of course, this kind of routine, it's best not to use it......

Otherwise, it will be troublesome to be on the blacklist of Lord Hoover......

Maybe there will be more bugs in the TV and telephone at home for some reason...... This is no joke......

Macaulay Andy once again rightfully rejected Edward, reiterating: "This is a contract case!" And I bet no one on the ACLU Executive Committee would think this is a civil rights case......"

He said this a little bit of a way, probably because he wanted to use it to show his control over the San Francisco ACLU so as to dispel Edward's thoughts directly.

However, after being blessed by Hefner and Rushberg, someone completely let himself go, and immediately asked the two sides to hold a debate at the ACLU headquarters in San Francisco, where all the executive members were present, and voted on the outcome of the debate to determine whether this was a contract case or a civil rights case!

Macaulay Andy didn't expect the other party to hit the snake with a stick...... Suddenly sweated a little on his forehead.

Edward also took the opportunity to introduce himself as a member of the ACLU Youth Executive Committee of Connecticut, and implied that his mentor, Roseberg, was a member of the ACLU National Committee......

This embarrassed Macaulay Andy.

The ACLU is a national organization, but due to the special nature of the U.S. judiciary – federal/state dual legislative powers, the national experience may not be good in individual states.

That's why there are rudders in each state, and these rudders undertake a large number of grassroots lawsuits and tasks, and if they encounter lawsuits that may enter the federal high court, they will apply for the assistance and intervention of the headquarters.

This assistance can be at the judicial level – after all, the ACLU brings together the best members of the country's legal profession who have an unrivalled understanding of the law – that is, they can interpret it as they see fit, within the framework – and others can only hold their noses and admit it, unless someone else in their position refutes it.

At the same time, the headquarters can also give a certain amount of network resources to assist, this, cough cough, I can't say too much.

Roseberg is the youngest national commissioner on the ACLU, and becoming a state-level youth commissioner at her age is usually the ceiling of many people's careers.

Of course, he loves someone who becomes a member of the Youth Committee as soon as he graduates, and he is also a unique figure in the history of Connecticut.

He's a dazzling new star, but when compared to Rushberg, he immediately reveals his true form.

It's not that Edward didn't want to work as hard as his teacher, in fact, he was a very self-disciplined person, and his daily life was simple except for a little lustful, and he didn't have any other hobbies, and spent a lot of time studying topics.

But this is still more than a level behind Rustberg, who only sleeps four or five hours a day, and the strange thing is that Rustberg does not look old at all under such a high intensity of workload and pressure, and is glorious every day, and his mental state is stronger than that of Edward, which makes him feel that God is really extremely unfair......

Similarly, Beth Harmon and Lustberg are two extremes, the latter's life is completely planned and tabulated, and even what to eat for dinner today was planned two weeks in advance.

And what about Beth Harmon? It seems that the word plan has always been insulated from her, and her life and rest are completely irregular, sometimes sleeping until the afternoon and waking up at three in the morning.

Of course, the first thing I do when I get out of bed is not to brush my teeth and wash my face, but to move to the refrigerator in various ways and find a can of cold beer......

This was already the result of Edward's efforts to dissuade her, and in the time she had just lost to Petrosyan, there must have been half-empty vodka bottles within three feet of her, no matter where she appeared...... At that time, Edward even doubted that Beth was planning to give up playing chess and kill Petrosian at the wine table in favor - but this could not be, Pietrosyan was notoriously self-disciplined - not a drop of alcohol.

Strangely, even after such a toss, Beth's body and mind are still amazing, her skin is pale and delicate, and her mind is clear and agile.

Coupled with the fact that her appearance is five or six points similar to Rustberg, with the same amber pupils and the same golden-red hair, sometimes Edward thinks, is it that all those who look like this are God's favorites?

Immediately, he reversed this view, because Dworkin Boxer also had the same eye color and hair color, but ...... Vomit......