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Article: Staunch as a statue on liberty; Don Edwards is an unmoveable defender of the Constitution.(OPED)(SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- August 12, 2002
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Byline: Nat Hentoff, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The American Bar Association's Thurgood Marshall Award is given to members of the legal profession who have devoted their careers to safeguarding civil rights and civil liberties. On Aug. 10, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, former Congressman Don Edwards, with great justification, received that honor.
Mr. Edwards served in the House from 1962 to 1995. During those years, I covered Congress for a number of publications, including columns in the Village Voice and The Washington Post. I often referred to him as "The Congressman from the Constitution."
As chairman of the House Subcommittee on Civil and ...