My Demons Were Real Constitutional Lawyer Joseph Calamia s Journey 1st Edition by Bob Ybarra ISBN 781611923698 1611923697

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ISBN 10: 1611923697

ISBN 13: 781611923698

Author:  Bob Ybarra

Even as a teenager, Joseph Albert Calamia understood the need to live by the rule of law. In high school, a bully¿s continual harassment of a skinny Hispanic kid led Joseph to confront him. But he wisely did so with the coach¿s permission, challenging the boy to a boxing match. The tormentor went down quickly and Calamia settled the score under the jurisdiction of the high school coach. Calamia began his career as a criminal defense attorney in El Paso, Texas, in 1949. He was a crusader for justice, considered by many to be akin to Don Quixote, tilting at windmills. But he disagreed, ¿The big difference is that my demons were real.¿ His demons were the institutionalized practices that favored expediency over the rights of individuals. A World War II veteran, Calamia grew up in El Paso¿s Segundo Barrio, a few blocks from the Rio Grande River that separated Mexico from the United States. He grew up in a world that expected those of Mexican descent to maintain their inferior status. But he couldn¿t stand by and let injustice occur without a fight. Over his long career, Calamia successfully challenged a host of attacks against civil liberties, including police undercover tactics and the constitutionality of searches and seizures in drug, immigration, and other cases. Published as part of Hispanic Civil Rights Series, this enlightening book documents the efforts of one man who devoted his life to protecting the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Table of contents: 

THE QUEST BEGINS

3 A Whirlwind of Idealism: Young Joe

18 Calm Before the Storm: The Judiciary in the 1950s

27 A Quick Start: Corruption and Cavalier Attitudes

SETTING PRECEDENTS: THE EARLY CASES

41 The Early Cases: Seemingly Innocuous, But

45 Drug Laws: Tough But with Reservations

54 Constitutionality: The Fourteenth Amendment and the States

LIGHT IN A DARK PERIOD

61 The Commies Are Coming: Mine-Smelter and Hollywood

67 First Commie Trial: Salt of the Earth

74 The First Jencks’s Case: Quick and Simple?

79 Matusow and Jencks: False Witness, Contempt and Discovery

91 Aftermath: Jencks, Mine-Mill and No Calamity in Joe

TENACITY CALAMIA STYLE

99 The 1960s: Judge Thomason Passes the Torch

108 Clanahan: Even “La Migra” Deserves a Fair Trial

127 Nagell: Discovery, Insanity, Clear and Convincing Evidence

147 Federal Judges: Attitudes and the Law of Contempt

158 Fernández and the Fifth: No Silver Platter for the Federal Taxman

165 Muñiz and Habeas Corpus: No Mexican Americans in a Grand Jury

CHANGE AND REFLECTION

183 1970s and Beyond: Turmoil and Change

191 Pate and Filing Fees: Now Chuy de La O Can Run For Mayor

207 Judge v. Judge: Investigative Grand Juries

223 Jones: Crimes of Sudden Passion and Reflection

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