Sadly the job security of lawyers has been ruined, so they are less willing to defend political defendants.
“A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task I find of governing it well.”
“Whenever you deal with science fiction you are setting up a world of rules. I think you work hard to establish the rules. And you also have to work even harder to maintain those rules, and within that find excitement and unpredictability and all that stuff.”