Jad Abumrad

But...

Healy discovers that something happens right as the court is considering the Abrams case.

One of Holmes' young friends, Harold Lasky, who's this socialist 24-year-old teaching at Harvard, he comes out in favor of a citywide police strike.

So the police in Boston are going on strike.

And he is like, if only I had sort of a prominent Harvard alum who could stand up for me right now.

And so he goes to Holmes and he's like, Holmes, they are about to fire me.

He's like, please, can you write an article saying that I should be allowed to say this?

And in doing so, you will save my job and my reputation, right?

So Holmes is in this really tough spot because on the one hand, should he write this letter, put his neck out?

But he's already, as a judge, said the exact opposite.

And as a soldier, he believes that, no, like Lasky, shut up.

Or should he stay quiet and stay consistent?

But then he's going to let his friend get publicly stoned, basically.

So he's in this spot.

And guess what he does?

So he does not write the letter.

No, he does not write the letter supporting Lasky.

But instead, that same week, he writes this 12 paragraph dissent to the Abrams case.

The Abrams case is about a young socialist.

Do you know what I mean?