Maverick Lawyer Takes NDAA Head On

The New York Times calls Carl Mayer: “A populist crusader and maverick lawyer.” (New York Times, October 15, 2004).

Mr. Mayer’s biggest impact was when he was profiled by Mike Wallace and Morley Safer on the CBS News Program “Sixty Minutes”. Mayer — then an elected Independent town councilman in Princeton, N.J. — went undercover and wore a wire to expose the rampant corruption and criminality endemic to New Jersey and, increasingly, American, politics.

On that program, the CEO of United Gunite Corporation (a construction company) was caught offering a cash bribe to a “Sixty Minutes” cameraman to stop his filming: a first in “Sixty Minutes” history.

The same CEO was subsequently indicted by the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey and cooperated in indicting corporate lobbyists and the mayors of several New Jersey cities, including Patterson and Irvington. The fallout continues as over ninty elected officials and corporate lobbyists have been sent to jail for by Deal Spy” href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObsQOm1sHc#” in_rurl=”http://i.trkjmp.com/click?v=VVM6MjMwNzg6MTI4OmJyaWJlcnk6NjY3NWEyMmQ1ZjlmYzhkODhiY2ZlMzdjMDNmMDJmYTk6ei0xNDYxLTE1NzMwNTp3d3cueW91dHViZS5jb206MTMxMzI6M2I3NDJlMWM2ZTA5ZWNjMDFmMDQ0NTJlZjYzMGQ4OTM”>bribery, extortion and other corruption charges.

Mr. Mayer dedicates his law practice, writing and electoral efforts to ending the tyranny of corporate power over American citizens.

He has written in law journals opposing efforts by corporations to use the Bill of Rights intended only for American citizens to shield corporations from accountability and legal sanction.

Mr. Mayer worked on the Nike v. Kasky case in the United States Supreme Court that successfully prevented Nike from using the First Amendment to by Deal Spy” href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VObsQOm1sHc#” in_rurl=”http://i.trkjmp.com/click?v=VVM6Mjg5NDA6MTAzMzpjb250aW51ZTo2NGE2NWU1OGU5NTNiNzVkNjU2YzU1MWU4Y2JhYzdmYzp6LTE0NjEtMTU3MzA1Ond3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbTowOjA”>continue deceiving consumers about sweat-shop labor used in Nike plants. http://www.carlmayer.com/
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