Left, Right, And Civil Libertarian: Why Ken White Put Aside His Politics To Defend Patterico
I so love attorney Ken White (aka blogger Popehat) for this -- for taking the case of a person he disagrees with politically because free speech is the right thing to support. An excerpt from his blog post on his defense of Patrick Fry, who blogs as Patterico:

There are many people out there who support free speech, so long as it's free speech they agree with. That's not really supporting free speech. It's nice that people on the right supported Patrick's free speech -- I wish they all supported vigorous political speech from the left as well. I would also have been happier if more people on the left supported Patrick -- or, at least, treated the stark free speech issues presented in the case seriously. I didn't defend Patrick because I always, or usually, or even often agree with him. He's to the right of me politically, and a prosecutor (and therefore reliably wrong on criminal justice issues), and I often disagree with him. I defended him because the First Amendment that lets him speak freely lets me speak as well. I defended him because malicious, frivolous, and politically motivated lawsuits aimed at censorship make it a little more dangerous for each of us to speak. I defended him pro bono because frivolous lawsuits can effectively censor people even when they eventually fail, because the expenses of lawsuits can be ruinous.