#legal ethics

[ivygorgon]

AN OPEN LETTER to THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Co-sponsor The Judicial Ethics Enforcement Act of 2024!

59 so far! Help us get to 100 signers!

A group of House Democrats, led by Reps. Melanie Stansbury, Ilhan Omar and Jamie Raskin, have introduced legislation that would strengthen oversight of the Supreme Court. I’m writing in support of it.

The Judicial Ethics Enforcement Act of 2024 would authorize the creation of an office of the inspector general to investigate allegations of misconduct in the judicial branch. The inspector general would also investigate alleged violations of the Supreme Court code of ethics, issued in November; conduct and supervise audits; and recommend changes in laws or regulations governing the judiciary. The inspector general would be required to inform the attorney general when they believe there has been a violation of federal criminal law.

Congress must pass this bill. Confidence in the Supreme Court is at an all-time low, and there’s good reason for that. Several of its justices are deeply compromised and everyone can see it.

Please co-sponsor The Judicial Ethics Enforcement Act of 2024 right away, so the provisions in it can begin to restore Americans’ faith in our highest court. Thanks.

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[gwydionmisha]

Trump's Worst Lawyer, Alina Habba, May Be Disbarred For This

CW: Sexual Harassment

#Donald Trump #Alina Habba #Legal Ethics #Law #Youtube

[schraubd]

.... And Getting Worse Roundup

This will not be my cheeriest roundup. But there are a bunch of links burning a hole in my pocket, so here you go. * * * * Apropos yesterday's post on Fugitive Uterus Laws, a Washington Post article on similar efforts underway to set up checkpoint towns in Texas designed to capture any pregnant women who has designs on leaving the state for freedom. North Carolina Republicans considering impeaching a state supreme court justice because she talked about racism. While I can't fault Slate for juxtaposing this against the undisclosed largesse heaped upon Justice Thomas, my mind more rapidly went to efforts in Wisconsin to impeach a state supreme court justice because she might vote for democracy. A politically engaged fifteen year old kid asked a (not even that tough!) question that made Ron DeSantis uncomfortable on the campaign trail. So he sent his goons to rough him up. You see, the real problem with the "War on Drugs" is that it's too metaphorical. The latest Fifth Circuit crack-pottery: it's probably illegal for the FDA to tell humans they're not horses (yes, this is the latest conservative institution to burn its remaining dignity in defense of ivermectin conspiracies). Georgia school district: saying the word "gay" around fifth graders is like graphically describing the horrors of the Holocaust to kindergarteners.  via The Debate Link https://ift.tt/75TN1sn

#abortion #drugs #education #gay rights #Georgia #health care #legal ethics #North Carolina #reproductive rights #Ron DeSantis #Roundup #texas

[sixbucks]

Arkansas Supreme Court: Ethical attorney conduct is just not in the budget.

#arkansas #Arkansas Supreme Court #ethics #Sarah’s Arkansas #attorneys #legal ethics

[attorney-anon]

I think a judge in a case I'm doing on the side for a family member may be committing judicial misconduct. Will I report it? Probably not, because the last thing I need is to start a war with a random judge, and I can't prove that it's misconduct - and even if I keep my identity confidential, this type of case is so rare that he will absolutely know it came from me.

But it's going to bother me.

#lawblr #real lawblr #attorney #law #law practice #lawyer #legal ethics #judicial ethics

[koherston]

Disqualification of Attorney Reversed in Longstanding Child-Custody Dispute in Kingston, Tennessee: Nelson v. Justice

When can a lawyer be disqualified from representing a party in Tennessee?

Facts: Mother and Father are the parents of Child. In 2020, Mother moved to disqualify Father’s attorney, Ms. Guerrero, who is also Father’s wife and the mother of one of Father’s children. Mother argued that in her efforts to collect a monetary judgment against Father, Father’s wife may, as his spouse, know about Father’s assets and what Mother perceives to be Father’s efforts to hinder the…

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#Divorce #Family law #Legal ethics

[uniquexblogs]

#inside stories #expert advice #navigating the process #divorce process #legal guidance #alternative dispute resolution #child custody #division of assets #legal ethics #financial aspects of divorce #divorce lawyer

[jeffreyrobertpalinjr]

If a powerful secret around-20%-of-humanity-group are forcing their own man-made hell upon others whereby their “man-made hell”/methods/ways force(s) choice individuals to suffer & break(s) laws in every legal law system, is/are such/they malevolent?

#question #questionbox #questions #legal ethics #morals and ethics

[crehador]

in reverse 1999 you have this magic suitcase that's got like a mini-realm inside, basically your base of operations is in there

so at one point early in the story you're in the suitcase but the suitcase is just like sitting out in the open in the 'real' world, so some kids start messing with it

and your very first 'battle' stage is to chase them off but the stage description is like

hilarious

#crab plays #reverse 1999 #''ethical and legal boundaries'' #they really said ''hey go beat up those kids but don't break the geneva convention'' #and then we DID

[incorrectbatfam]

Now batfam as LEGAL life hacks

Dick: Regardless of your gender or sexuality, set your dating profile preferences to everyone. The more likes you get, the higher up the algorithm you'll be boosted

Jason: You can hit anyone as hard as you want if you glue a dead wasp to your hand

Tim: Don't like doing dishes? Grab some clean ones, run them under water, put them on the drying rack, and tell your family to do "the rest"

Damian: Start a raccoon removal business by releasing raccoons around someone's property before offering your services

Duke: If you want to see a movie in theaters without financially supporting it, get a ticket to a different movie showing at the same time

Cullen: Buy the cheapest ticket to a concert and once you're in, check Ticketmaster to see which seats haven't sold and move to the best one

Stephanie: No one will notice if you stop by a hotel in the morning for their free continental breakfast

Cassandra: Before snooping through someone's belongings, take a picture so you can put everything back the way it was

Barbara: Have a common name? There are probably people on LinkedIn who have a better CV than you. Their references are now yours

Harper: Selling a car? Take pictures of it in a nice neighborhood to make it seem classy and well-maintained

Carrie: If you miss an online sale by a few hours, use a VPN to switch to a timezone where it's still going on

Kate: End an unwanted phone call by turning on airplane mode—the other person will see it as the call dropped rather than you hanging up

Alfred: If someone's unexpectedly at the door and you're not sure if you need a weapon, a freshly boiled kettle is both the most threatening and inviting thing you can have in your hand

Selina: If you see someone shoplifting: no the fuck you didn't

Bruce: The number of living grandparents you have resets to 4 every time you get a new job

#you asked for legal not ethical #dick grayson #jason todd #tim drake #damian wayne #duke thomas #cullen row #stephanie brown #cassandra cain #barbara gordon #harper row #carrie kelley #kate kane #alfred pennyworth #selina kyle #bruce wayne #batfamily #batfam #batboys #batbros #batgirls #batkids #batsiblings #batman family #dc comics #tw swearing #life hacks #ask #anonymous #tw bug mention

[gwydionmisha]

Trump's Lawyers Fined $1,000,000+

#Donald Trump #Election 2020 #Election Deniers #Legal Ethics #Law

[schraubd]

Corruption in the Family

By now, you've no doubt heard about the ongoing corruption controversy regarding Justice Thomas failing to disclose numerous financial gifts from a billionaire conservative friend. To a large extent, the usual suspects are lining up to criticize Justice Thomas and the usual suspects are organizing to defend him. But I want to focus on one thing in particular, embodied by this tweet from former Thomas clerk and Notre Dame Law Professor Nicole Garnett.

I've known Justice Thomas for over 25 years. He is the rare person whose goodness matches his greatness. It breaks my heart that so many are willing to go so far to attack a good, and great, man for political gain.

— Nicole Garnett (@nsgarnett) April 13, 2023

I am sympathetic to Professor Garnett here. I truly am. I've often pondered how I would respond if a loved one -- a mentor, relative, parent, friend -- was credibly accused of corruption or some other dire crime. How would I handle it if the judge I clerked for, the late Diane E. Murphy, whom I absolutely adored, turned out to have accepted millions of dollars in "gifts" without proper disclosures?

Even in writing that sentence, I wanted to hasten to add "now, I could never imagine Judge Murphy doing such a thing." Which is true, I can't imagine it. Judge Murphy was an extraordinarily kind, generous, and humble person; universally respected by peers of all ideological persuasions. She was the furthest thing from a financial grandstander.

But that's just the thing: in most cases like this, the crime is unimaginable to the perpetrator's loved ones right up until it happens. It is a myth, I think, that most wrongs of this nature are only committed by persons whom, once the truth comes out, their closest relations will be like "you know what? He did seem the type." It's always going to be a shock to someone.

Be honest with yourself: when it comes to the people closest to you, would you actually know if they were doing something wrong akin to what Justice Thomas is accused of? "Know" not in the loose sense of "I know their character," but in the strong sense of "I'm familiar with their accounting practices"/"I've seen their disclosures"/"I know what's going in and out of their bank accounts"? We don't know. It would come as a shock. If you woke up tomorrow and your parent was arrested for skimming money from their job, you'd be blindsided, and not really because you have a blind spot as far as your parents are concerned. The truth is, you would have probably had no way of knowing what they were up to until the investigation actually broke. It really would be unfathomable, even were it true.

So I do sympathize with Professor Garnett. I don't think she's myopic in identifying Justice Thomas as a personally warm and generous human being (something I've heard from multiple sources). I don't think it is a function of self-delusion that she didn't see this coming.

But the fact is that, for essentially every scandal like this, the perpetrator has loved ones for whom the scandal comes as a terrible, unfathomable surprise. That doesn't mean it didn't happen. That doesn't mean it wasn't wrong. For the individuals affected, the dissonance between the person they know and the crime alleged is beyond abnormal, it is a terrible, almost irresolvable discordance. From the vantage of broader society, that discordance is utterly and mundanely normal -- it characterizes every single case.

And so ultimately, this response to Professor Garnett gets it exactly right:

Justice Thomas might possibly be — and we’ve heard this from multiple sources — the kindest, most generous justice on the Supreme Court. That doesn’t change the fact he’s involved in a massive ethics scandal of his own making. https://t.co/eO6YYXWe7c

— Fix the Court (@FixTheCourt) April 14, 2023

via The Debate Link https://ift.tt/U9TLzdX

#clarence thomas #legal ethics

[goodomensandbadpress]

We need more Sirius just doing the most fucked up shit thinking its completely normal and James being like... haha... um no we DON'T throw stones at cats around here... actually, its considered RUDE to punch someone in the face... yes even if they pushed you a little in the corridor

#James was the mum friend but not in the way that you think #after every holiday sirius went home he would come back to school ready to reteach morals and ethics 101 #Sirius would have the most fucked up prank ideas and james would be like #thats great sweetie now how can we adapt this to be legal and more fun for everyone involved #were going for a hospital wing rate of zero this term #james potter #sirius black #prongsfoot #the marauders #marauders era #marauders

[prince-liest]

I was outlining the next radiostatic fic when I got distracted by the fact that someone needs to put Lucifer into their lap and tell him he's a good boy, and now I'm 6.2k words deep into something that's turned out way more emotional than I thought it would.

#personal #my writing #snippets #dear god what has my writing ethic been #nothing new for months and then 30k words in 4 days #and counting! #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel lucifer #angel dust #appledust #dustapple #??? what is the ship name here #really his WIFE needs to put Lucifer in her lap but she's NOT AROUND so Angel is picking up the slack for a minute!! #also legal reminder this is UN-EDITED SNIPPET IT'S UN-EDITED I KNOW IT NEEDS EDITING QQQQQQQQ shhh it's almost midnight I'm zzz

[rileyclaw]

happy @marichatmay to me and also everyone else . day 1: balcony!! it loops!!

#theyre discussing the ethics of stealing grocery carts from stores and racing them down busy streets #they have decided it's perfectly ok and legal #marichat #marichatmay2022 #marichat may #miraculous ladybug #ml #fanart #my art #gif #animation #im getting the hang of this clip studio thing ayyy #chat noir #marinette dupain cheng

[vimbry]

john flansburgh barely keeping up a moral celebrity public front is so funny. someone's like "aw I wish I could go to a show but they're 21+ :(" and he goes "fake ID", someone asks if their music is available for download and he's like "they might be giants torrent...." you can't say these things. it's hilarious

#wish more famous ''you can't SAY that'' moments were about the person giving morally ethical but legally dubious advice #man who clearly cares about keeping afloat financially and has business sense but never forgot his fake ID/bootlegging days as a teen