State Supreme Court to decide if illegal immigrant can practice law

San Jose Mercury News ^ | 5/16/12 | Howard Mintz

[SmithL]

The California Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to consider whether the State Bar has the authority to license an undocumented immigrant and allow him to become a practicing lawyer.

In their weekly closed-door conference, the justices unanimously decided to consider the case of Sergio Garcia, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico who graduated from Chico State University, a Florida law school and passed the state Bar exam in July 2009 but has been stalled in his bid to secure his California law license.

[GeronL]

deporto! deporto!

[Drango]

Illegal isn’t a race it’s a crime.

[Repeal The 17th]

If they know who he is and they know he is an illegal alien then why doesn’t someone apprehend and deport the son of a bitch?

[Doogle]

in 20 yrs non-citizens will be deciding what our Constitution says......

[Parley Baer]

“in 20 yrs non-citizens will be deciding what our Constitution says......”

Exactly. This is insane.

[TurboZamboni]

I give it 3 if Barry’s re-elected.

[Cicero]

An illegal lawyer. I smell a paradox there, somewhere.

[FlingWingFlyer]

They need to send him back to Mexico to practice “law” there. It would serve them right. Maybe Mexico will stop sending them up here to get law degrees. We’ve got more lawyers than we need here already. Let Mexico suffer for their mistake.

[hal ogen]

Throw the criminal illegal in jail...let him be a “jailhouse lawyer”. Seize all his assets and deport the criminal felon illegal. Just what is with these illegals? Get out of our wonderful country and return to your hellhole of a loser country...

[hal ogen]

Throw the criminal illegal in jail...let him be a “jailhouse lawyer”. Seize all his assets and deport the criminal felon illegal. Just what is with these illegals? Get out of our wonderful country and return to your hellhole of a loser country...

[molson209]

why not just skip all this and give him a seat on The California Supreme Court

[Cicero]

If the Ninth Circus does the expected, then we could come up with a new slang term. Instead of calling him a Legal Beagle, a phrase I used to hear as a child, we could call him an Illegal Beagle.

[OldPossum]

Heck, why not? It’s California, for goodness sake. Established law means nothing there.

[servo1969]

What

The

F*ck?

[Kevmo]

yet another outrage for the AFIRE ping list

[fatrat]

But of course. We need more lawyers don’t we, especially in Kalifornia?

[Flag_This]

Maybe if he practices law long enough he’ll learn to obey it.

[FlingWingFlyer]

His DREAM Act has always been to sneak into America, get a law degree paid for by the taxpayers from some flunky college and then sue the asses off the Americans. He’s almost there.

[Doogle]

who graduated from Chico State University, a Florida law school and passed the state Bar exam in July 2009 STEP 4 - PACKING LIST TO SUBMIT A COMPLETE BAR APPLICATION As you package your application, check off each item below confirming that you have completed and included each required item. ____1. Bar Application (Sections A-C) Completed and properly notarized. Be sure to keep a copy for your records. ____2. Bar Application (Section D) Completed and properly notarized. Be sure to keep a copy for your records. ____3. Authorization and Release (PDF - 63k) Three (3) originals, completed and properly notarized ____4. Affidavit of Compliance (PDF - 62k) ____5. Application fee Computed using the Application Fee Worksheet (PDF - 46k). Clip the check to the front page of the Bar Application. ____6. Fingerprints All applicants for admission to The Florida Bar must have their fingerprints scanned for electronic submission to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and to the FBI by Integrated Biometric Technology (IBT). Instructions for this step are in the answer to How do I submit the required fingerprints? in our FAQ. Confirmation of your compliance with this step must be received by the board before processing of your application can begin. ____7. Proof of citizenship If you are a citizen of the United States, submit with your Bar Application a certified copy of your birth certificate, or provide a photocopy of your certificate of naturalization, or certificate of citizenship for submission to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for verification of authenticity. If you are not a citizen of the United States, provide a photocopy of the immigration document that documents your status for submission to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services for verification of authenticity. For more information on how to obtain documents to prove citizenship or immigration status, read Must I provide documentation of my U.S. citizenship or immigration status? in our FAQ.