Orly Tavitz has, from what I have read, learned that 0bama did not list any additional names when he applied for his lawyer license (whatever the correct terminology is). That is a specific question when applying for such a license.
“0bama did not list any additional names when he applied for his lawyer license
Right, but again, my impression is that this is a bogus argument. Perhaps some legal eagle knows better, but I believe applicants merely are required to list other names under which they may have practiced law. The intent, I presume, is to ensure that the state has some means to perhaps prevent lawyers disbarred in one state from easily just moving to another state to practice law. Any lawyer who tries to circumvent this by lying faces the risk that any member of the public could later expose the deception, in which case the failure to list a previous name would itself presumably become grounds for disbarment.
In contrast, it serves no particular public purpose to have individuals whose names may have changed several times in childhood to due changes in parental marriage relationships etc. report a laundry list of such name changes, as they don’t impact on the lawyer’s fitness to become licensed in that state etc. I have seen the filled-out portion of Obama’s form several times, but no one has ever posted the detailed instructions for filling the form out. So the foregoing is speculative on my part. Perhaps someone who has experience with such forms can provide a more definitive account of whether Obama’s failure to provide these childhood name changes truly is a legal transgression.