Posted on 05/19/2016 3:12:42 PM PDT by Lockbox
A federal judge has ordered annual ethics classes for Justice Department attorneys as a punishment for being "intentionally deceptive" during litigation over President Obama's executive immigration orders.
"Such conduct is certainly not worthy of any department whose name includes the word 'Justice,'" U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen wrote in a withering order released Thursday.
Justice Department attorneys misled the court about when the Department of Homeland Security would begin implementing President Obama's executive order granting "deferred action" to illegal immigrants whose children are citizens. In doing so, they tricked the 26 states who filed a lawsuit into "foregoing a request for a temporary restraining order," according to the judge.
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That’s like sending a snake to don’t slither class.
LIES about Obamacare.
LIES about Benghazi
LIES about the Iran deal
LIES about the illegal alien invasion perpetrated by Oblama and the Mexican gov't
Their LIES deserve far more than a mere slap on the wrist. Another 'UNBELIEVABLE' response to total lawlessness.
If I were the judge, and since I cannot fire these rats, I would sentence them to wearing sandwich boards in downtown DC for 6 months, the boards saying, “I’m a government lawyer and I lied on the taxpayers dime; kick me.”
there you go giving a snake a bad rep equating them to a lawyer....
Nothing inherently evil in slithering.
As agents of the court, aren’t they held to a high standard of conduct? Doesn’t this kind of intentional “misleading” rise to the level of perjury? Isn’t it criminal, and not just unethical? Shouldn’t these attorneys be attending rehabilitation classes at the Graybar Finishing School?
Should be a front page story in the Washington Post.
Shouldn’t they be asking: What did the president know, and when did he know it?
The American Bar Association’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct states that a lawyer “shall not knowingly make a false statement of material fact.” In other words, lawyers aren’t supposed to lie—and they can be disciplined or even disbarred for doing so. But notice, the key word here is “knowingly.” A lawyer cannot “knowingly” lie.
Disbarment would be a much more appropriate punishment followed by the government being forced to concede in the case.
The term “perjury” refers specifically to making a false statement under oath. It’s rare for lawyers to commit perjury for the simple reason that lawyers generally do not make statements under oath—that’s what witnesses do.
They rob the country of its FUTURE, and as punishment they have to take some CLASSES..?!
How about someone ordering criminal prosecution of these lawyers who committed legal fraud.
This is just another example of Obama killing this country. Drip by Drip.
Not unless he switches parties.
“As agents of the court, aren’t they held to a high standard of conduct? Doesn’t this kind of intentional “misleading” rise to the level of perjury? “
Another problem with having a licensed, self regulating profession. Discipline is meted out by the Bar Association which rarely disbars its members no matter serious the offense.
I once hired an attorney for a lawsuit. I asked around the business community and was told he would be best for my case. I gave him the requested $3000 retainer. After the two weeks he requested to review the materials I gave him, I called to discuss his point of view regarding the case. He did not return my call. After over a dozen attempts to get him on the phone over another two week period I wrote him a letter. No response. I finally demanded his secretary stop covering and give me an answer. My answer came in a return call from her stating he needed another $10,000. I asked for a report before paying and was told I had to pay first. I still had no been given the courtesy of speaking to the attorney.
I then told the secretary I wanted all of the papers and evidence I had provided the attorney to review back. She refused.
Ultimately I learned the attorney was a close friend of one of the potential defendants in the suit I wished to file. That fact had not been disclosed when he was hired.
I went to see another attorney about suing the first attorney or filing a complaint with the bar association. He told me the first attorney was extremely powerful in the state bar and state politics. Any local judge would throw out a suit, if I could find an attorney to file one. He said filing a complaint with the bar association would be a complete waste of time. The members of the disciplinary committee and my first attorney would have a good laugh at my expense over drinks.
Self regulating professions do not have ethics.
It appears that the Lawyers did not break the law, just professional ethics. And of course no one goes to prison for an ethical violation.
Let me guess, the annual training will be held in a resort hotel in Hawaii.
You're good, thinking just like a government lawyer!
the appropriate punishment is death as an example to all in the future
death is a powerful motivator
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