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[Liberal] Law Professors File 'Misconduct Complaint' Against White House Counselor Kellyanne Conway
Washington Post ^ | February 23 at 3:13 PM | By Sari Horwitz

Posted on 02/23/2017 2:49:31 PM PST by drewh

A group of law professors from around the country has filed a professional misconduct complaint against White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, a graduate of George Washington University Law School who was admitted to the D.C. Bar in 1995.

The letter, filed with the office that handles misconduct by members of the D.C. Bar, said Conway should be sanctioned for violating government ethics rules and “conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation,” the letter says.

The 15 professors, who specialize in legal ethics, cite several incidents, including a television interview in which Conway made the “false statement that President Barack Obama had ‘banned’ Iraqi refugees from coming into the United States for six months following the ‘Bowling Green Massacre,’ ” and the use of her position to endorse Ivanka Trump products.

“We do not file this complaint lightly,” the professors said in their filing. “We believe that, at one time, Ms. Conway, understood her ethical responsibilities as a lawyer and abided by them. But she is currently acting in a way that brings shame upon the legal profession.”

The professors teach at law schools such as Georgetown University Law Center, Yale Law School, Fordham University and Duke University.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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To: drewh

We should not assume all lawyers are as hypocritical as these;. remember, only 98 percent of lawyers give the other 2 percent a bad name.


21 posted on 02/23/2017 3:04:47 PM PST by AndyTheBear
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To: drewh
Eight years of daily Obama malfeasance and now they have the gall to pick on Kellyanne?
22 posted on 02/23/2017 3:05:02 PM PST by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: Kellis91789

““We do not file this complaint lightly,” the professors said in their filing.”

I bet they wouldn’t even file until they got cash money up front.


23 posted on 02/23/2017 3:09:54 PM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: drewh

Someone once said that a lawyer who can’t make a living practicing law becomes a law professor. Makes perfectly good sense.


24 posted on 02/23/2017 3:10:11 PM PST by ImNotLying (The Constitution is an instrument for the people to restrain the government...Patrick Henry)
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To: drewh

If the complaint is fraudulent (politically motivated), as we know it is, by signing it in bad faith each of those lawyers subjects themselves to disciplinary complaints to their own home state bars.


25 posted on 02/23/2017 3:11:30 PM PST by Trod Upon (Government employees and welfare recipients are both net tax consumers. Often for life.)
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To: drewh; ExTexasRedhead

” “We believe that, at one time, Ms. Conway, understood her ethical responsibilities as a lawyer and abided by them. But she is currently acting in a way that brings shame upon the legal profession.””

These guys need to find a mirror! If anyone brings shame to the “legal profession,” it’s college “law professors!”


26 posted on 02/23/2017 3:13:54 PM PST by vette6387
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To: drewh

However many hours Kellyanne must take each week or month to deal with this crap is that many hours she cannot help make American great again.

This is the purpose behind this of course.


27 posted on 02/23/2017 3:14:11 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: headstamp 2
Time to cut Federal funding to all Universities that don't have a balanced faculty.... No mon...no fun....
28 posted on 02/23/2017 3:15:50 PM PST by Hogblog
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To: allendale

“Identify them, hire investigators to find dirt on them and go after them. Hit one of ours, destroy five of theirs. Only thing they understand.”

Absolutely! The GOPe never goes after those who threaten them. Trump isn’t going to let that happen to him. As far as I am concerned, President Trump defines the “New Republican Party.” We need to do everything we can to remove those who are in the GOPe (aka “The Old Republican Party”). The stench on the GOP brand is like walking through a pig farm.


29 posted on 02/23/2017 3:17:21 PM PST by vette6387
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To: drewh

“...But she is currently acting in a way that brings shame upon the legal profession.”

Uh, No. They did that, themselves, over the course of the last 100 years of maliciously meddling in the political discourse of this nation, at a level beyond the accessibility of the average citizen.

Should she have mentioned Ivanka’s merchandise? No.
Did she have a malicious intent? No.
Was she attempting to fight back against an unfair attack? Yes.

Climb back up to your ivory tower, ‘professors’. We don’t need your pontification, or your slanderous suits.


30 posted on 02/23/2017 3:22:43 PM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2017; I pray we make it that long.)
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To: drewh

“We do not file this complaint lightly,” the professors said in their filing.

Maybe, but not out of concern for “ethics”. More likely out of fear of blowback from those of us who realize this is simply political sour grapes. Keep in mind that nearly all Democrat—and Republican—politicians are lawyers. Certainly, these so-called professors hold the Democrats to the same ethical standards, right?

From what I understand, Kellyanne Conway referred to a “Bowling Green Massacre” that never happened. She subsequently said she had misspoken and was actually referring to the arrest of two Iraqis in Bowling Green on terrorism related charges. The left continues to poke fun at her, blowing her statement out of proportion. Her statement was wrong but terrorism is real—no laughing matter if you ask me.

The other issue was Kellyanne Conway’s remark during an interview to buy Ivanka Trump products. Given that she’s a brand new government hire who was disciplined by her boss, and this was clearly an off-the-cuff remark rather than a serious endorsement, the matter should be pretty much closed.


31 posted on 02/23/2017 3:29:39 PM PST by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: Maudeen

Probably most of them are queer or tranny or something like than. How many? Enquiring minds


32 posted on 02/23/2017 3:29:58 PM PST by SteveH
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To: drewh

They said nothing about bammy’s abuse of power.


33 posted on 02/23/2017 3:34:09 PM PST by I want the USA back (Lying Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: drewh

Those “perfesers” sure hate PRESIDENT Trump. Haters gonna hate. This isn’t about Conway. This is about their hatred of Trump and the American people who voted for him. **** them!


34 posted on 02/23/2017 3:34:41 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (I tried being reasonable, I didn't like it. - Clint Eastwood)
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To: ImNotLying

Those who can, do. Those who can’t teach. The corollary is that those who can’t teach, teach teachers.


35 posted on 02/23/2017 3:35:00 PM PST by chb
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To: drewh

36 posted on 02/23/2017 3:36:45 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: drewh

This is EASY TO FIX, Immediately REVOKE their Accreditation for being Assholes..


37 posted on 02/23/2017 3:36:56 PM PST by eyeamok (destruction of government records.)
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To: drewh

She should be “sanctioned”??? What does that even mean?


38 posted on 02/23/2017 3:40:11 PM PST by ReaganGeneration2
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To: Maudeen

Not tired of the other side losing yet!

NTOTOSLY


39 posted on 02/23/2017 3:42:28 PM PST by AZLiberty (A is now A once again.)
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To: drewh

And Barack Obama never proved his Constitutional eligibility to become President

Members of the bar made false comments, signed false affidavits, ridiculed those who questioned his eligibility

Where were all your “ethics’ then, Boyz?

No wonder you’re on faculty and not actually practicing.


40 posted on 02/23/2017 3:43:14 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW BOYCOTT Mexico NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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