Posted on 03/19/2007 2:47:58 PM PDT by CondorFlight
Bump
He is going to be license-less in a very short period, I believe.
And then he'll be out of a job; perhaps he can get a job as a commentator on CTV? :-)
My bet is that he'll get a wrist slap, if that.
GOOD. I hope he's completely shamed.
"Is there a legal definition of "skirt the system?" I doubt it."
Years ago it was referred to as failing to recognize the "spirit" of the law which used to be as important as the "letter" of the law. The two combined were supposed to be inherent in the "fairness" of the law. Today -- who knows? It's whatever you can get by with no matter which side of the law you're on. I'm not sure strict constructionists are necessarily any better on the "spirit" of any law, but they're a darned sight better on the "letter".
Pants Him!
"The NC Bar wants more than his resignation. They want his bar membership yanked permanently, so that he can't practice law in the state at all, and would be very unlikely to get admitted to any other state's bar."
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It works for me! :-)
Thanks for the good news ping!
Wow. Reading the actions of Nifong in the first part of this document, including representing to the court more than once that he had given the Defense the particular information they sought, when he did no such thing ought to give him time in jail.
Libby misremembered... Nifong swore to the court and blatantly lied! And all to the end of railroading 3 defendents who he knew were innocent! Not that they could win an acquital, but that they were flat out innocent!
Nifong's vile and inflammatory characterizations of the accused is clearly a violation of his position.
Nothing he can say will change that fact. There are numerous television appearances of him slamming those students.
You know better than that. Liberals don't feel shame. They're incapable of it. Reference: Clintons, Murtha, Kerry, Carter, Roosevelt, JF Kennedy, Sharpton, J. Jackson, Rather, et al. Shame is something inputed upon white, male conservatives. Nifong, by virtue of his political leanings, is immune from shame.
Incredulous indeed. Where has the state bar been while these boys had their lives ruined and their families have spent millions.
You mean those "hooligans"?
He's not gonna resign, and if I understand the rules correctly, the only person who can remove him is the judge of the Superior Court.
Unfortunately, that person is one of his buddies and is protecting him, refusing to act on a petition for his removal filed a while back until after the bar proceedings. The law required him to act on the petition within 30 days. He claims that issuing a stay that will be in effect for a good six months met the definintion of "acting."
Hard to believe that is what the legislature intended ...
Skirted? He mooned it.
That's what I figured, they always have their friends that stick together. Unless the voters throw him out he's probably not going anywhere and he'll be free to do this to someone else.
nifong should lose his job and his license to practice law.
he wrongly accused those kids because they were rich and white, just like the white racists of the 1950's mistreated blacks.
the accuser's face should be posted across the city like her supporters plastered the boys' photos across town.
My understanding is that the state bar can disbar him for a specified time, or permanently. Not sure if that means he could NOT legally continue in his elected office, but I would think that would be enough to do in der Nifongfuhrer.
He lied in direct representations he made to the court. And he did it knowingly and repeatedly.
It's one think to play word games with the press. Quite another to file papers with the court saying that you turned over documents that were repeatedly omitted.
Every lawyer, judge, legislator and court officer in the state should be calling for his head!
I'm under the impression that they can disbar him for five years. After that point, he can re-apply for admission but the bar is not obligated to grant it.
Not sure if that means he could NOT legally continue in his elected office, but I would think that would be enough to do in der Nifongfuhrer.
I was shocked to read that there is no provision in NC that would terminate his salary if he is disbarred. Have read that the legislature is working on this.
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