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.

[B4Ranch]

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

When a country starts to disintegrate the very first indicator is the courts and the police. Watching the Black Panthers put out a national bounty across the nation on TV for the arrest of Zimmerman and then watching AG Holder sit silently in DC told me what I needed to know. Silence is acquiescence where I come from.

Established law means nothing anywhere in this nation unless the sheriff decides that it should be enforced.

[WhiskeyX]

They already are, since Obama is likely to be an illegal alien using a fraudulently obtained or forged birth certificate.

[Doogle]

3-11 Disqualifying Conduct. A record manifesting a lack of honesty, trustworthiness, diligence, or reliability of an applicant or registrant may constitute a basis for denial of admission. The revelation or discovery of any of the following may be cause for further inquiry before the board recommends whether the applicant or registrant possesses the character and fitness to practice law: (a) unlawful conduct; (b) academic misconduct; (c) making or procuring any false or misleading statement or omission of relevant information, including any false or misleading statement or omission on the Bar Application, or any amendment, or in any testimony or sworn statement submitted to the board;

[lwoodham]

Let him practice law in Mexico.

[freedumb2003]

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

That began in 2008.

[SpaceBar]

California is so far up its own ass it can see daylight through its own nose.

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

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

We have one in the White House doing that now.

[Doogle]

as best as I can determine...he's in California because he couldn't get a license to practice law in Florida, because he failed to produce immigration status.....since he is now coming clean.....so any law degree he received from any Florida law school IS BOGUS

[Conscience of a Conservative]

Illegal isn’t a race it’s a crime.

Illegally entering the country is a crime, but this guy was 17 months old when he was brought into the country, so he could not have been legally responsible for the crime of entering the country illegally.

Illegal/unauthorized presence in the country is not a crime in and of itself, but rather a civil violation.

[HiTech RedNeck]

How about fine, Mr. Illegale, you can, but don’t be surprised buster if Mitt Romney’s ICE shows up at your office and nabs you and deports you.

[Conscience of a Conservative]

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?

The article says that this guy is being sponsored for a green card/legal status by a relative who is a citizen. There are processes by which people like this guy (e.g., people who were brought into the country as children and have citizen relatives sponsoring them for citizenship) can apply for legal status themselves, without necessarily having to go back to their home country. So, while he does not have legal status, the fact that he has a pending application for legal status may mean that he is not subject to deportation.

[Michael.SF.]

I wonder if California has the same requirements?

Probably not, which is likely why he went there.

[TXnMA]

Beat me to it...

I was preparing a

"Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?"

post...

[ridesthemiles]

They already are, since Obama is likely to be an illegal alien using a fraudulently obtained or forged birth certificate”””

Don’t forget his Social Security number, which was originally given to a person who was born in 1896. Such number was issued in Connecticut, a state where Barry has never resided.

Everything about Barry is proof that he is an imposter, IMO.

[ridesthemiles]

Perhaps he came here at 17 months, and had no control over tht action.

BUT—he has had control over his actions of attending a school in Chico, another school in Florida, & lying on his applications & NEVER attempting to get his citizenship papers.

Just exactly WHERE did this genius expect to be practicing law and passing his Bar exam?????

[WhiskeyX]

See the Breitbart article which shows the 1991 brochure in which Obama’s biographical details include the statement Obama was born in Kenya. So, in 1991, Obama is admitted to have been born in Kenya, while it is denied in 2007. The Democrats and the MSM appeqar to be suffering from the loss of mental faculties associated with dementia.