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Pennsylvania AG Kathleen Kane suspended from the practice of law
Hot Air ^ | 9/22/15 | Gabriel Malor

Posted on 09/22/2015 3:52:19 PM PDT by markomalley

The slow-motion implosion of former Democratic rising star Kathleen Kane continued Monday, as the state supreme court suspended her law license. The suspension is “temporary” insofar as it will continue as long as she’s facing charges for perjury, obstruction of justice, and abuse of office.

The high court’s decision was unanimous, endorsed by the court’s three Republicans and two Democrats.

Lawyers for the state disciplinary board that oversees lawyers sought the suspension after Kane was charged last month with perjury, obstruction, and other offenses stemming from allegations that she illegally leaked grand jury material and then lied about it under oath.

The board wanted Kane out of power. Its lawyers suggested that stripping Kane of her law license would disqualify her from holding office.

Alas, the high court also noted in its order that it “should not be construed as removing Respondent [Kane] from elected office,” despite a provision of the state constitution which provides that the attorney general must be a member of the Pennsylvania bar. The thinking there is that she remains a member of the bar until disbarred, which is a step beyond this temporary suspension.

Kane has refused to resign, laughably insisting that she is the victim of an “old boys’ network” that is trying to bring her down for being a woman. She issued a statement yesterday claiming that she would not step down because, despite being stripped of the ability to be the state’s chief prosecutor, she can continue to fight “the culture of misogyny and racially/religiously offensive behavior that has permeated law enforcement and members of the judiciary in this commonwealth for years.”

Kane was curiously silent about combating abusive government officials who leak secret information to Democratic political operatives to use in smear pieces in the local paper.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: pennsylvania; whoops

1 posted on 09/22/2015 3:52:19 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

You mean like Obama and his wife?


2 posted on 09/22/2015 3:53:56 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: MarvinStinson

That doesn’t make Michelle proud of her country...


3 posted on 09/22/2015 3:55:55 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: markomalley

Who does she think she is, Hillary Clinton?


4 posted on 09/22/2015 4:01:25 PM PDT by refermech
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To: markomalley

She was assured Pennsylvania’s Governorship had it not been for this ... Corbett was done for ... A brick with a D on it would have won.

She *really* torqued someone off ... Usually this stuff goes away after you lose political capital ... Not so in her case.


5 posted on 09/22/2015 4:17:54 PM PDT by edh (I need a better tagline)
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To: markomalley

and the RATS, take another one in the.........HA ha!!!

6 posted on 09/22/2015 4:39:01 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: markomalley

Ever notice how hard Dims cling to power? That’s because they don’t have the skills to cut it in the private sector.


7 posted on 09/22/2015 4:45:19 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Bush [the 90s rock band] for POTUS 2016!!!)
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To: markomalley
Disbarment is a potent administrative weapon that should be invoked much more often than it is. As the saying goes, lawyers get away with murder. There are numerous DOJ lawyers who regularly comment fraud on the court. The most recent is in the Texas immigration case where they obviously lied to the court and contemptuously ignored the court's order. There has also been many who lied while defending Obummer in the numerous BC cases. These lawyers are officers of the court and sworn to be forthright in all respects before the court and not mislead it in any manner. When they deliberately deceive the court by omission or commission, they need to be disbarred.
8 posted on 09/22/2015 5:42:32 PM PDT by iontheball
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To: markomalley
Pennsylvania AG Kathleen Kane suspended from the practice of law

One down, about 4 more to go...
That I know of.

9 posted on 09/22/2015 8:02:44 PM PDT by publius911 (Pissed?? You have NO idea!)
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To: markomalley

Is she black or white?


10 posted on 09/23/2015 2:59:19 AM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Their politics is a tactical forward-projection of their degeneracy.


11 posted on 09/23/2015 6:12:41 AM PDT by Mmmike
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