Breaking: Cheney’s former chief of staff disbarred from practicing law in U.S. capital

[maddezmom]

Source: CNN

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former White House adviser Lewis “Scooter” Libby, convicted last year for lying to a grand jury and federal agents probing the leak of a CIA agent’s identity, was disbarred from practicing law in the nation’s capital on Thursday.

“When a member of the Bar is convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude, disbarment is mandatory,” the District of Columbia Court of Appeals wrote in its opinion, which is posted on its Web site.

Last July, a court sentenced Libby, once Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff, to a 30-month prison term. President Bush later commuted Libby’s sentence, calling it “excessive.” The president stopped short of an outright pardon, noting that “our entire system of justice relies on people telling the truth.”




:D

Read more: http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/20/cheneys-former-chief-of-staff-disbarred-from-practicing-law-in-us-capital/

[Donnachaidh]

1. why should this matter? He'll get a job at any RW thinktank as an *adviser*

No law degree needed. Or become a lobbyist. :grr:

[Clear Blue Sky]

15. Future Fox News commentator?

[hisownpetard]

41. Yup. He can co-anchor with Rove.

[klook]

44. Future bestiality/pedophilia fiction author

As noted in this New Yorker article, he already has experience in that department.

[Fresh_Start]

2. thank goodness

I personally intend to vote against any member of the bush cabal that is proposed for office or position in any company I own stock

[kentj44]

40. not unless a rogue cia

agent decides tic,tic,tic.

[0007]

3. Thank for the good news. Now junior and his dick can.........



[Ian David]

4. Here's a link

http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=116&sid=1369326&comments=true

[SpiralHawk]

5. Bad da boom, ba da bing - a dollop of JUSTICE

THE FACE OF A REPUBLICON HOMELANDER TRAITOR TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

[FatDave]

28. "dollop" is right

He should be in fucking prison.

[hobbit709]

6. I still want him to be cross-barred

as in cross-bar hilton.

[Ian David]

7. Scooter Libby Libby Libby's been disbarred barred barred!

He will take it take it take it really hard hard hard!

[Mad_Dem_X]

27. .

:rofl:

[DrDan]

8. if this is mandatory, then why would it take a year . . .

or did I miss something last year

[MeDeMax]

9. Court Disbars 'Scooter' Libby

http://www.wtopnews.com/index.php?nid=116&sid=1369326

[acmavm]

10. Yeah, he got disbarred. Most of us would have been shot or sent

to Gitmo.

Ask Scoots and he'll tell you that he's gonna go down in history as a 'hero' with the rest of the criminals.

[redqueen]

18. Yup... with a TV show like cocaine trafficker Ollie North...

or a government post like all the other Iran Contra drug traffickers.

[superconnected]

37. History isn't going to be kind to these guys.

I bet we read in history books that bush was the most secrective and corrupt president ever.

[Kolesar]

11. Tie his intestines to a shrub and throw him off a cliff

I mean, how did it work out for the intelligence contacts that he compromised.

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. Good

I'll take anything at this point.

[hootinholler]

17. No kidding!

Some little crumb that sort of smell just a teensy bit like almost justice.

It might be a start.

-Hoot

[Sean Stuart]

13. Some traitors get the firing squad, others get wealthy retirement.

:shrug:

[bdamomma]

14. before I get all excited about this.

these thugs are not going to overturn this verdict, or give him a pass on this are they?

[dweller]

16. this will not affect his ability to make $$$ in any way as much

as a treason charge, conviction, sentence and punishment would have.

dp

[mod mom]

19. Partial justice!

[wordpix]

32. yeah, a teensy bit of justice, whooppee!!!

:woohoo:

[VP505]

20. Big Deal,

he will get a full pardon when * leaves office and it won't prevent him from making a truck load of money, in fact he will be laughing all the way to the bank as a once famous showman musician used to say..

[gauguin57]

21. He's probably getting paid under the table by all the Bushites whose a**es he covered

by taking the fall.

[spanone]

22. k&r

[katty]

23. practicing law?! big deal - they know more about breaking laws

[underpants]

24. Former Cheney Aide Libby Disbarred-SCOOTER!!!

Source: WNBC

A Washington, D.C., radio station reports that I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr., the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, has been disbarred.

A three-judge panel on the D.C. Court of Appeals stripped Libby of his ability to practice law after he was found guilty last year of obstructing the investigation in the CIA leak investigation, WTOP radio reported.

"When a member of the Bar is convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude, disbarment is mandatory," the three judges wrote in their order. "This court has held that obstruction of justice and perjury are crimes of moral turpitude. Since respondent was convicted of each of these offenses, as the Board concluded, disbarment is mandatory under D.C. Code.



Read more: http://www.wnbc.com/news/15652342/detail.html?treets=ny&tml=ny_natlbreak&ts=T&tmi=ny_natlbreak_1_09460203202008

[Clear Blue Sky]

25. Disbarred where?

Does that apply to the DC bar only or is it nationwide? I thought each state had it's own bar.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

38. DC Bar only.

Each state and D.C. have their own bar exams. So he's only disbarred in D.C.. Don't know if he's licensed anywhere else.

I assume if he had a state license he would get his license yanked summarily as well.

[underpants]

26. Wow that must be a crushing embarassment

Now they have some idea how we feel

[benld74]

29. 50 more locations to go and I'm ok

[singilarpoint]

30. Didn't see that...

I sure as hell didn't see a Fox News Alert on this. I wonder if it had been a Democrat how many times they would have been talking about The new Democrat party scandal!!!! Sirens, whistles, fireworks
the whole 9 yards....Fox News is vile trash..and they know it...

[xxqqqzme]

31. How can anyone watch fixed noise?

That certainly is no place for news. As Rachel Maddow pointed out on Countdown the BIG story on Fixed noise website was Australian Robot shoots owner in Driveway. Killer robots on the 5th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq.

[singilarpoint]

33. Just sayin

You don't have to watch fox to know what they are up to..Do you really think that they would announce republican crimes??? Even when they do report republican scandals they "REPORT" that the culprit is a Democrat..........I would not for one second consider Faux as a legit source of news.
But there are people out there that watch fox, and hold on to their every word as 100% truth.
But I do enjoy going to www.newshounds.us..They really call Faux out....

[ElsewheresDaughter]

34. He should be in prison...the bastard got off easy!

[progressoid]

35. Other than to break it, he wasn't interested in the LAW in the first place.

[whistle]

36. Dick Cheney needs to be barred from practicing anything anywhere

[cureautismnow]

39. I'd like to see President Obama or Clinton overturn the commutation.

It's probably not a possibility, but I can always dream that traitors get their just desserts. :mad:

[Hekate]

42. "Moral turpitude"! LOL Great phrase....

“When a member of the Bar is convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude, disbarment is mandatory,” the District of Columbia Court of Appeals wrote in its opinion, which is posted on its Web site.

:rofl:

Hekate

[LiberalFighter]

43. They didn't tell him he only needed to pay a fine to keep his license? Wow

[lovuian]

45. thank you

but he still needs to go to jail

[texpatriot2004]

46. Scooter got off easy, but I am still glad to hear this news. nm