SCOOTER LIBBY BANNED FROM PRACTICING LAW

[ck4829]

Former top White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby was banned Thursday from practicing law in the nation's capital following his perjury conviction in the case of a CIA operative's leaked identity.

The disbarment order of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia had been expected.

"When a member of the bar is convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude, disbarment is mandatory," the appeals court ruled.

Last May, a court panel that oversees lawyer ethics recommended that Libby be stripped of his law license in Washington. The Board on Professional Responsibility then found that Libby's conviction for lying to the FBI about the case of former CIA operative Valerie Plame amounted to "crimes that involve moral turpitude."

http://real-us.news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080320/ap_on_re_us/cia_leak_libby

[stellanoir]

1. a slap on the wrist

for treason.

[Shae]

4. But every little bit helps.

[Shae]

2. Rule of law!

:bounce:

[spanone]

3. i'm surprised bu$h* didn't want to make scooter a supreme court judge

[lonestarnot]

7. Me too!

[Clear Blue Sky]

5. When did he last actually practice law?

[Solly Mack]

6. Libby doesn't care

"Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, was first licensed to work as a lawyer in Washington in 1978. His membership with the D.C. bar also was suspended for failing to pay his dues, records show.

Thursday's appeals court ruling also noted that 'neither bar counsel nor respondent has taken exception to the board's report and recommendation.'"

[jobycom]

8. This is bad, bad news for America.

Now he's going to have start writing novels again. :(

[navarth]

9. I think he should be allowed to practice

knitting in PRISON.

[MrCoffee]

10. I wonder if he can get reinstated after the pardon?

[truth2power]

11. Means nothing, IMO..

He'll just practice in MD or VA. I think that's the way it works, anyway.