Judge finds the fix is really in place at Justice.

Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 5 months ago to Government
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Federal Judge Finds Justice Department Lawyers Knowingly Lied And Orders Team To Take Ethics Classes
by jonathanturley

US-DeptOfJustice-Seal_svgJudge_Andrew_S._HanenUnited States District Judge Andrew Hanen issued a remarkable opinion yesterday that found that Justice Department lawyers not only lied to him and opposing counsel but "it is hard to imagine a more serious, more calculated plan of unethical conduct." What is even more remarkable however is that, after describing such a calculated and unethical record, Hanen ordered the lawyers to simply take ethics classes rather than refer them to the bar for suspension or disbarment. Many attorneys object that government lawyers routinely escape serious punishment for false or misleading statements. In this case, the judge found that the Justice Department misled him and opposing counsel in a case by Texas and 25 other states that sought to block President Barack Obama's controversial immigration programs. Hansen blocked the program. Notably, the Justice Department is even opposing ethical classes as a sanction.

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jonathanturley | 1, May 20, 2016 at 7:48 am | Categories: Bizarre, Courts, Lawyering, Media, Society | URL: http://wp.me/p6sYP-pNu

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  • Posted by ChuckyBob 9 years, 5 months ago
    Question: What do you call 10,000 lawyers chained together at the bottom of the sea? Answer: A good start.
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  • Posted by Lysander 9 years, 5 months ago
    Ethics? It's government where ethics is merely a 200-level course. They will probably plagiarize the homework.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    There are a few lawyers with ethics. I suspect the system is designed to prevent such patriots from having authority to bring charges, but I could be wrong as I do not have the legal background or evidence.
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  • Posted by freedomforall 9 years, 5 months ago
    Couldn't the judge at least have charged them with contempt ? Can a judge charge someone with obstruction of justice, or does that have to come from the just-us department? Thousands of innocent people are charged with "conspiracy" to violate laws. Can any "officer of the court" bring these charges against the just-us department?
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  • Posted by $ MichaelAarethun 9 years, 5 months ago
    If you think there is any hope in indicting Clinton check this one. Not only was the Judge lied to he then did not refer them for disbarment but made the sentence a mandatory ethics class. The Justice Department lawyers just ignored that part and the reason is we shall probably find Loretta Lynch and Obama.

    Read the whole article at the link. it involves a case between Texas and immigration policy.
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