Of all the professions in the land (with the possible exception of politicians), lawyers are the most universally reviled. Coming from someone who has covered district courts for years as a journalist, I can say that many of the complaints are warranted.
Attorneys do serve a vital role in the judicial system, though, and at the very least, I assume these individuals understand and live by the laws they dedicate their careers to uphold. Based on the actions of illegal aliens across the country, though, I can no longer even make that most basic of assumptions.
In a prime example of the “Do as I say, not as I do” mentality, individuals whose very presence in an American courtroom constitutes a knowing and flagrant disregard for our laws now wish to be among those citing law as practicing attorneys.
Undocumented law school graduates in California, Florida, and New York are currently engaged in a push for their respective states to allow them entry to the bar. A recent article documenting the trend indicated one such graduate was not permitted to join the California bar because he indicated on his application that he was in the country illegally. Apparently, he literally checked a box on the application admitting to violating this country’s immigration law, yet retains the audacity to demand his place among legitimate attorneys.
There used to be a common expression among amnesty supporters indicating those illegals are only doing the jobs Americans won’t do. I’m sorry, but I’m pretty sure that with actual unemployment well into the double-digits, there are at least a few Americans willing to make a comfortable living as a lawyer.
Now it’s up to the state’s Supreme Court to rule on the matter. A judge is going to rule on whether to simply disregard a man’s lawbreaking or disregard a man’s lawbreaking and allow him to become an integral part in the arbitration of justice. If the judge in this case were truly seeking jurisprudence, wouldn’t he or she decide this man is admittedly in violation of the law and send him packing? The court’s role is usually to determine whether a crime has been committed. In this case, an individual is showing up, pleading guilty, and asking the court to reward him for it.
Although I vehemently disagree with them, I can rationalize the position of those who support Obama’s call for backdoor amnesty for those illegals brought at a young age to America by their parents. It’s clear many of these aspiring lawyers fall into that camp. The Federation for American Immigration Reform’s Ira Mehlman, though, summarized my position well.
While conceding these illegal students find themselves in an unfortunate circumstance, he said, “We all suffer from poor decisions that our parents made.” Disregarding and even rewarding an individual for entering our country in violation of the law not only does a disservice to that individual but also makes a mockery of our entire immigration system. After what this administration has done so far, though, there’s little else to mock.
I understand this is a sensitive issue with no easy answer; even some on the right whom I greatly respect favor some form of amnesty for high-achieving children brought illegally into the country. I, however, believe in the rule of law and, for whatever reason, these law school graduates are in constant violation. One should not be allowed to practice law in the courtroom when it is apparent to everyone that he or she refuses to practice law outside of it.
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That Obama sticker on your vehicle might as well say "I'm an idiot."
You don't need a bumper sticker, your posts say show what a true idiot you are. I find it offensive, that such a hateful old POS calls himself a Christian, but spends so much of his time posting hate filled BS, rather than doing the Lords work.
You're "offended?"
I find you offensive.
I could give a rats ass….. people like you SHOULD be ashamed!!!
Your use of profanity indicates that someone
failed to raise you properly, they should be ashamed.
IF I were your folks, I certainly would be quite ashamed of the asshat I raised. Ass is NOT profane Ray. In fact, words are words….yours are more profane that most.
Hang in there, Ray, the majority is with you, you know that!!
Someone let the dawgs out of their cages and they're too stupid to know they're in the wrong kennel!! They rated 'Thumbs Down,' coz they lost their own scent!!
I can smell them from here, can't you??
Wow, you right wingers are a stupid lot. You got one thing right…you are all a bunch of lowly dogs. Your kennel needs all the shit hosed out of it though.
As usual, it's all about you, you hate being WRONG, because you're brain damaged and irrelevant!! NO ONE cares what you think!!!! Go to Huffpo!!
Is that all you have Ray? I wonder, when you stand before God, will you be able to say proudly, that you stood for truth and justice? Will you be able to say, you were nice to others, even when they were not nice to you?
I am not a liberal by any stretch of the imagination, however, I find far right wingers even more offensive than liberals a good deal of the time. They tend to be more hateful and lie even more, if that were possible.
By the looks of those who felt the need to voice their "opinions" that bumper sticker should further claim they are not only an idiot, but an EMOTIONALLY CHALLENGED idiot.
The liberals are asking us to give Obama time.
We agree – and think 25 to life would be appropriate.
Let's see if i got this right!!!
If you cross the north korean border Illegally you get 12 years hard labor.
If you cross the iranian border Illegally you are detained indefinitely.
If you cross the afghan border Illegally, you get shot.
If you cross the saudi arabian border Illegally you will be jailed.
If you cross the chinese border Illegally you may never be heard from again.
If you cross the venezuelan border Illegally you will be branded a spy and your fate will be sealed.
If you cross the cuban border illegally you will be thrown into political prison to rot.
If you cross the U.S. Border illegally you get:
A job, a drivers license,
Social security card, welfare,
Food stamps, credit cards,
Subsidized rent or a loan to buy a house,
Free education, free health care,
A lobbyist in washington billions of dollars worth of public documents printed in your language
The right to carry your country's flag while you
Protest that you don't get enough respect
And, in many instances, you can vote.
I just wanted to make sure i had a firm grasp on the situation !!!
Obama has issued an Executive Order for federal agencies to cease using
the term "Illegal Aliens." From this point forward, they're to be called "Undocumented Democrats."
From now on we law abiding Americans are going to call them Bamas Illegals or new democrat voters.
All this backdoor amnesty did was open the door for any mexican citizen under the age of 30 to enter America and be handed citizenship.
Ah yes, isn't the United Socialist States of Amerika great?
It sure is if your an illeagal alien
The only day in court they should get is when they get back to Mexico after we deport them.There should never be amnesty or talk of amnesty from both parties.Since Obutthole and Witholder won't deport them then Arizona SC,Texas should put them on a bus and bring them to the White House,NYC,Boston and drop them off.People like Chunky Schumer,Mayor Doomberg,John Kerry and Geraldo would just love to have them set up housing on their property .
ATTENTION AMERICA:
ONCE you are illegal, you are illegal until you follow the right path to legal immigration. We must these illegal lawyers to follow the right and only way to be legal. We can not allow PRECEDENT that will destroy our constitution and laws of the land. If we allow this precedent, OBAMA will will off the '"HOOK". as being illegal himself in the first place. OBAMA is doing this to cover her own illegality and ineligibility. WE MUST NOT BOW TO THESE ILLEGALS…NEVER, NEVER, NEVER OVER OUR,,,,,, BODIES…NO SURRENDER TO THE INVADERS OF OUR COUNTRY AND OUR FREEDOMS AND LIBERTIES.
FELLOW AMERICANS:
Our country was founded by our forefathers who can to this country, with the STRONG CONVICTION, that everybody should pass through the road of legalization especially in our immigration laws. They did not intend to accept those who would come here and violate our laws and our Constitutions. For those who came here illegally, there is no other solution, but to follow the line where everybody has to pass. We can not allow EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULES, We can not let OBAMA get away of his violations of our laws, by showing us his "FAKE" birth certificate and using a "STOLEN" SS number…The illegal. lawyers can not practice in the USA, until they become LEGAL IMMIGRANTS. Deportations is the ANSWER if they insist to stay here..
Ok. So if these ILLEGALS can be a “legal lawyer”, then as a friend of mine said years ago, “I want to bootleg, and sell drugs”! Why not? I need to make a living! And if they can be lawyers, while being illegal themselves, and send people to jail for breaking the laws, the same laws that they are breaking as “lawyers” who are ILLEGAL, then why have any laws to begin with? And why should I have to spend money on things like drivers license, and pay my taxes, and obey the speed limits………..??? If an ILLEGAL lawyer can stand in a court of “law” and make other people OBEY a “law”, what’s the point of anything? This does not make any kind of sense at all! If these illegal mexicans want to practice law, then they need to go back to Mexico and do so! Their laws need work anyway! Oh, I guess they are afraid of their own people, the drug lords and such, well, too bad, go back to the hole you crawled out of, and stay there, unless you want to come to America the LEGAL WAY AND GET YOUR LAW LICENSE! I don’t want ANY of them here, just for the record, and I sure don’t want them as lawyers when they don’t even behave legally. Simple fact of the matter is, that they are ILLEGAL to start with! I guess they haven’t fully learned ENGLISH yet, so they may not understand the word LEGAL, or what the LAW in our country really is. Why should they? They have a “champion” in our capitol who is just like them, ILLEGAL!