Ted Stevens (R-AK-crook) may lose law license

[babylonsister]

Stevens may lose law license

TIMING: Bar Association counts convictions right away; he's allowed his PFD check.

By TOM KIZZIA
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Published: November 1st, 2008 01:15 AM
Last Modified: November 1st, 2008 02:18 AM


The Alaska Bar Association went to the state Supreme Court on Thursday seeking to suspend Sen. Ted Stevens' law license on an interim basis, pending completion of his appeals.

But he will be allowed to continue receiving Permanent Fund dividends, a state official said.

Under state bar association rules, a felony conviction is effective as soon as the jury rules, said association counsel Steve Van Goor. On voting rights, in contrast, the state says a conviction is effective only on sentencing.

There's no deadline by which the Supreme Court has to decide such a license challenge, said chief deputy court clerk Lori Wade. Stevens has a right to file legal memoranda in his defense.

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[CreekDog]

1. they should at least re-test him to see if he understands the term "convicted"

:rofl:

[Cirque du So-What]

2. MAY revoke his law license?

Why have a two-tier system of justice in the first place? IMO, public officials - whether elected, serving on a contract basis, or employed at an hourly rate of pay - need to be held to standards at least as strict as those imposed on the general population.

[Generic Other]

3. R-AK crook!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. I didn't know he had one....that's rich.

Shakespeare was right..."first, drown all the lawyers"

[Blue_In_AK]

6. Harvard Law School, actually.

Undergrad at UCLA.

[LiberalFighter]

7. Schools don't grant the license though. Just the avenue that must be traveled.

[Blue_In_AK]

8. Of course,

and Ted hasn't practiced law for years. I'm surprised his bar membership is still active here in Alaska, but apparently it is if they're taking steps to revoke it.

[LiberalFighter]

12. Alaska might not have very many requirements. I'm stressing might not.

[Blue_In_AK]

13. I just checked our Bar membership.

Ted's listed as "inactive," which is what I would have guessed. It looks like he passed the Alaska bar in 1960.

[texpatriot2004]

5. As well he should. nm

[SoCalDem]

9. Moot point.. he's 84 years old.. Somehow, I don't see him planning to practice law

The appropriate punishment for him would be house arrest with an ankle bracelet, and to not allow him to publish anything..and to disallow any interviews..

Shunning is the only viable punishment for an attention-whore who's used to being catered to..

[mduffy31]

10. They should

Bill Clinton lost his over a blow-job

[Initech]

11. Lock him up and throw the key down the series of tubes.