tomvet.bsky.social
Navy veteran, lawyer experienced in professional regulation and ethics, bassist, grandfather.
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I still tolerate the serious journalists on CNN but I will not suffer Scott Jennings.
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I was pondering how the SECDEF could be such a liar. Let's review the service academy's honor code, e.g., West Point's Cadet Honor Code which reads simply that
A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.
But good thing "We are currently clean on OPSEC".
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Frivolous sanction motions are sanctionable. Bring it on. The judges will have a field day with this tactic.
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www.justice.gov/opr/webform/...
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www.justice.gov/opr/webform/...
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) is responsible for investigating allegations of misconduct against DOJ attorneys that relate to the exercise of their authority to investigate, litigate or provide legal advice, as well as allegations of misconduct.
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Take a pass
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Lawyers do indeed swear to support the Constitution.
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I am not an AUSA, but my 5 point memo would be:
1 privileged
2confidential
3work product
4 all of the above
5 ditto
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Not a new idea, is it? Marbury v. Madison (1803), established the principle of judicial review, meaning that American courts have the power to strike down laws and statutes they find to violate the Constitution of the United States. They covered that at Yale, yes?
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Now I remember where I saw the hat....
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He's crying theatre in a crowded fire.
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Thank you for saying this. And the back-up guy, despite legal training at Harvard and having served as junior judge advocate officer in Guantanamo, might need to explain bending to superiors to approve force feeding of prisoners, a practice which in most situations is considered torture.
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Deeply unfathomable. No pun.
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We already witnessed the Tail-hook scandal. We don't need someone to lead us back to 1992.
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Tax evasion, witness tampering, a convicted felon and disbarred in three jurisdictions. Our nation's first ally will be delighted.
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Malicious joke. And get ready for a tsunami of retaliatory discharge claims. (The MSPB's primary function is to protect Federal merit systems against partisan political and other prohibited personnel practices by adjudicating employee appeals over which the Board has been given jurisdiction.)
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To help us unsee the sophomoric parody, try this...
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Who elected Elon Musk? Oh, never mind, we are an oligarchy now.
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An insult to our Navy. All payola and zero fitness for duty. (According to Military.com, Federal Election Commission records show that Phelan donated $834,600 to Trump's joint fundraising committee, pledged him another $93,000 and gave over $700,000 to Republican PACs.)
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He's, ya know, weaving.
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Members of the Ethics Committee who are lawyers should consider their own ethical obligation to report knowledge of criminal misconduct of another lawyer to the Florida Bar’s Division of Lawyer Regulation. This can be done in confidence.