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In the discussion thread: Elizabeth Warren practiced law without a license? [View all]

Response to Jeff In Milwaukee (Reply #14)

Mon Sep 24, 2012, 02:07 PM

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27. +1 We can't fight back if we don't know what we're fighting

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I don't understand why some people here think that its harmful for us to see what the other side is claiming and try to develop appropriate responses. Its not like the claims aren't going to be made if we all put on blinders or stick our heads in the sand.

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91 replies	Author	Time	Post
Elizabeth Warren practiced law without a license? [View all]	Arkana	Sep 2012	OP
Until it comes from a real source then I'll wait to read about it.	R. Daneel Olivaw	Sep 2012	#1
Really?	Hutzpa	Sep 2012	#2
Why are you asking us? Is this the place for that sort of bullshit? nt	bemildred	Sep 2012	#3
I'm asking because I saw it somewhere and I'd rather know what REALLY happened.	Arkana	Sep 2012	#12
Ms Warren is a law PROFESSOR, has been since the 80s.	bemildred	Sep 2012	#13
I agree with you...	Jeff In Milwaukee	Sep 2012	#14
+1 We can't fight back if we don't know what we're fighting	onenote	Sep 2012	#27
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#31
This is where it is coming from	dbackjon	Sep 2012	#4
Sounds like the right-wing smear machine kicking into full gear	Proud Liberal Dem	Sep 2012	#5
This allegation is gaining right wing blogosphere traction	Orangepeel	Sep 2012	#6
Law professors don't practice law. They teach it. They don't need to be members of the bar	JDPriestly	Sep 2012	#36
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#41
Thanks. But some law professors do not practice law.	JDPriestly	Sep 2012	#50
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#53
Nothing to do with what she said on TV	Mass	Sep 2012	#7
They claim they asked if she was admitted to the MA bar and were told no	Orangepeel	Sep 2012	#9
Teaching law and practicing law are two very different things.	JDPriestly	Sep 2012	#37
It was answered elsewhere in the thread	CreekDog	Sep 2012	#58
'And she doesnt need to answer every false charge leveled at her.'	TroyD	Sep 2012	#61
I thiugh rethugs hated lawyers so whats the problem	bigdarryl	Sep 2012	#8
Has she practiced law in Massachusetts?	csziggy	Sep 2012	#10
Who wants to pay bar dues if they don't have to. In California I think they are	JDPriestly	Sep 2012	#38
Exactly! Professors such as Elizabeth Warren and Barack Obama	csziggy	Sep 2012	#40
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#43
This website has only been in operation for a month. It was obviously set up as political	Lint Head	Sep 2012	#11
I'm a practicing attorney	MnAttorney	Sep 2012	#15
Welcome to DU and thanks for the info.	justiceischeap	Sep 2012	#16
Thanks. I figured it was Breitbart just making shit up again--just wanted to be sure.	Arkana	Sep 2012	#17
Thank you MnAttorney for your response...	tallahasseedem	Sep 2012	#25
Welcome to DU and thanks for taking the time to address this question for us.	left on green only	Sep 2012	#30
The key question...	sweetapogee	Sep 2012	#32
You cannot practice law in MA courts without a MA bar card.	thevoiceofreason	Sep 2012	#33
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#39
But most courts, as here in Texas,	thevoiceofreason	Sep 2012	#46
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#57
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#44
I think we are saying the same thing	thevoiceofreason	Sep 2012	#47
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#51
I figured as much. Thanks.	Hassin Bin Sober	Sep 2012	#34
Hey, MnAttorney!! I'm a student at Washburn Law! Quick, give me a tip! ;)	cecilfirefox	Sep 2012	#69
Welcome to DU, MnAttorney! n/t	pnwmom	Sep 2012	#74
You can't practice law and be a judge ; you can practice law and teach school	musiclawyer	Sep 2012	#18
hey, bachmann practiced law without a brain	buzzman	Sep 2012	#19
One need not have a current bar card to TEACH law. More RW BS.	kestrel91316	Sep 2012	#20
Elizabeth Warren needs to get ahead of this before it becomes a fact	UCmeNdc	Sep 2012	#21
Right Wing Noise Machine	Berkshire Boy	Sep 2012	#22
Just the fact that our political discourse has come down to twitter,	wutang77	Sep 2012	#23
Me too.	Berkshire Boy	Sep 2012	#29
Accusations/article written by William A. Jacobson	thevoiceofreason	Sep 2012	#24
While on the subject of candidates...	DURHAM D	Sep 2012	#26
He is a businessman, not a lawyer. Why should he take the bar? N/T	GreenStormCloud	Oct 2012	#90
I didn't ask if he "should".	DURHAM D	Oct 2012	#91
Why don't you google it & read several sources & decide for yourself? nt	patrice	Sep 2012	#28
Concerned posters rarely google beforehand	CreekDog	Sep 2012	#59
+1 & b..b..but! I LIKE asparagus!	patrice	Sep 2012	#62
"It's a very nice vegetable!"	louis-t	Sep 2012	#79
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#35
Above the Law (legal blog) has good answer to these charges	Gothmog	Sep 2012	#42
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#48
The National Review Online also has a good defense to these charges.	Gothmog	Sep 2012	#45
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#49
I am a transactional attorney	Gothmog	Sep 2012	#52
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#55
The Cornell professor left out an important point which changes everything.	Justice	Sep 2012	#54
This message was self-deleted by its author	AnotherMcIntosh	Sep 2012	#56
Looks like Karl Rove/Scott Brown is going all out to take her down	TroyD	Sep 2012	#60
Ron Christie is spreading this all over twitter too	DesertRat	Sep 2012	#63
Does Warren have the documentation she needs to refute the charge?	TroyD	Sep 2012	#64
How would I know?	DesertRat	Sep 2012	#67
She has a law degree from Rutgers	Samantha	Sep 2012	#65
Article in business week. Warren has liscence	doccraig67	Sep 2012	#66
way to get fishhooked, sucker	MjolnirTime	Sep 2012	#68
Thanks for your insightful and well-written contribution.	Arkana	Sep 2012	#71
It's not true...read this	DesertRat	Sep 2012	#70
He has updated that today	pintobean	Sep 2012	#72
I thought that was excellent -- until I got to the "game-changer" update today.	pnwmom	Sep 2012	#76
I just saw that game-changer update	DesertRat	Sep 2012	#82
Provocative statement with a question mark? I call BS on your Fox News tactic.	yellowcanine	Sep 2012	#73
I call BS on your reaction to the poster.	pnwmom	Sep 2012	#75
Then why use the Fox tactic of making a statement and inserting a question mark?	yellowcanine	Sep 2012	#78
Unlike you, I don't watch Faux enough to know that's a tactic of theirs.	pnwmom	Sep 2012	#80
Ok that is a cheap shot.	yellowcanine	Sep 2012	#81
With all due respect, bite me.	Arkana	Sep 2012	#83
Nice.	yellowcanine	Sep 2012	#84
Thank you to all who contributed their knowledge	bkkyosemite	Sep 2012	#77
Republicans are claiming this morning that they have 'new evidence' against Warren	TroyD	Sep 2012	#85
Nope	thevoiceofreason	Sep 2012	#86
I keep coming back to that point - why wasn't it raised by the other side at the time?	Justice	Sep 2012	#88
They don't have squat. Something of this magnitude would have been found out back when she was first	Arkana	Sep 2012	#87
Is the Massachusetts bar taking action?	stevend56	Sep 2012	#89

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