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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:31 AM Original message |
UNBELIEVABLE: Scandal puts spotlight on Christian law school. ASHCROFT changed hire rules. |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is why Goodling doesn't want to testify. She will be shown |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. And I bet the "law school" hopes she won't have to publicly |
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Hepburn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I would like to know in what state she is licensed to practice. |
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JoDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:39 AM Response to Reply #11 |
25. Story says she was admitted to VA bar |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
2. I did a post eariler showing their first year course list ... |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Thank you for posting the link to that, I missed it earlier. nt |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 11:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
36. That is a joke...right? Tell me it's satire. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. At first, it seemed quite believable, but... it is sarcasm, not even close to satire. |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. Ah Yes! Religious beliefs trump the law |
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Wilber_Stool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
41. Yeah, but ain't it nice to have |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. Very good point! I'll be god doesn't have a fifth amendment. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:52 AM Response to Original message |
4. If they wanted - they still could have found plenty of Republics |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 11:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
65. Yeah, but they didn't just want Republicans. |
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gatorboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
5. These bigots are going to protect our Civil Rights? |
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tom_paine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
52. It goes all the way to the bottom of Bush's New "Capitalist" Soviet Union |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
6. DOMINIONISTS -- it isn't mere favoritism, it is an attempt to create THEOCRACY |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Your observation makes more sense of this idiocy than any I have heard. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:05 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Well thank you. |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:42 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Absolutely! Robertson has admitted it during interviews. |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 11:39 PM Response to Reply #6 |
66. EXACTLY !!!! I came to the same conclusion on my own |
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leftyladyfrommo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
9. Don't they still have to pass the bar? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 01:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. yes they do |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 01:21 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. A good research project for anyone with time. What number are political |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:08 PM Response to Reply #43 |
53. You keep citing those numbers. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. 150 out of 1.5 million, most probably in very low level, entry jobs? |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:06 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. is personal assistant to Gonzales a low level job? |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:19 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Alberto Gonzales - Harvard Law School |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:40 PM Response to Reply #58 |
61. This is impolite of me, but your screen name certainly fits. |
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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 11:55 PM Response to Reply #58 |
67. The schools you listed above |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 02:29 PM Response to Reply #58 |
68. The schools are prestigious - the graduates less so |
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Karmageddon (596 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
13. Not unbelievable at all. Perfectly normal for these people. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
14. "Sin is so appealing because it's easy and because it's fun..." |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
15. Sandra Day O'Conner warned everyone |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. If you'd voted the right way, Sandy |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:36 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Valid point n/t |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 01:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
46. Yeah, Sandy "talks the talk" but doesn't "walk the walk"... |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
16. Half the night, last night on cspan-2, was one long, sick |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
17. "Sin is so appealing because it's easy and because it's fun." |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #17 |
29. "Stealing elections is so appealing because it's easy and because it's fun." |
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kevinmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
18. I think it was just last Fall John Ashcroft became a Prof. at Regent....... |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
19. I couldn't find Bar pass rates by school, but I did find them by State. |
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Tatiana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
20. Well at least ONE Regent student gets it: |
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Ino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
21. As Robert Wexler might say... |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
23. I cannot resist the urge to add one more thought to this thoughtful |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Will they bring down their belief systems in the process? |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 04:13 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. I doubt it. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
26. It must be tough running a fascist organization. Anybody with merit won't work for you |
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hang a left (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 11:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
38. I think that was their idea. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 12:28 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Sure, but look at the cost of no merit. None. That must be why fascism always fails. |
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Rob H. (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 01:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
47. Excellent points |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 03:38 PM Response to Reply #47 |
48. Yeah. I think the Peter Principle applies to meritocracies though. In this case |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
28. I live in Oklahoma and I am an attorney |
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MissB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:51 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Fascinating insight! |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:53 AM Response to Original message |
31. It says 150 of these charlatans are in the DOJ. DoING WHAT? They need |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 01:10 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. where does it say that? |
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caligirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. this is what I based my statement on> from another post linked above in the second (number 2 as read |
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TheBaldyMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 08:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
56. The original story in the Boston Globe has an interesting twist |
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pberq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
33. the case of Jesselyn Radack |
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senseandsensibility (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
34. kick |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. And, post details on the Ashcroft changes if you know |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
39. This line says it all... |
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camero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
42. Someone should remind them that greed is a sin. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
55. No more religious tax exemptions.. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
59. crazy |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
60. How many Regent grads pass the bar? Is there any data on this? |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 11:20 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Ummmm |
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Mayberry Machiavelli (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 09:15 PM Response to Reply #63 |
69. Okay I read the article, here are the numbers (67-71 percent pass) |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-10-07 10:05 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Bar pass rates |
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Raksha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 11:15 PM Response to Original message |
62. So this was the actual mechanism of their stealth theocracy. |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-09-07 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
64. Creepy. (no text) |
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garybeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-11-07 01:44 PM Response to Original message |
71. This is where the story gets juicy. KICK. |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-12-07 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
72. kick |
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