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doccraig67

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66. Article in business week. Warren has liscence
Mon Sep 24, 2012, 08:00 PM
Sep 2012

Warren, who successfully argued the asbestos case before the Supreme Court, said in a statement Monday that she never claimed that she had a law license in Massachusetts or "hung out a shingle" there.

Warren has a license to practice in federal courts and the Supreme Court and never broke any laws, according to her campaign.

"This is a distraction from the real issues," spokeswoman Julie Edwards said.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/elizabeth-warren-and-law-license-2012-9#ixzz27R1fIbq8


However, as this story continues to unfold, here’s an important point to consider [via a veteran lawyer who wrote National Review’s Jim Geraghty]:

The [Legal Insurrection] post indicates that this is a federal case. You do not need to be licensed to practice law in Massachusetts to practice law in federal courts located in Massachusetts or anywhere else. Federal courts decide who can practice before them, and individual states can’t tell federal courts that an attorney cannot practice before them. It’s that whole supremacy clause thing. Constitution 101 and all that.

It is really well established that a federal district court can admit an attorney to practice before it even if the attorney is not licensed in that state. You most certainly do not need to be licensed in the state where a federal court of appeals sits to appear before the federal court of appeals. I am clearly practicing law when I argue before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. It does not matter that I am not licensed in Ohio.

The blurb also mentions taking the case to the US Supreme Court. I have submitted an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court on a case that originated in West Virginia state courts even though I am not licensed to practice there. I was not practicing law without a license when I did so because I was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court.

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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