Can ABA call for investigation of Kavanaugh, maybe put his law license on the line?

[blm]

I don’t have a clue and am wondering if some of the legal eagles here can tell us.

[marylandblue]

1. No. ABA has no authority over anything.

[Ms. Toad]

5. They've actually got quite a bit of authority -

just not (directly) not over having a license to practice law. Arizona Summit Law School ring any bells?

(Indirectly it can also impact obtaining a law license, because many states do not permit students from unaccredited slaw schools to sit for the bar exam.)

[marylandblue]

7. Okay, I forget about accreditation

I was thinking more along the lines of consequences for bad behavior by individuals.

[Ms. Toad]

9. Occupational hazard for me. n/t

[Ms. Toad]

2. Wouldn't be the ABA

And since being a licensed attorney (or have ever even attended law school) is not a requirement to sit on the Supreme Court - even if a bar complaint was filed in a state in which he is licensed, he could still be confirmed and take a seat on the Supreme Court.

[blm]

3. Thanks for the response.

I wonder if a complaint will get filed.

[Mme. Defarge]

4. Good try, though.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. No, the ABA is a professional organization that has no authority over licensing.

Law licenses are controlled by the state agency that issues the license, and each agency has a specific process for reviewing lawyer misconduct.

[Leghorn21]

8. Well if nothing else, b, it makes those fuckers look BAD, and I'm all for that!!!!

ABA is a damned prestigious organization, seems to me, and for them to hold what I guess was an emergency meeting tonight to take their vote and make their statement, well - it means SOMETHING, I think!!!

[grantcart]

10. Don't need a law license to be on SC.

[Big Blue Marble]

11. He is likely licensed to practice law in at least one state.

The state bar association in that state can pull his license just as Arkansas did
pull Clinton's. Yes he can serve on the court without a license, but he would
lose his credibility completely.

[blm]

12. That's what I was thinking. Revoke the monster's license.

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[no_hypocrisy]

13. It would have to be the bar association of Maryland and/or the D.C. Circuit Court.