How to contact the ABA re Kavanaugh

[Different Drummer]

Go to the website listed below. From the Select a Subject menu on the page's contact form, select the Legal Ethics option (third from the bottom). In the Message Box, type something on the order of "Please disbar Brett Kavanaugh for perjury before the Senate. Thank you." I just did this.


https://www.americanbar.org/about_the_aba/contact.html

[ProudLib72]

1. What does a 70s Swedish band have to do with this????

[Different Drummer]

3. ...

[jberryhill]

14. About as much as the American Bar Association

The ABA doesn’t license lawyers and cannot disbar him.

[ProudLib72]

18. So this is not K's Waterloo?

[Squinch]

2. Done. Thanks for making it easy!

[Different Drummer]

5. ...

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. done, good idea, thanks

[hlthe2b]

6. ABA can't disbar... Complaints have to be made to the Bar for the states within which Kav holds

a law license, which likely includes (at a minimum) DC and VA and/or MD. Here's where you would file a complaint for the DC Bar: https://www.dcbar.org/attorney-discipline/for-the-public/file-an-attorney-complaint.cfm

You can, however file a complaint with the US Court of Appeals, where he currently remains a justice:
http://www.uscourts.gov/judges-judgeships/judicial-conduct-disability/faqs-filing-judicial-conduct-or-disability-complaint

ABA is like AMA, AVMA, ADA... These are professional organizations but have no regulatory authority.

[Different Drummer]

7. Thanks! n/t

[Ms. Toad]

11. As to the last line - The ABA does have authority over accreditation of law schools. n/t

[hlthe2b]

13. They set up standards and advise, just as they provide a review of qualifications for Fed. Judges

They can not disbar or investigate complaints. That is what is typically meant by "regulatory" actions towards lawyers, physicians, veterinarians, dentists and thus the non-regulatory role of ABA, AMA, AVMA, ADA. Each of those professional organizations likewise accredit training programs and work to establish standards of practice, but the regulation all comes at the state level.

[Ms. Toad]

16. Go tell Arizona Summit Law School that the ABA has no regulatory authority.

I addressed the licensing question in a different post, and as to that you are correct.

In this post I was solely addressing your last comment (as I clearly indicated). While the ABA has no direct authority over an individual's license to practice law, it has very direct authority over individual law schools. That authority determines which schools live or die, because most states require a degree from an accredited school as a precursor to being able to sit for the bar exam. The state plays no role in that accreditation process (other than choosing (or not) to restrict the ability to sit for the bar exam to students whose degree is from an ABA accredited school).

[hlthe2b]

17. As I have REPEATEDLY stated, professional organizations, including ABA, AMA, AVMA, ADA ALL

ACCREDIT SCHOOLS. They set standards for educational programs and professional conduct--which states then incorporate into their own professional responsibility policies. I don't know why you find that unclear. Obviously they can PULL accreditation from an underperforming school, but they have NO authority over the individual practitioner.

They do NOT regulate law licenses nor does AMA regulate medical licenses, nor does AVMA regulate veterinary licenses, nor does ADA regulate dental licenses. ALL OF THIS REGULATION is done at the STATE level. NONE of these professional organizations have any authority over the Individual practitioner. They support and lobby for the profession, but none of them can even require membership in their organizations.

[Ms. Toad]

21. You're so determined to be right

that you're not reading what I've written.

Please quote any of my comments in either this thread, or any of the others, in which I said that the ABA licenses attorneys or has the power to revoke licenses. I have, in fact, both in this thread and others, corrected people who have suggested the ABA had that authority.

The ABA is responsible for accreditation of law schools, however. I responded to you, and to one other person in a different thread, who relegated the ABA to the statuts of an impotent advisory committee. It is far from impotent. It makes or breaks law schools - which gives it a lot of power - as a significant gatekeeper to the profession. If the school you attend is not accredited you will have a much more difficullt path (and in 17 states impossible) to sitting for the bar exam, a prerequisite in most states to becoming licensed.

[hlthe2b]

22. You keep repeating to me what I have written and somehow claim me to be wrong.

Whatever, Ms. Toad...

As I have worked professionally on the issue I KNOW of what I speak.

[Ms. Toad]

26. As do I.

And I am not repeating what you said. You have repeatedly responded to assertions I did not make, apparently in an attempt to prove you didn't misread my initial response. I am repeating what I have said in that initial response, and in other similar threads.

[Tumbulu]

27. Thanks!

[mountain grammy]

8. Thanks, worth a shot.

[ariadne0614]

9. Done. Great idea.

Thanks for making it easy.

[Ms. Toad]

10. The ABA has absolutely no authority over Kavanaugh's license to practice law.

Licenses are issued state by state, and disciplinary proceedings must be carried out by the state(s) in which he is licensed.

[Different Drummer]

12. Everyone please see Post #6 in this thread and follow the suggestions there. n/t

[steventh]

15. ABA does not license attorneys

The American Bar Association cannot disbar Brett Cavanaugh, since they do not license attorneys. Attorneys are licensed by state bars and they alone can disbar.

However, you may contact the American Bar Association (ABA) Ethics Department using the link provided in the opening post. You can request that they withdraw their recommendation of Brett Cavanaugh based on his lack of candor to the US Senate or other reasons you may deem appropriate.

[fescuerescue]

19. Get this - He doesn't need a license if he is confirmed.

A SC justice is the only court in the land that doesn't require a law license, law degree or bar membership to preside.

Literally ANYONE can be a SC judge if confirmed.

[ck4829]

24. That's insane... and, of course, it is absolutely true

Right wing Republicans will nominate a guy who believes in feudalism if it would "own the libs" and if they could get away with it.

[eleny]

20. Done with thanks for the nudge, DD

Rec'd.

[OliverQ]

23. The ABA doesn't handle disbarment.

I'm guessing filing a complain with the DC bar is the best option.

https://www.dcbar.org/membership/file-a-judicial-complaint.cfm

https://www.dcbar.org/attorney-discipline/for-the-public/file-an-attorney-complaint.cfm

[ck4829]

25. K&R

[Squinch]

28. Hey, did you see this?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211238444

That's because of YOU!