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Barr will be disbarred - he is going down (Original Post) malaise Jun 2020 OP
His name will be deBarr then? LiberalArkie Jun 2020 #1
Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah malaise Jun 2020 #3
His name is Fred Flintstone. Barbara2423 Jun 2020 #10
He is the Toad Traildogbob Jun 2020 #27
I had the impression soldierant Jun 2020 #28
OMG You;re absolutely right! Cozmo Jun 2020 #36
I think he looks more like the baby dinosuar dflprincess Jun 2020 #51
LowBarr onetexan Jun 2020 #48
He deserves to be. Distorting Mueller's report, and other such crap...there should be ... SWBTATTReg Jun 2020 #2
The institutions are standing up malaise Jun 2020 #5
Me too, M. I think more and more are standing up finally. Enough is enough, eh? Take care. SWBTATTReg Jun 2020 #6
He was cheating fair and square though! czarjak Jun 2020 #20
Oops! malaise Jun 2020 #38
I keep wishing that, since the entire family of justice hates him so much (his school, the bar, BComplex Jun 2020 #62
I'd love to see Barr TxVietVet Jun 2020 #4
I so hope you are right. Desert grandma Jun 2020 #7
Here's the complaint form for DC. I hope there are plenty of people The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2020 #8
have already printed this vapor2 Jun 2020 #45
Man, it is raining poops and peepees on this criminal's head today, malaise, and when I called my Leghorn21 Jun 2020 #9
All the shit they threw up in the air is crashing back down to earth these days malaise Jun 2020 #15
Uh-oh. Massive earthquake when they all come down. wnylib Jun 2020 #44
Well since ETTD, MontanaMama Jun 2020 #11
Was going to ask that same question malaise Jun 2020 #12
I thought practice made perfect. plimsoll Jun 2020 #25
Yes, he could still be AG without a law license, but.... lastlib Jun 2020 #47
I won't hold my breath. blueinredohio Jun 2020 #13
Not anytime soon. Calista241 Jun 2020 #14
I didn't even see who posted this before I knew it was you Polybius Jun 2020 #16
I am hoping feverently this will happen ASAP. kimbutgar Jun 2020 #17
The thing is, so what? bluedigger Jun 2020 #18
Gawd, I hope you're right! pandr32 Jun 2020 #19
Uh huh. Tipperary Jun 2020 #21
Cleared for landing, Billy... czarjak Jun 2020 #22
He won't care if he is disbarred. Slap on the wrist. Tetrachloride Jun 2020 #23
Can be AG if he's not admitted to the bar? Dream Girl Jun 2020 #29
I'm sure whoever Trump picks to replace him Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #24
not as long as the fascists are in control, need to clear the senate and wh of rats before anyone yaesu Jun 2020 #26
I'll take that bet - for a reasonable amount. TomSlick Jun 2020 #30
Where is perversion of the course of justice malaise Jun 2020 #34
I'll allow that defending lawyers in disbarment actions is not my area but TomSlick Jun 2020 #37
Ted Lieu just said that Barr is guilty of perversion of justice malaise Jun 2020 #66
I'm sure there are crimes wnylib Jun 2020 #49
Agree grantcart Jun 2020 #53
I agree that impeachment is the approved process. TomSlick Jun 2020 #55
Impeach in the house forget the Senate grantcart Jun 2020 #56
He certainly should be Warpy Jun 2020 #31
We have two choices at this point. warmfeet Jun 2020 #32
I so hope you are right. "Dis-Bar Barr" has a ring to it. Evolve Dammit Jun 2020 #33
Change his first name to "Behind" Mr. Ected Jun 2020 #35
I see what you did there malaise Jun 2020 #43
I want him to become the ultimate Washington insider Mr. Ected Jun 2020 #46
"Behind" fits in soooo many ways onetexan Jun 2020 #63
Have to see what Fascist Breakfast Jun 2020 #39
Have a look at this malaise Jun 2020 #40
We gotta beat TRUMP first... I want that so badly yuiyoshida Jun 2020 #41
Depends on who Justice Roberts chooses for president. Kablooie Jun 2020 #42
You use that term a lot. nt USALiberal Jun 2020 #50
Yeah, don't think I'll be betting on it. cwydro Jun 2020 #65
+1000! nt USALiberal Jun 2020 #70
He will no longer be a member of the Bar, he'll be Barred! George II Jun 2020 #52
Let it be so. eom sprinkleeninow Jun 2020 #54
You're right. Jabba is a goner. frogmarch Jun 2020 #57
Uncanny resemblance malaise Jun 2020 #59
John Mitchell went to jail pecosbob Jun 2020 #58
No he won't onenote Jun 2020 #60
We'll see - watched them discussing malaise Jun 2020 #64
All of these feel good predictions at DU that never happen are getting tiresome IMO. n/t totodeinhere Jun 2020 #67
K&R Blue Owl Jun 2020 #61
It's gonna take much longer than we want, believe that. ancianita Jun 2020 #68
Is that Deutsche bank? lame54 Jun 2020 #69

Traildogbob

(8,739 posts)
27. He is the Toad
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 07:38 PM
Jun 2020

The one the Sirens created on “Oh Brother”. He is gonna get squashed and slammed into a tree like John Goodman did. Gonna be a joyous day. One Trump Toady down, many to go. Ribbet Ribbet, MFer! Ya know toad piss will make warts. People say.

SWBTATTReg

(22,124 posts)
2. He deserves to be. Distorting Mueller's report, and other such crap...there should be ...
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 06:32 PM
Jun 2020

no way he gets away w/ this kind of reprehensible behavior. I guess he thought he could get away w/ anything, after his term w/ Bush...

malaise

(268,999 posts)
5. The institutions are standing up
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 06:34 PM
Jun 2020

Sure we wish they had done so earlier but the end is nigh! I hope he ends up in prison

BComplex

(8,051 posts)
62. I keep wishing that, since the entire family of justice hates him so much (his school, the bar,
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 05:52 PM
Jun 2020

the DOJ, the world hates him so much that they would expedite removing his law license. Impeachment will only run into the republican senate.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
9. Man, it is raining poops and peepees on this criminal's head today, malaise, and when I called my
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 06:41 PM
Jun 2020

brother Hank a bit ago, I yelled, "It's a great day for America!!" when he answered the phone!!!

YEAH BABY, HOPE IS SPRINGING HIGH AND HARD TODAY!!!

malaise

(268,999 posts)
15. All the shit they threw up in the air is crashing back down to earth these days
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 06:52 PM
Jun 2020

I can't wait for the thud when he hits the ground

MontanaMama

(23,314 posts)
11. Well since ETTD,
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 06:46 PM
Jun 2020

it would mean that Barr is no exception to that universal rule. Let it be so.

Question for our legal eagles: If Barr is disbarred...can he still be AG? Or will it just mean he cannot practice law? I’m curious.

lastlib

(23,233 posts)
47. Yes, he could still be AG without a law license, but....
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 09:00 PM
Jun 2020

as I understand, he could never do anything that resembled practicing law. Which would leave him with mostly sharpening pencils and maybe molesting the secretaries?

bluedigger

(17,086 posts)
18. The thing is, so what?
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 07:07 PM
Jun 2020

He's reached the top of his profession, he's made bank, and he could retire happily ever after without giving a damn. Lock him up!

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
26. not as long as the fascists are in control, need to clear the senate and wh of rats before anyone
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 07:36 PM
Jun 2020

can deal with that fat rat.

TomSlick

(11,098 posts)
30. I'll take that bet - for a reasonable amount.
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 07:41 PM
Jun 2020

Lawyers are disbarred for felony convictions, theft of a client's money, demonstrably lying to a court, etc. If lawyers were disbarred for being jerks, there would be few left. It is extremely rare for government lawyers to be disbarred. I am hard pressed to imagine Barr's licencing state initiating disbarment.

Disbarment is a long and difficult process. If, (please God), VP Biden wins the election, by the time any attempt to disbar came on for hearing, Barr would have long been cast in the dustbin of history.

TomSlick

(11,098 posts)
37. I'll allow that defending lawyers in disbarment actions is not my area but
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 08:02 PM
Jun 2020

Last edited Wed Jun 24, 2020, 07:25 PM - Edit history (1)

I've never heard of a lawyers being disbarred for a perversion of the course of justice. Perversion, like obscenity, is in the eye of the beholder. In my experience, at the end of a case at least one of the parties will be convinced the course of justice has been perverted.

I'm not saying that in a just world Barr should not be disbarred. I'm saying this isn't always (or even usually) a just world.

The way to get rid of Barr is to oust Trump.

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
53. Agree
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 09:19 PM
Jun 2020

And the Bar will not take to using a back door to get him out of AG.

Their first question will be if you have a case why don't you impeach him.

On these type of end arounds I always ask what if it was a Democratic AG being disbarred by a Republican bar.

There is an approved process, impeachment, use that.

TomSlick

(11,098 posts)
55. I agree that impeachment is the approved process.
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 10:20 PM
Jun 2020

I am skeptical it can be done in 3 1/2 months.

It's late June - time to focus on November! It's not enough to beat Trump. He must be repudiated.

Warpy

(111,261 posts)
31. He certainly should be
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 07:43 PM
Jun 2020

if only for his massive interference in the Flynn case.

We don't yet know if anyone has that kind of courage.

warmfeet

(3,321 posts)
32. We have two choices at this point.
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 07:44 PM
Jun 2020

Clean this up, arrest and convict the guilty, grieve, learn, heal, move on.

Or, fail to do the above, become a failed state, everyone is on their own, others will capitalize and profit, most of us will be dead, or wish that we were.

At this moment, it looks like we are headed for the second choice.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
41. We gotta beat TRUMP first... I want that so badly
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 08:23 PM
Jun 2020

I can not stand President @$$#0[3. His whole lying administration can go sit on it and rotate.

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)
42. Depends on who Justice Roberts chooses for president.
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 08:24 PM
Jun 2020

I expect Trump will contest the election and it will have to go to the Supreme Court to be resolved.
We know how all the judges will vote except Roberts so he will decide if Trump stays or not.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
65. Yeah, don't think I'll be betting on it.
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 06:26 PM
Jun 2020

Happy if it happens, but these predictions are usually way off the mark.

George II

(67,782 posts)
52. He will no longer be a member of the Bar, he'll be Barred!
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 09:14 PM
Jun 2020

This could go on all night!!!

BTW, he went down a long time ago, how do you think he got the job?

frogmarch

(12,153 posts)
57. You're right. Jabba is a goner.
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 11:33 PM
Jun 2020

(Wiki) Jabba the Hutt was one of the galaxy's most powerful gangsters, with far-reaching influence in both politics and the criminal underworld. The slug-like alien would ultimately fall victim to his own hubris and vengeful ways.

pecosbob

(7,538 posts)
58. John Mitchell went to jail
Tue Jun 23, 2020, 11:36 PM
Jun 2020

I expect no less from the incoming Democratic administration...if I were a vindictive person I'd add the Keebler Cracker as well.

onenote

(42,703 posts)
60. No he won't
Wed Jun 24, 2020, 07:03 AM
Jun 2020

You can take that to the bank.

And even if the process commenced now -- and it isn't -- nothing could be done before the election. Due process and all that.

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