The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Monday, June 21, 2004  

FAILING ALL THE WAY UP
Standards So Lax, They Barely Exist

The Washington Post today reports (“Judicial Nominee Practiced Law Without License in Utah,” by Carol D. Leonnig,” June 21):

Thomas B. Griffith, President Bush’s nominee for the federal appeals court in Washington, has been practicing law in Utah without a state law license for the past four years, according to Utah state officials. […]

Under Utah law, Griffith’s only option for obtaining the state license was to take and pass the state bar exam, an arduous test that lawyers try to take only once. He applied to sit for the exam, but never took it, Utah bar officials confirm. […]

Griffith has declined to discuss the matter, which is expected to be a subject of his nomination hearings tentatively scheduled for next week.

I can’t wait to hear Republicans describe how “insignificant” this “minor oversight” really is.

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