tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post2867705949528996948..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indiana™: New Attorney Disciplinary Commission Executive Secretary Takes Little Hatch Act SeriouslyGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-19062069588964415882010-05-28T13:06:20.665-05:002010-05-28T13:06:20.665-05:00There's nothing to be reconciled. Counseling i...There's nothing to be reconciled. Counseling illegal immigrants is no different than providing counsel to any criminal defendant. The line is drawn at aiding the client in breaking the law. Providing counsel to a criminal defendant is the job of the attorney. In White's case, she is the county's chief elections officer. You don't think she has an obligation to conduct fair and honest elections? She effectively aided Abduallah in breaking the law by not initiating action on her own. It wasn't her job to act as his personal lawyer. That was the problem we had with Aaron Haith. He was trying to act as Monroe Gray's personal attorney at the same time he served as the counsel's council when Gray served as its President.Gary R. Welshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-28671636821324210352010-05-28T12:44:09.152-05:002010-05-28T12:44:09.152-05:00I agree with you most of the time, Gary. But, I t...I agree with you most of the time, Gary. But, I think a majority of fed-up America would see an ethical murkiness in one aspect of this. How do attorneys reconcile counseling illegal immigrants (sometimes for profit), with: "White is also an attorney. As an officer of the court, not to mention the oath she took to faithfully administer her office, she owed a duty to the public to disclose Abduallah's violation of the law." What's the big ethical difference we're to see in what White did as an attorney versus counseling illegal immigrants?<br /><br />Not everybody needs to hire cheap labor or receive government benefits, yet all working citizens pay for both in higher costs and taxation. The incensed majority that thought health care “reform” was too partisan and corrupt is also not happy with the abuse of our infrastructure- by citizens and non-citizens alike. <br /><br />Believe me, I don't want to have to settle for a plumber when I need a lawyer- and would like an ethical one. I agree that illegal immigrants coming here seeking a better life are also preyed upon. But, how more or less "partisan politics" is not putting citizenry first?dcrutchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12856825454020971907noreply@blogger.com