I wonder what ever happened to the investigation into the fracas after the commission hearing?

I wonder how prominently Orly's name was featured?

Is that something that can be FOIA'd?

It's the usual junk but it but at the end she continues her current Lord High Executioner fantasy:



The recipients of her correspondence are all attorneys and they know there is no such thing as "High Treason" in regulations covering elections, nor is there any Death penalty or life in prison for this fictitious "High Treason" she has been spouting more and more, as of late.
She's not really filing a motion - Orly is writing to excite her FMs and incite them to action. She's deliberately trying to fan the flames of rage that were sparked in the stupidest people in America by that fake Posse with their fake 'evidence'
into physical action.
She's announcing to her FM's that violence against public officials is justified, and now's the time.

This looks like Orly is unable to tell reality from fantasy, and has (without knowing it) morphed nto the Queen from Alice In Wonderland...any day now I expect to see her pointing at one of the officials she has identified as corrupt and treasonous and yelling "Off with his head!".

I really hope O'rly starts to demand that all these traitors be sent to the guillotine. That will really impress them with her seriousness.

Why, Essy? Isn't the Cross more appropriate?

It looks as if there will be no consequences for the birther legislators for their bad behavior last year

http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/3 ... ba2=google

My irony meter is out for repair, or it would have assploded. Again.

Hearing Transcript Available

A blast from the past -- a transcript of the hearing held in NH way back in November found here.

Now that there was some good transcribin'! Another humiliating loss for Lena.

If you remember, Orly had a bit of an interchange (actually, got a FOAD letter) from New Hampshire House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt. She had a madz at him, and GG posted about it here.

viewtopic.php?f=88&t=6843&p=308741#p308741

To refresh your memory, he was the 27-year-old young conservative on the rise ....

Now, not so much -- in fact, he has just resigned from the NH House. And while I'm sure Orly will be delighted if she actually hears about it and perhaps even claim credit, he seems to have done it to himself.

Bettencourt has recently been in the news for calling a Roman Catholic bishop a "pedophile pimp." Under some fire, Bettencourt offered a non-apology apology, and a few from the extreme edge of the NH GOP called for sanctions, but it looked like that was it. And then, today, in an article on Daily Kos,

It seems that Bettencourt had been a few credits shy of the graduation requirements at UNH Law School, and asked fellow Republican legislator/lawyer Brandon Giuda if he could do an internship with him so that he could complete his credits. Everything was agreed, but Bettencourt only showed up once, worked a couple of hours, and never came back.

Giuda didn't think much more about it until last week when Bettencourt posted a picture of himself in cap and gown on his Facebook page, thanking those who helped him graduate. Giuda with became suspicious, and contacted UNH Law School. They wouldn't tell him anything, but they did contact Bettencourt. And then ...

So Bettencourt was going to resign, and then be set up with a cushy job at the New Hampshire Legal Rights Foundation (run by O'Brien), and the resignation announcement above was released.

Except there was no confession ... it was just "resigning leadership at the end of the legislative session," moving on for new opportunities, yadda yadda yadda. No falling on the sword, no fessing up. Giuda was having none of it, and gave Bettencourt a deadline -- by noon today, he would make a full public confession, or Giuda would release all of the details of Bettencourt's fakery.

And that was it. Today at noon, Bettencourt publicly confessed, and resigned effective immediately.

More at the link:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/2 ... er-Resigns

This is only tangentially related to the New Hampshire Ballot Challenge, a re-appearance of one of the minor characters from that drama. But while Bettencourt is a candidate for the "Republicans Behaving Badly" thread, it's also good to see that fellow Republican Giuda did the right thing and didn't let him get away with it.

I'm sure Orly will take full credit.

Wow, great story, Ducky.

Did the disclosures affect Bettencourt's law degree?

That is my question also. No law degree, no sitting for the Bar Exam, etc. I guess he could "transfer" to Taft.

After downplaying the matter to the NH Union leader on Saturday as “a dispute over my independent studies, ” Bettencourt released a statement confirming that he misrepresented working for Guida. Bettencourt also apologized and said he will continue working to resolve his situation with UNH Law School . Under the schools code of conduct, Bettencourt could face expulsion.

http://www.nhpr.org/post/admitting-falsehoods-bettencourt-resigns-again

I would think that he would lose his law degree at the least...what else the school could do to him, I'm not sure. I would think they'd have to wonder about the rest of his work.

He could go to Orly and get a patient/student loan?

We will probably never know exactly what the University of New Hampshire Law School did or did not do. Bettencourt's privacy rights are protected under FERPA. I don't think that anything he did in the government caused him to lose those rights.

Well, if he takes the Bar Exam and gets admitted, we will know that the UNH didn't do squat about the "creative writing" Bettencourt did. Conversely, if he is not allowed to sit for the Bar, we'll know that UNH did not award the guy a J.D.

How would we find out that Bettencourt is not allowed to sit for the bar exam?

Whatever manner of monitoring internships that UNH uses is stupid. We require written summations and evaluations from the designated supervisor of the internship. A suspect one would elicit a phone call.

In Texas, the bar publishes a list of folks who passed the bar. I know that you can call the State Bar and find out if someone sat for the bar or not.

I totally agree with you on UNH's monitoring of internships. Most reputable schools require interim reporting between the school and the institution at which a student is interning, not just a big surprise at the end.

Harry is trying to make himself relevant again...

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?s ... 3236405871

He's gonna need a longer Doe list than Obly.

Well, the comments are interesting.

Law schools hold a position of responsibility in our society, especially when they're not online diploma mills in states that have no law school standards. UNH is well aware here that Bettencourt has committed a serious offense of moral turpitude that, if reported to the New Hampshire bar, could block his admission to the bar. Attorneys, including law professors and deans, also have a specific ethical obligation to report such facts to the bar. The bar obtains information from every applicant's law school as part of its process. I assume that the handling of this matter will be conducted according to very careful analysis of the school's legal and ethical obligations.

Absolutely. We expel students on similar grounds for the same reason, even though it is usually something other than a J.D. involved. My point is that one of the "legal and ethical obligations" includes the right of the student to privacy. The only time I have seen this fail is when a student is charged with a serious crime. Rutgers comes to mind.

I assume Bettencourt has a difficult time ahead of him. In another context, the offense itself might seem minor. However, in this case, it is an instance of dishonesty directly connected to his fitness to practice law. This could very well be fatal to any hopes he has of a career in law. After all, if he fraudulently obtained the very degree necessary to qualify, how can he ever be trusted? I also find it difficult to imagine any mitigating factors. It is not as if he couldn't have actually done the work. He cheated and lied when it wasn't even necessary. That hints that he's a pathological liar of some sort who feels compelled to lie just for its own sake.