Bye Felicia!

Former clerk for Clarence Thomas John Eastman has been recommended for disbarment by the judge reviewing his actions with regard to the 2020 election.

Judge Yvette Roland also suspended his right to practice law three days from now, and a final decision on a permanent ban on his ability to practice law will be dealt with by the California Supreme Court.

There is a line from the movie The Firm, where Gene Hackman's character asks, " Do you think l'm talking about breaking the law?" and Cruise responds, "No, I'm just trying to figure out how far you want it bent," that appears to apply here.

Lawyers are supposed to be zealous advocates for their clients, but they are not supposed to descend into blatant illegality to do so.

Eastman has been on the side of unethical and illegal behavior for years in support of his batsh%$ insane ideology.

The only travesty here is that it took so long for the legal profession to recognize and sanction this:

A California judge recommended that conservative attorney John Eastman be disbarred in the state over his role in developing a legal strategy to help President Donald Trump stay in power after his 2020 election loss.

State Bar Court of California Judge Yvette Roland issued the recommendation in a 128-page ruling on Wednesday, ordering that Eastman’s law license be put on “involuntary inactive” status effective three days after her ruling. The California Supreme Court will issue a final ruling on the matter, which Eastman can appeal. Along with the recommendation for disbarment, Roland recommended that Eastman be ordered to pay $10,000 in monetary sanctions to the State Bar of California Client Security Fund.

“The court rejects Eastman’s contention that this disciplinary proceeding and Eastman’s resultant discipline is motivated by his political views or his representation of President Trump or President Trump’s Campaign,” Roland’s ruling said. “Rather, Eastman’s wrongdoing constitutes exceptionally serious ethical violations warranting severe professional discipline.”

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Along with the effort to be disbarred in California, Eastman, a former law school dean, has been embroiled in other legal cases related to election interference.

Eastman faces criminal charges in a Georgia case accusing Trump and his allies of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results in the state. He’s also one of the unnamed co-conspirators described in an election interference case brought by the Justice Department, although he doesn’t face charges.

Eastman's behavior has been an affront to the legal ethics and to the reputation of the legal profession since almost his first day passing the bar, which is an awfully high bar to clear.

It's not just that he has defended the indefensible, it has been that his lying about the law has been central to his entire career.

It's nice that the wheels of justice have finally turned on him.