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Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
California Supreme Court

Oct. 29, 2021

Supreme Court brief says federal bar admission is discriminatory

Former California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown wrote the decision in a case finding that local rules on what attorneys can argue before a particular federal court are not a free speech violation under the First Amendment.

Supreme Court brief says federal bar admission is discriminatory
D.C. Circuit Judge Janice Rogers Brown, now retired, wrote an opinion upholding federal bar admission. (New York Times News Service)

The debate over federal judge recusals has reached the U.S. Supreme Court in a brief attacking a decision made by a former California Supreme Court justice.

The petition filed by attorneys Joseph R. Giannini in Los Angeles and W. Peyton George in New Mexico challenges "Balkanized and disparate attorney licensing local rules in the 94 United States District Courts." Lawyers United Inc. v. United States, 21-507 (filed Oct. 1, 2021)....

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