Legal Ethics and Reform


Warnings about Political Organizing


It is obvious that reducing the power of lawyers in America must begin with reducing the influence of lawyers on and in elective offices. To do this, voters must be educated about our lawyer problem, and they must be made aware of which lawyers are seeking office during every election cycle .

This process seems quite easy. Each concerned citizen prepares a flyer, stating why the influence of lawyers needs to be reduced, and then listing the lawyers currently running for office. For a few dollars the flyer can be printed and distributed.

Unfortunetely, doing this involves the expenditure of money in opposition to candidates for elective office. The election laws are quite explicit that money spent supporting or opposing candidates requires reporting of these expenditures to Federal and State authorities. If candidates for Federal office are listed in the literature along with candidates for state office both sets of laws come into play and special rules allocating the expenditures between Federal and State candidates must be followed.

These rules must be carefully followed particularly because lawyers are being targeted. If the opposition effort is not successful, and the lawyers who are seeking office get elected, failure to follow these laws exactly might be ignored. However, if the opposition effort is successful and some lawyers actually lose "because they were targeted for being lawyers", complaints will be filed with the election authorities and a detail review of these election expenditures is likely.

Anyone contemplating focused political activity designed to reduce the number of lawyers elected to office should immediately contact the election authorities in Washington (800-424-9530 or 202-219-4140) and in their State Capital:

Alabama (334-242-7210).... Alaska(907-465-3520)..... American_Samoa(684-633-1632)....... Arizona(602-542-4285)..... Arkansas(501-682-5070)..... California(916-653-6224)..... Colorado(303-894-2680)..... Connecticut(203-566-3059)..... Delaware(302-739-4111)..... District_of_Columbia(202-939-8717).... Florida(904-488-7690)..... Georgia(404-856-2871)..... Guam(671-477-9791)..... Hawaii(808-586-0285)..... Idaho(208-334-2852)..... Illinois(217-782-4141)..... Indiana(317-232-3939)..... Iowa(515-281-4028)...... Kansas(785-296-4561)..... Kentucky(502-573-2226)...... Louisiana(504-342-4970)..... Maine(207-287-6219)..... Maryland(410-974-3711)..... Massachusetts(617-727-2832)..... Michigan(517-373-2540)..... Minnesota(612-296-8217)..... Mississippi(601-359-1350)..... Missouri(314-751-2020)..... Montana(406-444-2942)..... Nebraska(402-471-2554)..... Nevada(702-687-3176)..... New_Hampshire(803-271-3242).... New_Jersey(609-292-3761)...... New_Mexico(505-827-3620).... New_York(518-474-8200)..... North_Carloina(919-733-2186)..... North_Dakota(701-328-2900)..... Ohio(614-466-2585)..... Oklahoma(405-521-3451)..... Oregon(503-966-1518)..... Pennsylvania(717-787-4979)..... Puerto_Rico(809-724-4979)..... Rhode_Island(401-277-2340)..... South_Carolina(803-734-9060)..... South_Dakota(605-773-3637)..... Tennessee(615-741-7959)..... Texas(512-463-5800).... Utah(801-538-1040)..... Vermont(802-828-2363)..... Virginia(804-786-6551)..... Virgin_Islands(809-774-2991)..... Washington(360-753-1111)..... West_Virginia(304-558-6000).... Wisconsin(608-266-8005)..... Wyoming(307-777-7378)


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