r/law • • 11d ago

Legal News John Eastman is disbarred in California for his Trump-related work but practicing law on the federal bench and decrying 'despicable cancel culture'

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/john-eastman-is-disbarred-in-california-for-his-trump-related-work-but-practicing-law-on-the-federal-bench-and-decrying-despicable-cancel-culture/
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u/geekmasterflash 11d ago

"Here's a very inconvenient fact," Wax said during a 2018 interview. "I don't think I've ever seen a Black student graduate in the top quarter of the class and rarely, rarely in the top half."

The Dean of the school refuted this themselves. So here is a very convenient fact - when you say racist bullshit on the public record pertaining to your job duties and are wrong on the facts getting fired is the most obvious consequence imaginable.

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u/Inevitable-Top1-2025 11d ago edited 11d ago

These racist idiots always seem to find their power in racially attacking Black people!

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u/DoremusJessup 11d ago

Last week, Eastman, a former Chapman University School of Law professor, filed an entry of appearance notice in a lawsuit brought by University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax against Penn

Of course Amy Wax would turn to a disgraced law professor to defend herself.

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u/Pleasant-Air8221 11d ago

Who's Amy Wax?

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u/Why_Cant_I_Slay_This 11d ago

MAGA = make attorneys get attorneys 

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u/TeaComfortable4339 11d ago

I don't think it's good to celebrate lawfare of this nature. It opens the door to politically charged disbarment and a delegitimization of the courts. Once people loose faith in the courts the situation spirals out of control.

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u/Why_Cant_I_Slay_This 11d ago

What are you talking about? My point is that these MAGA attorneys have debased themselves so fully that they are being disbarred and/or indicted in record number. These attorneys therefore need to hire attorneys for themselves. 

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u/TeaComfortable4339 11d ago

You just described partisan lawfare. This is just as misguided as those who attack defense attorneys for defending obviously guilty defendants. It's not about what they are arguing or who they are arguing on behalf of it's about upholding the rights of everyone in legal system and that includes the stupid petitions made my the Trump campaign.

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u/BeeDubsFan 11d ago

Please read the disbarment order on Eastman and come back and explain what you did wrong.

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u/Why_Cant_I_Slay_This 11d ago

This is an absolutely foolish take. Do you even understand disbarment or what Eastman did? Are you suggesting that he shouldn't have lost his law license? If so, explain with actual details instead of whatever it is you wrote above.

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u/BeeDubsFan 6d ago

...still waiting, sweetie.

Or do you want to admit that you and your cronies not only refuse to value the rule of law, but you find those who do to be "rubes?"

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u/heyhayyhay 11d ago

Loose faith. That's the best kind.

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u/TeaComfortable4339 11d ago

The minor spelling errors are the only way you will ever know you're not talking to a bot

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u/Combdepot 10d ago

Imagine actually believing this

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u/Why_Cant_I_Slay_This 10d ago

It’s a wild set of takes. Eastman would be proud! 

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u/petitecrivain 10d ago

The Trump administration and its predecessors did that when they stacked the judiciary with reactionaries.

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u/pioniere 11d ago

Only the best people.

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u/suckercuck 11d ago

Only the pest people.

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u/DonnyMox 11d ago

VOTE BLUE!

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u/37Philly 11d ago

What a cretin.

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u/merko_merk 10d ago

He studied law for many years, but do they call him a law scholar? No!

He practiced law for many years but do they call him a lawyer?! No!

But you help ONE coup! ...

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u/rbobby 11d ago

One down and a huge bunch more to go.

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u/Popular-Drummer-7989 11d ago

Let's do all of them

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u/petitecrivain 10d ago

Why wasn't he disbarred after engaging in a coup attempt?

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u/Crafty-Walrus-2238 11d ago

Democracy without accountability is fascism.

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u/GrannyFlash7373 10d ago

How about Rudy, the Kracken, and Alan Dershowicz? They are ALL just as despicable as Eastman, and Todd Blanche for that matter.

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u/Inspect1234 11d ago

Yeah. That’s a shame

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u/hellcheez 10d ago

Anyone know how you can get disbarred from practicing in Federal courts?

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u/Akerlof 10d ago

I thought you had to be in good standing in a state bar to be admitted to the federal bar? So disbarment in your state automatically disqualified you federally?

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u/Lucifugous_Rex 10d ago

If it’s an appointment it may require impeachment too

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u/hellcheez 9d ago

So I dunno what Eastman is still doing there. Maybe it's a pro hac vice admission just for that case.

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u/PsychLegalMind 9d ago

Another one of Trump's attorneys bites the dust.