No. 22-684

Jack Jordan v. Kansas Disciplinary Administrator

Lower Court: Kansas
Docketed: 2023-01-24
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: civil-rights constitutional-rights disbarment due-process first-amendment free-speech judicial-misconduct legal-ethics standing
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw DueProcess FirstAmendment FifthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2023-02-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a court may disbar a lawyer for speech and petitioning exposing and opposing lies and crimes of judges without clear and convincing evidence of factual falsehoods or rule violations

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED A lawyer, in motions filed in federal court proceedings (requesting reconsideration of an order or disqualification of a judge) stated that one or more federal judges asserted knowing falsehoods (lies) and committed federal offenses (crimes) (in 18 U.S.C. 241, 242, 371, 1001, 1512(b), 1519). 1. Whether, under the foregoing circumstances, a court may disbar such lawyer for such speech and petitioning (exposing and opposing the lies and crimes of judges) before the court identified clear and convincing evidence of each fact material to establishing that such speech and petitioning stated or implied a factual falsehood asserted with actual malice. 2. Whether a court may disbar such lawyer for such speech and petitioning before the court identified clear and convincing evidence of each fact material to establishing that such speech and petitioning violated a rule of conduct. 3. Whether Kansas Supreme Court Rule 220 empowers Kansas Supreme Court justices to knowingly violate provisions of Kansas statutes and the Kansas and U.S. Constitutions governing findings of fact, evidence, testimony, testimonial privileges and proof.

Docket Entries

2023-02-27
Petition DENIED.
2023-02-16
Supplemental brief of petitioner Jack Jordan filed. (Distributed)
2023-02-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/24/2023.
2023-01-27
Waiver of right of respondent Kansas Disciplinary Administrator to respond filed.
2023-01-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due February 23, 2023)

Attorneys

Jack Jordan
Jack Revels Tucker JordanJack Jordan, Petitioner
Jack Revels Tucker JordanJack Jordan, Petitioner
Kansas Disciplinary Administrator
Gayle B. Larkin — Respondent
Gayle B. Larkin — Respondent