The court of appeals has denied a request by Mark and Patricia McCloskey. They seek to overturn a ruling that they must relinquish their law licenses and return to private practice under McCloskey & Harriger. Since last year, the case has been at the high court and is back on the bench Monday.
On Monday, the high court refused to hear an appeal in a case that could have had a profound impact on property rights and the power of judges. Last week, in a unanimous decision, the justices said their court lacked jurisdiction to review the McCloskeys’ law license. They told the McCloskeys, who challenged the validity of their law licenses after they were suspended from practicing law in October 2006, could have appealed their disbarment to the state court instead.
The high court has denied an appeal by Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who lost their law licenses after pointing a gun at racial injustice protestors.
Mark And Patricia McCloskeys’ Career
The McCloskeys are members of the so-called “civil rights establishment,” the predominantly white male network of bureaucrats, lawyers, and academic experts that led the fight for civil rights in the 1960s. Their network was infiltrated by members of the Communist Party, which paved the way for the FBI to identify them as domestic terrorists and place them on the infamous “enemies” list.
Mark and Patricia McCloskey were both named lawyers in Wisconsin in 2017 after joining the firm in 2014. This follows 17 years of extensive trial and appellate experience in state and federal courts, during which the McCloskeys have focused on civil and commercial litigation, representing both plaintiffs and defendants.
Why Were Protesting Against Racial Injustice?
The demonstrations that have taken place in the United States over the past few weeks have been powerful and emotional. Hundreds of thousands of people have turned out to protest the death of a black man in police custody, the acquittal of the police officer who killed him, and the many other racial injustices they say affect their lives.
Many of these protestors have been peaceful and have used traditional forms of civil disobedience to draw attention to their cause. Others have used violent and intimidating tactics to shut down the demonstrations.
On the 19th of August, 2019, a massive crowd from across the United States protested. The protests, which took place in cities such as New York, Atlanta, and Memphis, responded to the deadly violence that had occurred at the hands of police officers. The protests, organized on social media platforms such as Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter, were notable for their diverse racial makeup. Protesters, who ranged from white to black to Hispanic, came together in solidarity to decry police violence and racial injustice.
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The Supreme Court’s decision in the Mark and Patricia McCloskey case decreed that it was a violation of section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to refuse to grant a law license on the ground that the applicant did not have the requisite character qualifications, to a person who had been denied a law license before applying for the right a second time. This decision ended the McCloskeys’ century-long struggle against the McCloskey decision.
