The Republic Party and the Indiana Constitution may not be able to restrain Indiana's Attorney General Todd Rokita. However, the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission has a chance of weighing in on Rokita's unethical behavior.
Former IU law school dean calls for Rokita disciplinary investigation:
Former IU Maurer School of Law Dean Lauren Robel alleged that Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita made “false or baseless” statements on Fox News about Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Caitlin Bernard, according to a three-page letter sent Friday to the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission.
The letter was first-reported Monday by the Indianapolis Business Journal and Indiana Lawyer.
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Indiana’s professional conduct for attorneys states that lawyers holding public office assume legal responsibilities “going beyond those of other citizens.” A lawyer’s abuse of public office “can suggest an inability to fulfill the professional role of lawyers.”
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“General Rokita has suggested no evidence that prompted his investigation into Dr. Bernard other than his political disagreement with her provision of legal abortion services to the child, as evidenced by his repeated references to her on national television as an ‘abortion activist acting as a doctor,’” Robel continued in her letter. “He has produced no evidence to substantiate his claim that Dr. Bernard had a ‘history of not reporting.’”
Enough is enough. Indiana deserves better.
sch 7/19/20
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