Pat Robertson Law school: 150 grads in the Bush Justice Dept

[rodeodance]

Scandal puts spotlight on Christian law school
Grads influential in Justice Dept.

By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | April 8, 2007

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. -- The title of the course was Constitutional Law, but the subject was sin. Before any casebooks were opened, a student led his classmates in a 10-minute devotional talk, completed with "amens," about the need to preserve their Christian values.

"Sin is so appealing because it's easy and because it's fun," the law student warned.

Regent University School of Law, founded by televangelist Pat Robertson to provide "Christian leadership to change the world," has worked hard in its two-decade history to upgrade its reputation, fighting past years when a majority of its graduates couldn't pass the bar exam and leading up to recent victories over Ivy League teams in national law student competitions.

But even in its darker days, Regent has had no better friend than the Bush administration. Graduates of the law school have been among the most influential of the more than 150 Regent University alumni hired to federal government positions since President Bush took office in 2001, according to a university website.

http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2007/04/08/scandal_puts_spotlight_on_christian_law_school?mode=PF

[paparush]

1. THIS is a creeping cancer in America's Judicial system.

[medeak]

2. now Buchanon is starting a law school

Olbermann reported last night

[Captain Angry]

3. Wasn't it Falwell starting one now?

I don't remember him saying Buchanan.

[medeak]

8. that makes more sense

don't know why Buchanon is sticking in head?

[Captain Angry]

9. If you have Buchanan on the brain, it's time to start drinking heavily.

Kill those brain cells.

Now.

:-)

[BOSSHOG]

4. Incompetence giving loyalty to an incompetent

they couldn't get a good gig without bush just like limbaugh can't hold down a real job, he has to hate and lie to get a paycheck. The evil and ignorance of conservatism is overwhelming.

[Throwing Stones]

5. yup, read this on Sunday

I'd like to see a comparison of how many other "4th tier" schools are represented at Justice. Those numbers are shocking, considering I came from a no-name law school that only had one DOJ hiree in a graduating class of about 300.

[C_U_L8R]

6. Here at Flying Spaghetti University

you can get your law degree and eat it too.

[Maraya1969]

10. I have a BS in Pesto with a minor in Marinara

Delicious

[EVDebs]

7. The Freemasons that founded this country are doing cartwheels in their graves nt

[lovuian]

11. Its the Christian Right Army

they are like robots