No Kidding: Citing Race-Equity Concerns, Washington Supreme Court Rules Passing Bar Exam No Longer Needed for Law License

[mikegriffith1]

Four days ago, the woke Washington state supreme court ruled that passing the bar exam is no longer required to get a law license in the state. Why? Because, said the court, such a requirement "disproportionately and unnecessarily blocks historically marginalized groups from entering the practice of law." IOW, certain minorities have had a high failure rate on the bar exam, so the court has decided that law-school graduates no longer need to pass the bar exam to practice law (LINK).

Humm, shall we apply that same bizarre reasoning to the medical licensing examination required for obtaining a license to practice medicine?! Right now, all state medical boards require the completion of either the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) or the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX-USA) in order to obtain a medical license. But if it turns out that certain minorities have an unusually high failure rate on those examinations, a woke court could decide that requiring those examinations for a medical license is "discriminatory."

How about the Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) test required for anyone who wants to become a commercial airline pilot? What if it turns out that certain minorities have an unusually high failure rate on the ATP test? Shall we label the test discriminatory and let people who can't pass it fly airliners anyway? (And would it also be "discriminatory" to warn passengers which pilots did not take the ATP test?)

Just how far down the road of crazy and ridiculous are the woke folks going to take us?

 

[deannalw]

I don't even know what to say.

Sometime soon, we may have people doing brain surgery that haven't finished med school.

 

[IM2]

Stupid whites have become lawyers so stop whining.

 

[Concerned American]

I don't even know what to say.

Sometime soon, we may have people doing brain surgery that haven't finished med school.

OOO-EEE-OOO-AH-AH TING TANG WALLA WALLA BING BANG!

 

[mikegriffith1]

Stupid whites have become lawyers so stop whining.

You're kidding, right? You don't think someone should have to pass the bar exam to practice law? What's next? Allowing people to practice medicine without taking the medical licensing exams?

And, uh, those "stupid whites" passed the bar exam, so they couldn't have been too stupid.

 

[ThisIsMe]

lol…we’re so fucked..

ROLF..

 

[White 6]

I don't even know what to say.

Sometime soon, we may have people doing brain surgery that haven't finished med school.

In Washington state, maybe.

 

[Unkotare]

Stupid whites have become lawyers so stop whining.

Racist douche.

 

[Mr. Friscus]

Stupid whites have become lawyers so stop whining.

Here's what a racist looks like

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Four days ago, the woke Washington state supreme court ruled that passing the bar exam is no longer required to get a law license in the state. Why? Because, said the court, such a requirement "disproportionately and unnecessarily blocks historically marginalized groups from entering the practice of law." IOW, certain minorities have had a high failure rate on the bar exam, so the court has decided that law-school graduates no longer need to pass the bar exam to practice law (LINK).

Humm, shall we apply that same bizarre reasoning to the medical licensing examination required for obtaining a license to practice medicine?! Right now, all state medical boards require the completion of either the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) or the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX-USA) in order to obtain a medical license. But if it turns out that certain minorities have an unusually high failure rate on those examinations, a woke court could decide that requiring those examinations for a medical license is "discriminatory."

How about the Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) test required for anyone who wants to become a commercial airline pilot? What if it turns out that certain minorities have an unusually high failure rate on the ATP test? Shall we label the test discriminatory and let people who can't pass it fly airliners anyway? (And would it also be "discriminatory" to warn passengers which pilots did not take the ATP test?)

Just how far down the road of crazy and ridiculous are the woke folks going to take us?

Wow

Discrimination by Low Expectations

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Stupid whites have become lawyers so stop whining.

The Pied Piper of Reparations endorses Discrimination by Low Expectations

 

[TheParser]

Older members (and guests) will remember a (now-banned) TV comedy called "Amos and Andy."

One of the characters was an ignorant lawyer named "Calhoun."

He had obviously never passed the bar, either.

 

[jackflash]

Four days ago, the woke Washington state supreme court ruled that passing the bar exam is no longer required to get a law license in the state. Why? Because, said the court, such a requirement "disproportionately and unnecessarily blocks historically marginalized groups from entering the practice of law." IOW, certain minorities have had a high failure rate on the bar exam, so the court has decided that law-school graduates no longer need to pass the bar exam to practice law (LINK).

Humm, shall we apply that same bizarre reasoning to the medical licensing examination required for obtaining a license to practice medicine?! Right now, all state medical boards require the completion of either the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) or the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX-USA) in order to obtain a medical license. But if it turns out that certain minorities have an unusually high failure rate on those examinations, a woke court could decide that requiring those examinations for a medical license is "discriminatory."

How about the Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) test required for anyone who wants to become a commercial airline pilot? What if it turns out that certain minorities have an unusually high failure rate on the ATP test? Shall we label the test discriminatory and let people who can't pass it fly airliners anyway? (And would it also be "discriminatory" to warn passengers which pilots did not take the ATP test?)

Just how far down the road of crazy and ridiculous are the woke folks going to take us?

Only in the good ole Socialist Republic of Washington State!!!

 

[mikegriffith1]

Older members (and guests) will remember a (now-banned) TV comedy called "Amos and Andy."

One of the characters was an ignorant lawyer named "Calhoun."

He had obviously never passed the bar, either.

Oh, wow, what a powerful argument: citing the TV comedy show character of an ignorant white lawyer. Yes, clearly, he had never passed the bar exam either--in fact, he was just an actor playing a dumb fictional lawyer.

Well, I'm speechless in the face of such a rational, compelling argument. I now feel compelled to argue that all states should abolish their bar exams, as well as any other licensing exams that minorities fail at unusually high rates. Requiring doctors and nurses and pilots, etc., to pass licensing exams is clearly racist, bigoted, and discriminatory!

 

[sparky]

Just how far down the road of crazy and ridiculous are the woke folks going to take us?

well, one no longer needs the most votes to win an election..........~S~

 

[mikegriffith1]

Oregon's woke supreme court issued a similar ruling, so starting this year Oregon will no longer require passing the bar to get a law license either.

Two other states also recently dropped the bar-exam requirement: Wisconsin and New Hampshire. In Wisconsin this only applies to law students who attend universities in the state. New Hampshire's recent law was driven by a New Hampshire supreme court decision.