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Alabama: another judge, another year, and another way to dodge having to decide what a "crime involving moral turpitude" is
AP reports: Voter registrars could have to wait awhile longer to learn which felons can vote — and just what constitutes "moral turpitude" — because a judge said Wednesday she may dismiss a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties...

Crimes Involving Moral Turpitude
The term ?crimes involving moral turpitude? refers to a category of crimes that are said to involve dishonesty, deceit, or a ?readiness to do evil.? The list of such crimes ranges from murder to perjury to theft offenses...

Literature=Moral Turpitude
Customs and Border Protection in Newark detained British author Sebastian Horsley for eight hours before telling him that he was not welcome in the U.S. under the visa waiver program...

Administrative Law Judge distinguishes between crimes prohibited by statute and actions inherently immoral and thus a crime of moral turpitude
Administrative Law Judge distinguishes between crimes prohibited by statute and actions inherently immoral and thus a crime of moral turpitudeDep't of Sanitation v. Iocovello, OATH Index No...

I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby Disbarred
The Blog of the Legal Times reports that the D.C. Court of Appeals has disbarred I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby. The decision is available here. It says (in part): When a member of the Bar is convicted of an offense involving moral turpitude, disbarment is mandatory...

"Two wrongs may not make a right, but do two crimes not involving moral turpitude when committed separately become morally turpitudinous when committed together"
"Two wrongs may not make a right, but do two crimes not involving moral turpitude when committed separately become morally turpitudinous when committed together?" That was the title of my post from September 12, 2007 reporting on the ruling a divided three-judge panel of the U...