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DC Bar Bias on Full Display Through Social Media Posts of Senior Assistant Disciplinary Counsel Jack Metzler

“How do you solve a problem like Alito?” That’s the now-deleted Tweet D.C. Bar Senior Assistant Disciplinary Counsel Jack Metzler posted in August 2023. This was after multiple justices—including Justice Samuel Alito—faced death threats. 

But why was he posting this in the first place? 

For those unfamiliar, the D.C. Bar disciplinary counsel’s self-professed mission is to “(1) protect the public and the courts; (2) maintain the integrity of the legal profession; and (3) deter attorneys from engaging in misconduct.” 

The disciplinary counsel, and his assistants, often do this by bringing charges, prosecuting alleged violations of the D.C. Rules of Professional Conduct—the ethical rules that govern how lawyers are supposed to behave. 

If the D.C. Bar disciplinary counsel’s prosecution is successful, the lawyer can receive punishment ranging from a mild reprimand to a severe sanction such as disbarment—the loss of the ability to practice law in the District of Columbia. 

Those who work in the office of the D.C. Bar disciplinary counsel wield great power. 

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That’s why Metzler’s mocking of Alito is so troubling, as are his other inflammatory statements. They call into question the fairness and impartiality of the entire D.C. Bar disciplinary process.  

After all, Metzler made inflammatory statements such as it’s “embarrassing for Christianity” that Alito—himself a devout Catholic—had been invited to deliver the commencement address at a Catholic college. 

And he said that Alito is a “Natural Born Fool.” 

But lest you worry that his ire is reserved solely for Alito, he also criticized Justice Clarence Thomas.  

And he flippantly affirmed criticisms of Justice Neil Gorsuch too. 

But really, it’s anyone with a conservative—or even just non-extreme-far-left—outlook on life or law that he seems to take issue........

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