D.C. Court of Appeals disbars Paul Manafort

[karl_jones]

@gracchus

But “turpitude”? Color my uninformed, but I thought turpitude was some pre-Civil War era Southern thing.

Forms and traditions must be observed in our courts. As much as they might want to, they can’t just come out and say he’s being disbarred for being a corrupt scumbag.

Oh, well then – if “turpitude” is legal dog-whistle for “corrupt scumbag”, then I’m a turpitude booster!