The mandate to stand above reproach affects an attorney’s obligation to the ethics governing client communication, professional representation, and legal expertise. The American Bar Association’s (ABA) Model Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC) enumerates specific criteria to ensure a state of routine consistency both on and off the courts. The MRPC depicts the mandatory obligations expected of each lawyer, while offering suggestions to bolster a fortified image of sustainable legal practice. Christians have inherited identical Scriptural obligations correlative to the ABA’s expectations written in the MRPC. America is built on the foundation of truth, and honest civic representation; whose values are enumerated in the U.S. Constitution. The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees each American citizen the right to “have the assistance of counsel for his defence;” while §1.3 of the Fourteenth Amendment features a Due Process Clause, guaranteeing the unabridged privileges and immunities of the citizen of the United States; including life, liberty, and property, alongside the due process of law; and equal protection of laws within each jurisdiction, (Congress). Professor James Ryan of Virginia Law Review wrote in 2013 that; “[m]any, including prominent scholars like Professors Akhil Amar and Jack Balkin of Yale Law School, also agree that the original public meaning of the constitutional text must be the starting point in constitutional interpretation,” (VirginiaLawReview). Many jurists today wish to reinterpret the meaning of law, adjusting it to complement contemporary culture. For liberty to exist the inversion must occur; contemporary culture must acknowledge eternal objectivity, and inherent morality, to operate above reproach.
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The Mandate to Stand Above Reproach
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The mandate to stand above reproach affects an attorney’s obligation to the ethics governing client communication, professional representation, and legal expertise. The American Bar Association’s (ABA) Model Rules of Professional Conduct (MRPC) enumerates specific criteria to ensure a state of routine consistency both on and off the courts. The MRPC depicts the mandatory obligations expected of each lawyer, while offering suggestions to bolster a fortified image of sustainable legal practice. Christians have inherited identical Scriptural obligations correlative to the ABA’s expectations written in the MRPC. America is built on the foundation of truth, and honest civic representation; whose values are enumerated in the U.S. Constitution. The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees each American citizen the right to “have the assistance of counsel for his defence;” while §1.3 of the Fourteenth Amendment features a Due Process Clause, guaranteeing the unabridged privileges and immunities of the citizen of the United States; including life, liberty, and property, alongside the due process of law; and equal protection of laws within each jurisdiction, (Congress). Professor James Ryan of Virginia Law Review wrote in 2013 that; “[m]any, including prominent scholars like Professors Akhil Amar and Jack Balkin of Yale Law School, also agree that the original public meaning of the constitutional text must be the starting point in constitutional interpretation,” (VirginiaLawReview). Many jurists today wish to reinterpret the meaning of law, adjusting it to complement contemporary culture. For liberty to exist the inversion must occur; contemporary culture must acknowledge eternal objectivity, and inherent morality, to operate above reproach.