Conn v. Principi

I agree with the majority that it is proper for the Court to accept the respondent’s resignation from the Bar of this Court and that we possess the authority to allow him to resign while under disciplinary investigation. However, I cannot join in the per curiam order because I believe that it is deficient (1) in failing to address the procedural issue of whether certain matters should first be submitted to the Committee on Admission and Practice (Committee), rather than the Court; (2) in its narrow view of “protection of the public”, as it relates to notification; and (3) in failing to…