A Freedom of Information Act inquiry was sent to the ABA for the roster of its members

Have you ever wondered why the ABA has a secret membership?

Just go to their website and see that membership in this organization is under a login and a password.

Nevertheless, this Illinois corporation with foreign membership and funded with foreign money (membership fees and donations from foreign members) regulates in the entire United States the very public function of access to justice guaranteed by the Petitions Clause of the 1st Amendment and by the Due Process Clauses of the 5th and the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Without approval of legal education from this Illinois corporation - through accreditation of law schools - no law school graduate can be allowed by state regulators (Boards of Regents, the judiciary) to sit for the licensing exam, called "the bar exam" in the United States.

And, no individual is allowed to represent another individual in court, for free or for money, without a law license - where approval of this Illinois corporation with foreign membership and capital is the condition precedent to even apply for a law license.

Moreover, the ABA undertakes to recommend to Presidents of this country appointments of judges in federal courts, up to the U.S. Supreme Court, thus playing a crucial part in the U.S. politics and government.

For that reason, membership in the ABA, in view of its very public functions, should be the matter of public record.

With that in view, I have filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the ABA, under the laws of the State of Illinois where the ABA is incorporated.

I will publish the ABA's response in this blog.

Stay tuned.