Talk:Good moral character

Any other crimes of morality?
I think crimes such as possession of drug paraphrenalia should be added to the list. Having a weed pipe in your pocket on your 18th birthday is certainly a reason why people are permanently kept out of work through background checking agencies. If there is a legal reason why this occurs other than through a judgment of "good/bad moral character", I'd like to hear it. In any case, I would be very happy to see the employment section expanded. MisplacedFate1313 (talk) 20:09, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Aliens
I see one of the criteria given is being guilty of 'alien smuggling'. Quite right too: anybody caught trying to smuggle those pesky Martians into the US of A is clearly not of good moral character and should be whipped out of town. Enaidmawr (talk) 19:01, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

In the Last 5 Years
There's a reference to offenses committed during "the five years preceding application." That's an outdated standard. There are some old Department of Justice documents still out there talking about that rule as it applies to judicial deportation (see http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/crm01934.htm) but that part of the Immigration and Nationality Act has long since been amended and transferred from 8 USC 1251 to 8 USC 1182. (see http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode08/usc_sec_08_00001182000-.html) Also, the "What is Good Moral Character" checklist cited as a reference at http://careers.findlaw.com/firmsite/attachments/LE6_c_checklist_WhatIsGoodMoralCharacter.pdf seems to be outdated as well.--Sophosmoros (talk) 16:18, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

I removed the "five years preciding" line. --Sophosmoros (talk) 16:23, 26 July 2009 (UTC)

Gambling
Is "earning one's income from gambling" (with the possible assumption that it is legal gambling) a crime anywhere? I somewhat cannot imagine it to be... and if not, it should not be listed under "crimes" but in a distinct section.--2.236.198.248 (talk) 00:55, 12 January 2014 (UTC)

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List of vices
"working seven days a week," seems like a vice to me under Xian morality. :) Zezen (talk) 20:20, 3 December 2018 (UTC)

Perhaps you should be an administrative law judge, but even good judges are often structurally bound by improperly argued prior cases from superior courts.

The down side to reliability, i.e., the downside to stare decisis is that erroneous law can become ingrained to do harm instead of good. Clearly erroneous case law can emerge amidst an improperly researched and argued case. The superior court adjudicates what is before them, and then the lower courts are bound to follow. Thus, while you might be a wise judge on morality, you could be bound to follow erroneous precedent. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.127.184.66 (talk) 05:33, 29 October 2019 (UTC)

Having good morals
Speech about  having good morals 41.114.102.104 (talk) 11:02, 8 August 2022 (UTC)