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[[File:Avenatti 2018 vmas.jpg 12872032 ver1.0 640 360.jpg|Right|350px|thumb|Lawyer Michael Avenatti, who has been considered by many to be a personification of the term ''shyster''.]]

[[File:Avenatti 2018 vmas.jpg 12872032 ver1.0 640 360.jpg|Right|350px|thumb|Lawyer Michael Avenatti, who has been considered by many to be a personification of the term ''shyster''.]]

A '''shyster''' is defined as a person who acts in a disreputable, dishonest, unethical or unscrupulous manner.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shyster Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of ''shyster'']</ref>  This most often applies to those involved in the legal profession (particularly lawyers and judges), though it can also apply - albeit to a lesser extent - to politicians, those who hold other public offices or are involved in other professions.   

A '''shyster''' is defined as a person who acts in a disreputable, dishonest, unethical or unscrupulous manner.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shyster Merriam-Webster Dictionary definition of ''shyster'']</ref>  This most often applies to those involved in the legal profession (particularly lawyers and judges), though it can also apply – albeit to a lesser extent – to politicians, those who hold other public offices or are involved in other professions.   

The application of the term to lawyers and judges most often occurs when defence lawyers representing criminals use questionable, specious and dishonest tactics in the courtroom to get their clients acquitted, or when corrupt judges, based on political and ideological reasons and personal feelings (such as in [[Dred Scott v. Sandford]], [[Abington School District v. Schempp]], [[Roe v. Wade]] and [[Obergefell v. Hodges]]) instead of adhering to federal, state or local laws, engage in [[judicial activism]], illegally attempt to legislate from the bench or otherwise play fast and loose with the law to suit their personal biases.

The application of the term to lawyers and judges most often occurs when defense lawyers representing criminals use questionable, specious and dishonest tactics in the courtroom to get their clients acquitted, or when corrupt judges, based on political and ideological reasons and personal feelings (such as in [[Dred Scott v. Sandford]], [[Abington School District v. Schempp]], [[Roe v. Wade]] and [[Obergefell v. Hodges]]) instead of adhering to federal, state or local laws, engage in [[judicial activism]], illegally attempt to legislate from the bench or otherwise play fast and loose with the law to suit their personal biases.

Among those notable in the legal profession to whom the term ''shyster'' applies include lawyers [[Clarence Darrow]], [[Bill Clinton]] (also former Arkansas Governor and US President), [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] (also former First Lady and Secretary of State under [[Barack Obama]]), [[Michael Avenatti]] and [[Eric Holder]] (the latter also serving as United States Attorney General under Obama) and the membership of the liberal [[American Bar Association]], and the liberal judges on the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] who ruled in favor of [[same-sex "marriage"]] in Obergefell v. Hodges as well as activist federal judges who illegally overturned various state laws outlawing same-sex "marriage", [[abortion]], [[Jim Crow|racial segregation]] and other liberal sacred cows for political and personal reasons.

Among those notable in the legal profession to whom the term ''shyster'' applies include lawyers [[Clarence Darrow]], [[Bill Clinton]] (also former Arkansas Governor and US President), [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] (also former First Lady and Secretary of State under [[Barack Obama]]), [[Michael Avenatti]] and [[Eric Holder]] (the latter also serving as United States Attorney General under Obama) and the membership of the liberal [[American Bar Association]], and the liberal judges on the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] who ruled in favor of [[same-sex "marriage"]] in Obergefell v. Hodges as well as activist federal judges who illegally overturned various state laws outlawing same-sex "marriage", [[abortion]], [[Jim Crow|racial segregation]] and other liberal sacred cows for political and personal reasons.

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