From Czech Press Survey:
One … infamous student suspected of gaining the title of doctor of law fraudulently is Marek Benda, a deputy for the [Czech Republic’s] Civic Democratic Party (ODS)…
In his capacity as head of the lower house’s constitutional and legal committee, Benda is supposed to supervise the strict observance of law. Caught cheating, Benda said he would not resign from his parliamentary post. He said he would not use the title of doctor of law…
November 7th, 2009 at 12:00PM
> Benda said he would not resign from his parliamentary post
Has anyone actually gone down the list of members of Congress to look for degrees from American California University or Columbus World University or other similar imaginary places? School superintendents and Pentagon folks seem to have them, as we’ve seen. Would we be surprised to find them in Congress? Perhaps UD could break a big national story.
November 7th, 2009 at 12:04PM
Off the top of my head, RJO, I know of a couple of close calls in the political realm. One of the people under consideration to replace Florida’s governor (?) was a woman with a diploma mill degree. But I don’t know of any members of Congress…