Uthmeier accuses ABA of discriminating against Catholic law school

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier accused the body in charge of accrediting law schools on Thursday of discriminating against Catholics.

In a three-page letter posted to social media, Uthmeier demanded the American Bar Association not “horsewhip” St. Thomas University, a Catholic law school in Miami that the ABA in August declared to be out-of-compliance with the association’s anti-discrimination and equal opportunity standards.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (via Department of Legal Affairs) “Admittedly, you currently have considerable power. But reform is in the air,” Uthmeier wrote, addressing St. Thomas University. “Your treatment of STU Law looks like religious discrimination under Florida civil rights law. Leave STU Law alone.”

He accused the ABA of engaging in “wok