When, Oh When, Will Indiana End Andrew Straw's Bizarre Law License Suspension? A Midwest Mystery - PART II

Five Indiana Criminals in Robes

Andrew U. D. Straw is a lawyer and disability rights advocate who previously worked as a statistical analyst for the Indiana Supreme Court and later as an associate dean at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. His case stinks to high Heck. HIs story has never been honestly covered by the Indianapolis Star or other legal media, such as the Indiana Lawyer or the Res Gestae, which mostly spread the lies of the Indiana Supreme Court as gospel.

In February 2017, Indiana’s Supreme Court suspended Straw’s Indiana law license for 180 days without automatic reinstatement; The Virginia State Bar reviewed his file independently and declined to discipline him, saying the Indiana action had all the grace of a “drive‑by shooting." Was G. Michael Witte the gang leader and shooter? Witte, "the first-Asian" the former DEI director of the Indiana Supreme Court Attorney Discipline Committee, was unfair, inconsistent, and never admitted his many errors and ommissions. He even engaged in obstruction of justice. Today he is a senior judge appointed by Lorreta Rush, making him immune from lawsuits.

Nearly nine years ago, the Indiana Supreme Court issued a disciplinary suspension against attorney Andrew Straw. Again, the length of that suspension? A seemingly modest 180 days.

Fast forward to today—8.5 years later—and that “temporary” suspension remains mysteriously active. No closure. No hearing. No decision. Just a yawning void where justice should be.

So what gives? How does a six-month disciplinary action stretch on for nearly a decade with no further determination, no explanation, and no clear path forward?

A Tale of Two Legal Worlds

Let’s put this into national perspective. The same Andrew Straw took his case to the Virginia State Bar, which looked at the facts, weighed the merits, and concluded — no suspension warranted. That’s right. A full review and no punishment. The Fourth Circuit? Also declined to impose any discipline. In essence, multiple respected legal institutions outside Indiana have made it clear: there’s no misconduct that justifies suspension.

So why is Indiana still clinging to this outdated and unexamined penalty like a vinyl bumper sticker from 1997?

More importantly, why is Indiana actively preventing Mr. Straw from being heard again, requiring him to pay a hefty $500 fee just to ask the court to review the issue? That’s not a hearing — that’s a toll booth. Imagine being told your career will stay on indefinite pause unless you pay triple the filing fee — just to argue your rights.

This isn't just about one man. It's about a justice system that appears to have frozen in time, stubbornly unresponsive to facts, fairness, or evolving national norms.

Disability as Disqualification

At the heart of this issue is Straw’s work as a disability rights advocate — and, ironically, his own disabilities. Straw was a public voice for people harmed by government negligence, including Marines and their families exposed to toxic water at Camp LeJeune. He’s made it his mission to speak for those the legal system often overlooks — the disabled, the injured, and the disenfranchised.

Instead of support, he’s faced resistance that borders on retribution. Rather than addressing his legal arguments, Indiana has thrown up administrative and financial roadblocks. The suspension seems less like a disciplinary measure and more like a punishment for daring to speak out and demand accessibility and fairness.

It begs the question: has Indiana turned disability itself into a disqualifier for practicing law?

Bureaucracy Weaponized

The ongoing silence from Indiana’s Supreme Court isn’t just passive neglect — it’s a form of active harm. Bureaucratic inertia becomes cruelty when it drags on for years without justification. Straw has waited patiently for something — anything — resembling a response. Instead, Indiana’s courts have maintained a strategic stillness, leaving him professionally paralyzed.

In contrast, other states have moved swiftly and fairly, proving that justice delayed is not an inevitable reality — it's a choice.

Even Kafka would find this tale a bit too twisted for fiction. A six-month suspension that becomes a lifetime career derailment? A state Supreme Court that neither ends the punishment nor offers a path to resolution? It’s a procedural nightmare dressed up as due process.

The Midwest’s Grotesque Perfection

And maybe that’s the most tragic part: Indiana’s failure is not just inaction — it’s the perfected inaction of a system too stubborn to admit it might have gotten it wrong. Straw’s case represents a Midwest flavor of injustice: polite on the outside, impenetrable on the inside, and content to let people fall through the cracks so long as the machinery keeps humming.

So here we are. Almost nine years later. No hearing. No justice. Just one man — still suspended — still waiting — still hoping Indiana will wake up and act like the court of justice it claims to be.

Final Thought: Time for Accountability

Andrew Straw isn’t just asking for reinstatement. He’s asking for Indiana to explain itself. To engage. To justify — if it even can — how a 180-day suspension became a nearly decade-long punishment without cause.

The question is simple, and yet Indiana refuses to answer: When will this "drive-by" suspension finally end?

If President Obama weaponized the DOJ, Courts, IRS, and FBI, and President Trump weaponized the American people, Hoosier Enquirer is weaponizing Hoosier Voters!

Until someone in the Hoosier State finds the courage or decency to respond, this won’t just be Andrew Straw’s fight — it’ll remain a cautionary tale for every scared, weak Indiana lawyer, advocate, and disabled professional who dares to challenge a broken system. Keeping the lawyers silent is not acceptable -- directed to: Chief Justice Loretta Rush, and you should be embarrassed and resign.