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USAJusticeWatch<p>Bar Organizations Support the Rule of Law. “Across the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> and around the world, bar associations have issued statements defending the principles of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ruleoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruleoflaw</span></a> and responding to recent executive orders and related actions.” | ABA <a href="https://www.americanbar.org/groups/bar-leadership/resources/resourcepages/executiveorders/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkedin&amp;utm_campaign=dcprescomm&amp;spredfast-trk-id=sf219985548" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">americanbar.org/groups/bar-lea</span><span class="invisible">dership/resources/resourcepages/executiveorders/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=linkedin&amp;utm_campaign=dcprescomm&amp;spredfast-trk-id=sf219985548</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/legalprofession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legalprofession</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfedi</span></a></p>
John Scotus<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/surrender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrender</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/endofjustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>endofjustice</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nightmare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nightmare</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/legalbutchery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legalbutchery</span></a></p><p>Trump eviscerating the legal world in the US. Fucking nightmare. </p><p>Skadden joins the New York powerhouse firm Paul Weiss in choosing to surrender to the Trump administration amid threats to their ability to access government contracts and maintain clients with such contracts. Unlike the situation with Paul Weiss, Trump did not even need to issue an executive order to get the firm to bend the knee.</p><p>Three other firms targeted by Trump — Perkins Coie, WilmerHale and Jenner &amp; Block — have filed lawsuits challenging the orders targeting them. A federal district court judge already placed a temporary restraining order blocking Trump’s actions against Perkins Coie, saying that it “sent little chills down my spine.”</p>
Catherine Morris<p>My new column:</p><p>The US as an Authoritarian State: Danger to the Global Rule of Law</p><p>“Checks &amp; balances among the three US branches of government are in tatters… It is unclear whether the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> legal system can withstand the Trump administration’s increasingly brazen threats against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a>.” | SLaw: Canada’s Online Legal Magazine <a href="https://www.slaw.ca/2025/03/25/the-us-as-an-authoritarian-state-danger-to-the-global-rule-of-law/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">slaw.ca/2025/03/25/the-us-as-a</span><span class="invisible">n-authoritarian-state-danger-to-the-global-rule-of-law/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/internationallaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internationallaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ruleoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruleoflaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfedi</span></a> /1</p>
USAJusticeWatch<p>“Two…<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> firms are taking the Trump administration to court on Friday, seeking to block executive orders…[against them] .” <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jenner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jenner</span></a> &amp; Block…alleges violations of the First Amendment guarantees to free speech &amp; free association [&amp;]... <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WilmerHale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WilmerHale</span></a>'s lawsuit said the White House is retaliating against it for representing… campaigns of Democratic politicians… &amp; for suing the administration…over its firing of several inspectors general.” | NPR <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/g-s1-56890/law-firms-sue-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/28/g-s1-56890/</span><span class="invisible">law-firms-sue-trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> #</p>
USAJusticeWatch<p>Conservative, Democratic Lawyers Urge <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bondi</span></a> to Defend <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawyers</span></a>. “The letter was released by the Society for the Rule of Law Institute, in partnership with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocracyForward" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyForward</span></a>.” March 27, 2025 | Reuters <a href="https://societyfortheruleoflaw.org/reuters-conservative-democratic-lawyers-urge-bondi-to-defend-lawyers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">societyfortheruleoflaw.org/reu</span><span class="invisible">ters-conservative-democratic-lawyers-urge-bondi-to-defend-lawyers/</span></a></p><p>See the sign-on letter on the Democracy Forward website: <a href="https://democracyforward.org/updates/icymi-letter-bondi-reuters/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">democracyforward.org/updates/i</span><span class="invisible">cymi-letter-bondi-reuters/</span></a></p>
Neal Lynch<p>Kudos to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> who trained the gen <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chatbots</span></a>.</p>
Dr. HermanSJr.<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@giacomo_bencista" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>giacomo_bencista</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tarot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tarot</span></a>—Most <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/artistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artistic</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/engaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engaging</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fun</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/transformational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transformational</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychological</span></a> tool that I use for +10yrs to revamp mindsets of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doctors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doctors</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>engineers</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>police</span></a>, artists/#creatives &amp; more worldwide; although I do not believe in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TarotCards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TarotCards</span></a> as a prophetic/divinatory tool &amp; use purely as a non-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/clinical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clinical</span></a>, non-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psychology</span></a> tool I call <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PsychologicalTarot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PsychologicalTarot</span></a>.</p><p>Learn more on this use in one of my interviews entitled "Jung, The Tarot &amp; Archetypes" (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3qmSdfJOJs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=F3qmSdfJOJs</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>).</p>
USAJusticeWatch<p>Law firms refuse to represent Trump opponents in the wake of his attacks. “The president issued a new order Tuesday sanctioning yet another law firm, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Jenner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jenner</span></a>&amp;Block. …<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crackdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crackdown</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> is having a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chilling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chilling</span></a> effect on his opponents’ ability to defend themselves or challenge his actions in court, according to people who say they are struggling to find legal representation as a result of his challenges...“ | Washington Post <a href="https://archive.ph/2025.03.25-222511/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/25/trump-law-firms/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.ph/2025.03.25-222511/h</span><span class="invisible">ttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/25/trump-law-firms/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ruleoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruleoflaw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IndependentLegalProfession" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentLegalProfession</span></a></p>
USAJusticeWatch<p>Nearly Two Dozen Leading Civil Rights Groups Condemn <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Administration Memo Threatening <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawyers</span></a> and Law Firms That Bring Suits Against the Federal Government | Legal Defence Fund <a href="https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/trump-ag-legal-action-against-lawyers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">naacpldf.org/press-release/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-ag-legal-action-against-lawyers/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfedi</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The result is an extraordinary threat to fundamental <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/constitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitutional</span></a> rights of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DueProcess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DueProcess</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalRepresentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LegalRepresentation</span></a>….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a> scholars say no previous US admin has taken such concerted action against the legal establishment, with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s predecessors in both parties typically respecting the constitutionally enshrined tenet that everyone deserves effective representation in court &amp; that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> cannot be targeted simply for the cases &amp; clients they take on.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s crackdown on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> is having a chilling effect on his opponents’ ability to defend themselves or challenge his actions….<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a>-era ofcls said they’re having trouble finding <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> willing to defend them. The volunteers &amp; small nonprofits forming the ground troops of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> resistance to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin actions say that the well-resourced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LawFirms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LawFirms</span></a> that once would have backed them are now steering clear.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CivilRights</span></a></p>
USAJusticeWatch<p>“…to fulfill a campaign pledge to deport millions…, the Trump administration has turned to tactics that have prompted…court challenges across the country &amp; created an atmosphere of fear. …[ICE] agents have detained immigrants &amp; shuttled them out of the country to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Guantanamo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guantanamo</span></a> Bay, Cuba; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Panama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Panama</span></a>; &amp;, most recently, a dangerous prison in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElSalvador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElSalvador</span></a> without hearings, much less opportunities to communicate with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> &amp; relatives.” | ProPublica <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-warrantless-arrests-chicago-law" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/ice-war</span><span class="invisible">rantless-arrests-chicago-law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawfedi</span></a></p>
Rod2ik 🇪🇺 🇨🇵 🇪🇸 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇩🇰 🇬🇱<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Krasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Krasnov</span></a> targets <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> who he says file 'frivolous' lawsuits against his administration</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-targets-lawyers-frivolous-lawsuits-administration-rcna197698" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/justice-d</span><span class="invisible">epartment/trump-targets-lawyers-frivolous-lawsuits-administration-rcna197698</span></a></p>
Nando161<p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s executive order to crush <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> firms and revoke clearances for <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> not aligned with his interests has stark parallels with <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Nazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nazi</span></a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/next-in-donald-trumps-authoritarian-crosshairs-law-firms-and-lawyers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/b</span><span class="invisible">log/next-in-donald-trumps-authoritarian-crosshairs-law-firms-and-lawyers/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://t.me/AntifascistSolidarity/53954" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">t.me/AntifascistSolidarity/539</span><span class="invisible">54</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The Imperative of Solidarity in Response to Assaults on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legal</span></a> Services, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Universities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Universities</span></a>, &amp; Independent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a></p><p>“If <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a>, &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/academics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academics</span></a> are going to be able to play the role that they need to perform as bulwarks of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> &amp; the rule of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>, they &amp; their employers must begin to think &amp; act in collective terms.“</p><p><a href="https://www.justsecurity.org/109439/collective-law-firms-universities-media/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">justsecurity.org/109439/collec</span><span class="invisible">tive-law-firms-universities-media/</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"Over the past 4 weeks, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> has taken increasingly disturbing actions each week to undermine <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> who have been willing to oppose him — or even just defend people who have different views than him... Trump and allies have also gone after, with increasing vitriol, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/judges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>judges</span></a> who have ruled against his new admn’s overreaching acts.</p><p>Looked at clearly... <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> wants to, and is working to, destroy the rule of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a>."<br><a href="https://www.lawdork.com/p/donald-trump-lawyer-attacks-and-the-rule-of-law" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lawdork.com/p/donald-trump-law</span><span class="invisible">yer-attacks-and-the-rule-of-law</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
USAJusticeWatch<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UN</span></a> Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers: 16. Governments shall ensure that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> (a) are able to perform all of their professional functions without intimidation, hindrance, harassment or improper interference; … (c) shall not suffer, or be threatened with, prosecution or administrative, economic or other sanctions for any action taken in accordance with recognized professional duties, standards &amp; ethics….” <a href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/basic-principles-role-lawyers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ohchr.org/en/instruments-mecha</span><span class="invisible">nisms/instruments/basic-principles-role-lawyers</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>"Since the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PaulWeiss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulWeiss</span></a> settlement, some <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> now expect that a united front in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/opposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opposition</span></a> to Trump’s actions will never materialize...</p><p>“It was so cowardly and despicable,” said the Perkins associate. “They hung us out to dry. If the big firms had stuck together, I think we would have gotten through this. There’s strength in numbers... But now what? Firms have to either pledge fealty to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> or get destroyed?”"<br><a href="https://www.thebulwark.com/p/disgusted-betrayed-paul-weiss-extortion-executive-order-trump-lawyers-firm-karp-perkins-coie-rachel-cohen" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thebulwark.com/p/disgusted-bet</span><span class="invisible">rayed-paul-weiss-extortion-executive-order-trump-lawyers-firm-karp-perkins-coie-rachel-cohen</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1934812/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1934812/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> President Trump directs Pam Bondi to probe attorneys who lob ‘frivolous, unreasonable’ litigation against his administration <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>courts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Lawsuits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lawsuits</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentDonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentDonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentOfTheUnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentOfTheUnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PresidentTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PresidentTrump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a></p>
Thor A. Hopland<p>What's happening in the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> government right now seems like they're "<a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/fuzzing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fuzzing</span></a> <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a>", that is overwhelming the system and the opposition in order to install autocracy.</p><p>The primary problem IMHO being that the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitution</span></a> is still written in an antiquated form of <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> which allows an <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elite</span></a> class of specialized <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> to interpret laws, and therefore be gatekeepers of law.</p><p>This is what idolization of documents gets you. At the very least update the phrasing to be more clear.</p>