https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/03\/27\/aba-trump-legal-system-028133<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“The American Bar Association and dozens of other bar groups this week slammed President Donald Trump\u2019s continued crackdown on the legal system as an attack on the rule of law.
\n\u201cWords and actions matter,\u201d the groups wrote in an open letter on Wednesday, which did not mention the president by name. \u201cAnd the intimidating words and actions we have heard and seen must end. They are designed to cow our country\u2019s judges, our country\u2019s courts and our legal profession.\u201d”<\/p>\n
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“Trump has come down hard on Democratic-leaning law firms, signing executive orders and memos suspending security clearances and barring the federal government from hiring employees from firms like Perkins Coie and Covington and Burling. One firm initially in Trump\u2019s crosshairs \u2014 Paul, Weiss \u2014 saw its sanctions lifted after agreeing to perform pro bono legal work for conservative clients and ending diversity policies.<\/p>\n
The retribution tour has now made its way to Congress, with GOP Senate offices told to take note of the blacklisted firms in an email sent last Friday.”<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
“\u201cIf lawyers do not speak, who will speak for our judges? Who will protect our bedrock of justice? If we do not speak now, when will we speak? Now is the time. That is why we stand together with the ABA in support of the rule of law,\u201d the groups wrote.”<\/p>\n
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