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#LawFirms refuse to represent #Trump opponents in the wake of his attacks
Trump issued yet another #ExecutiveOrder Tuesday sanctioning yet another #law firm, Jenner & Block. The result overall has been called an extraordinary #threat to #constitutional rights of #DueProcess & #legal representation & a far weaker effort to challenge Trump’s actions in court than during his first term.
#RevengePolitics #CivilRights
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/25/trump-law-firms/
#Trump’s crackdown on #lawyers is having a chilling effect on his opponents’ ability to defend themselves or challenge his actions….
#Biden-era ofcls said they’re having trouble finding #lawyers willing to defend them. The volunteers & small nonprofits forming the ground troops of the #legal resistance to #Trump admin actions say that the well-resourced #LawFirms that once would have backed them are now steering clear.
The result is an extraordinary threat to fundamental #constitutional rights of #DueProcess & #LegalRepresentation….
#Legal scholars say no previous US admin has taken such concerted action against the legal establishment, with #Trump’s predecessors in both parties typically respecting the constitutionally enshrined tenet that everyone deserves effective representation in court & that #lawyers cannot be targeted simply for the cases & clients they take on.
@Nonilex straight out of the Philippines playbook
Okay let me get this straight.
People want to resist corporate/billionaire take-over of American government by Trump and friends.
Why would they go to large corporate law firms for assistance???? Such firms are part of the 1% corporate club they are resisting.
@Nonilex thus democracy falls even further
@Nonilex Greg Sargent had a podcast epidode this week where Trump flat out said something like "All these other firms are welcome to come make a deal with me if they want to be taken off the order"...I use quotes but that's not the exact quote, just marks to separate the comment which is paraphrased from memory.
This is just straight up mafia shit. Except more obvious, clumsy and low rent.
@Nonilex this is a lot worse than anyone could have imagined