I would have hoped that already-wealthy lawyers would have had the gumption and the guts to stand up to Donald Trump’s assault on the U.S. Constitution. Sadly, it’s pocketbooks uber alles for the folks who supposedly believe everyone is entitled to representation. I guess they just forgot to mention that only those in MAGA’s good graces deserve competent, properly-resourced representation.
From The Washington Post:
Biden-era officials said they’re having trouble finding lawyers willing to defend them. The volunteers and small nonprofits forming the ground troops of the legal resistance to Trump administration actions say that the well-resourced law firms that once would have backed them are now steering clear. The result is an extraordinary threat to fundamental constitutional rights of due process and legal representation, they said — and a far weaker effort to challenge Trump’s actions in court than during his first term.
Legal scholars say no previous U.S. administration 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 and that lawyers cannot be targeted simply for the cases and clients they take on.
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