BACKGROUND
1) By Paul Rosenzweig, “The Pathetic, Cowardly Collapse of Big Law; Trump’s actions are an attempt to tilt the scales of justice by using the raw power of government coercion—and they’re working,” The Atlantic, March 26, 2025 (8:32 ET);
2)3) Michael Birnbaum, “Law firms refuse to represent Trump opponents in the wake of ehis attacks; The president issued a new order Tuesday sanctioning yet another law firm, Jenner & Block. The result overall has been called an extraordinary threat to constitutional rights of due process and legal representation and a far weaker effort to challenge Trump’s actions in court than during his first term, Washington Post, March 25, 2025 (Updated at 4:12 p.m. EDT);
3) Devlin Barrett, “With New Decree, Trump Seeks to Cow the Legal Profession; A presidential memorandum aimed at lawyers everywhere struck a menacing tone, Washington Post, March 22 2025;
4) “They Are America’s Most Powerful Law Firms. Their Silence Is Deafening,” New York Times, March 25, 2025
5) John W. Keker, Robert A. Van Nest and Elliot R. Peters,”
“Our Law Firm Won’t Cave to Trump. Who Will Join Us?,” New York Times, March 30, 2025;
The writers are the senior partners at the law firm Keker, Van Nest & Peters.
5) Ben Protess, “In Trump’s Fight With Perkins Coie, the Richest Firms Are Staying Quiet; None of the nation’s top-10 firms by revenue have signed a legal brief demonstrating support for the law firm that is resisting an executive order,”New York Times, April 2, 2025 (Updated 1:06 p.m. ET);