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Trump’s Authoritarian Assault on the Legal Profession

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March 6.   Bart Jansen: Trump halts security clearances of Perkins Coie, cites links to Hillary Clinton.

March 11.   NPR: American Bar Association president speaks out against attacks on judges and lawyers.

March 19.   Ryan Lucas: Experts say Trump’s targeting of law firms is unprecedented.

April 1.   Baher Azmy: Lawyers Face an Existential Choice: Conciliation only fuels Trump’s momentum and accelerates our constitutional decline.

April 4.   Mike Scarcella & Sara Merken: More than 500 law firms back Perkins Coie suit against punitive Trump order.

April 5.   Aysha Bagchi: An attack on the Constitution? Why Trump’s moves to punish law firms are causing alarm.

April 9.   Chris Tillen: YLS Dean, faculty speak out on “Rule of Law” amid Trump attacks on law firms.

April 9.   Devlin Barrett: Justice Dept. Bars Its Lawyers From American Bar Association Functions. The punitive move comes amid the Trump administration’s pressure campaign against big law firms.