The Trump Administration has escalated its confrontation with major law firms, issuing executive orders targeting firms like Covington & Burling and Perkins Coie for representing clients disliked by Trump. House member Raja Krishnamoorthi draws alarming parallels between these tactics and the repressive practices of the Chinese Communist Party. He warns that these orders chill legal representation in America, potentially putting firms out of business and undermining the legal profession's integrity, comparable to the suppression of dissenting lawyers in China. This represents a broader threat to the rule of law that is fundamental to America's democratic values.
These executive orders are designed to achieve a similar outcome in America: a society where lawyers are afraid to oppose the government.
These executive orders are designed to put these law firms out of business by making corporate clients afraid to retain them.
It's a threat to the legal profession; it's a threat to the rule of law - one of America's greatest strengths in our competition with the Chinese Communist Party.
First, the President targeted Covington & Burling. Second, he targeted Perkins Coie. Third, it was Paul Weiss. Fourth, it was Jenner & Block.
Collection
[
|
...
]