{"id":118276,"date":"2025-05-07T18:02:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T02:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/07\/fight-the-power-now-is-the-time-for-lawyers-to-defend-the-rule-of-law-against-trumps-attacks\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T18:02:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T02:02:41","slug":"fight-the-power-now-is-the-time-for-lawyers-to-defend-the-rule-of-law-against-trumps-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/05\/07\/fight-the-power-now-is-the-time-for-lawyers-to-defend-the-rule-of-law-against-trumps-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fight The Power\u2019: Now Is The Time For Lawyers To Defend The Rule Of Law Against Trump\u2019s Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Each generation of lawyers confronts its great test, and this is ours. We will prevail: the initial capitulation of a few firms to coercive executive orders seems to have inspired far more firms to say \u201cforget that\u201d and sue. A judge has already invalidated one of those orders, writing that, \u201cEliminating lawyers as the guardians of the rule of law removes a major impediment to the path to more power.\u201d The barrage of legal challenges has so far been overwhelmingly successful. So the shame you feel about failing to act in the moment of truth, or that feeling of hopelessness about doing anything that matters? It\u2019s a trap: Sun Tzu said \u201cdo not swallow a bait offered by the enemy,\u201d so reject the inaction others hope you choose. This crisis is your opportunity to rise to the challenge, show your mettle, and use your power for good.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 An excerpt from an opinion piece by executive director David A. Carrillo<\/a> and senior research fellow\u00a0Brandon V. Stracener<\/a> of the California Constitution Center at Berkeley Law,<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong> published in The Recorder<\/a>, where the pair argue that \u201c[r]espect for the rule of law and due process should not be a partisan issue,\u201d encouraging lawyers to \u201cget out there and say something, write something, do something.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post \u2018Fight The Power\u2019: Now Is The Time For Lawyers To Defend The Rule Of Law Against Trump\u2019s Attacks<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ed. note<\/u>: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Each generation of lawyers confronts its great test, and this is ours. We will prevail: the initial capitulation of a few firms to coercive executive orders seems to have inspired far more firms to say \u201cforget that\u201d and sue. A judge has already invalidated one of those orders, writing that, \u201cEliminating lawyers as the guardians of the rule of law removes a major impediment to the path to more power.\u201d The barrage of legal challenges has so far been overwhelmingly successful. So the shame you feel about failing to act in the moment of truth, or that feeling of hopelessness about doing anything that matters? It\u2019s a trap: Sun Tzu said \u201cdo not swallow a bait offered by the enemy,\u201d so reject the inaction others hope you choose. This crisis is your opportunity to rise to the challenge, show your mettle, and use your power for good.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2014 An excerpt from an opinion piece by executive director David A. Carrillo<\/a> and senior research fellow\u00a0Brandon V. Stracener<\/a> of the California Constitution Center at Berkeley Law,<\/em><\/strong><\/em><\/strong> published in The Recorder<\/a>, where the pair argue that \u201c[r]espect for the rule of law and due process should not be a partisan issue,\u201d encouraging lawyers to \u201cget out there and say something, write something, do something.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Staci Zaretsky<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she\u2019s worked since 2011. She\u2019d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email<\/a> her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on\u00a0Bluesky<\/a>,\u00a0X\/Twitter<\/a>, and\u00a0Threads<\/a>,\u00a0or connect with her on\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ed. note: Welcome to our daily feature, Quote of the Day. Each generation of lawyers confronts its great test, and this is ours. We will prevail: the initial capitulation of a few firms to coercive executive orders seems to have inspired far more firms to say \u201cforget that\u201d and sue. A judge has already invalidated […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":118248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Staci-Zaretsky-CHVjnG.jpeg?fit=150%2C100&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}