by
Andrew
Harnik/Getty
Images)
Yesterday,
and
the
American
Bar
Association
amped
up
their
beef
with
President
Donald
Trump,
adopting
a
resolution
condemning
his
attempts
to
retaliate
against “lawyers,
law
firms,
or
other
organizations
for
representing
or
having
represented
any
particular
client
or
cause
disfavored
by
the
government.”
The
ABA’s
resolution
also
criticizes
threats
to
impeach
judges
“based
solely
on
disagreement
with
the
merits
of
the
rulings
made
by
those
judges.”
In
almost
any
other
era,
these
are
uncontroversial
statements
that
do
the
bare
minimum
to
defend
the
rule
of
law.
But
of
course,
we
live
in
the
hellscape
of
2025,
and
the
Trump
administration
has
done
those
exact
things.
So,
the
resolution
is
particularly
pointed.
But
the
ABA
and
the
Trump
administration
have
been
going
at
it.
The
ABA
sued
Trump,
et
al.
over
the
campaign
to
bully
lawyers.
The
admin
is
threatening
to
strip
the
organization
of
its
law
school
accreditation
function.
The
DOJ
cut
the
ABA
out
of
the
judicial
vetting
process.
The
ABA
got
in
hot
water
over
its
diversity
initiatives.
The
FTC
cut
ties
with
the
organization
and
DOJ
attorneys
can’t
participate
in
ABA
events.
One
mission
of
the
Trump
II
reign
is
to
undermine
the
rule
of
law,
with
this
resolution
the
ABA
is
(again)
signaling
they’ll
do
their
best
to
stand
in
the
way
of
the
authoritarian
push.
Kathryn
Rubino
is
a
Senior
Editor
at
Above
the
Law,
host
of
The
Jabot
podcast,
and
co-host
of
Thinking
Like
A
Lawyer.
AtL
tipsters
are
the
best,
so
please
connect
with
her.
Feel
free
to
email
her
with
any
tips,
questions,
or
comments
and
follow
her
on
Twitter
@Kathryn1 or
Mastodon
@[email protected].