‘For God’s Sake, Fellow Lawyers, Stand Up to Trump’ By the senior partners at law firm Keker, Van Nest & Peters. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o... - ThreadSky

miafarrow.bsky.social • 90 days ago

‘For God’s Sake, Fellow Lawyers, Stand Up to Trump’

By the senior partners at law firm Keker, Van Nest & Peters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/opinion/perkins-coie-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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libraryanna.bsky.social•90 days ago

As a retired lawyer, I am ashamed of them. They won’t even fight for themselves.

conniemary.bsky.social•90 days ago

I'm not a lawyer but I agree with this. Every lawyer at every firm needs to stand up to Trump not obey in advance.

lookeyhere.bsky.social•90 days ago

The American and international legal profession has more $$ than god, and More Power than trump-maga-muskrat-putin!!
Do something FFS!

katiebea.bsky.social•90 days ago

Seriously! Aren’t you guys supposed to be good at this. WTF Paul,Weiss?

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-paul-weiss-agreement-law-firm-executive-order-pro-bono-2049743

vfrankensteen.bsky.social•90 days ago

Lawyers have all of law, precedent and human society behind them telling them they should do that.

Lawyers are still going to be here ten years from now, Trump will not be.

mojumi.bsky.social•90 days ago

Let me get this straight:

The leader of a supposed democratic state is threatening lawyers who have acted for people he dislikes, and he is doing not in a rally speech, but in a WRITTEN EXECUTIVE ORDER, and he isn't already in handcuffs, awaiting a show trial?

hjelms.bsky.social•90 days ago

noodle557.bsky.social•90 days ago

Utah
Bans
RAINBOWS
Who
IS
GONNA TELL GOD
Wonder
WHO?
WILL ENFORCE IT
Some very
small men
from the
legislators
who won't be
remembered
at all
when dictator donny
goes..

burningbird.net•90 days ago

Gift article

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/opinion/perkins-coie-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.704.60Oi.3bWtI7Y_aA1X&smid=url-share

trishdukes.bsky.social•90 days ago

Thank you!

itsmeimcassandra.bsky.social•90 days ago

So, now NYT decides to publish an article with definitive statements. Wow. So much too little, too late. We needed good journalism and strong headlines years ago. But, here we are.

naida46.bsky.social•90 days ago

Thank you!

"If lawyers and law firms won’t stand up for the rule of law, who will?

#GrabHimByTheLaw

pgonz.bsky.social•90 days ago

These are some of the best lawyers in the country! What cowards! Need to keep calling them cowards!

agirlhasnodictator.bsky.social•90 days ago

It’s all about Trump’s voters. Many politicians, and others, are willing to overlook his bad behavior and poor decisions because they fear alienating his base. Prioritizing their own political ambitions, they choose loyalty over integrity to maintain support and advance their careers…

isammis.bsky.social•90 days ago

Thank you.

If the rule of law fails, what's the _point_ of being a lawyer? At that point you become nothing more than a sort of highly specialized historian — "the country worked like this, up until 2025."

carlalalala12.bsky.social•90 days ago

It's all fun and games until its not!
It's time for every American to wake up because this Orange Turd is really hinting at: 2 words, starts with M and rhymes with Claw - the clearest indication that he is considering ways to breach a constitutional barrier.

robine2530.bsky.social•90 days ago

Trump must have tons of info on all of them that he’s willing to expose and threatening families in order for so many to roll over and play dead. Something is really scaring so many. Is it the Epstein Tapes? What is it that could affect so many at one time? Tax evasion? WHAT IS IT? Losers!!🤮👎🤪

wrenwalker.bsky.social•90 days ago

lawyers may not be the most reliable line of defense--everyone makes choices; everyone wants to survive--but the legal system itself must hold.

it. must. hold.

mifd327.bsky.social•90 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social/post/3llm4tvhbcc2v

the99pct.bsky.social•90 days ago

They should know that the word 'collaborator' is written in indelible ink, forever and a day.

freddiefarkle.bsky.social•90 days ago

I hope this finds you, I beg to remain....

trishdukes.bsky.social•90 days ago

They’ll have their own place in history by tomorrow when we get the latest batch of executive orders.

acewiz8.bsky.social•90 days ago

They’ll get the one chance!

fabiofeasts.bsky.social•90 days ago

The lawyers are pussies - the politicians are COWARDS - it's time for the people to off with their heads!!!!

beachandnos.bsky.social•90 days ago

Sickening

jay10011z.bsky.social•90 days ago

It’s all about me and mine.

Values such as integrity, heroism, and the greater good, no longer exist.

Values remembered years later.

jay10011z.bsky.social•90 days ago

😊

acanthe20.bsky.social•90 days ago

📌

blackskymonkey.bsky.social•90 days ago

I sure as heck wouldn't hire any law firm that doesn't have the backbone to stand up to Trump. If they 'caved' to Trump's threats, what would stop them from 'caving' when the going got tough in your lawsuit or your criminal prosecution???

kipwilliams.bsky.social•90 days ago

Someone else today said "If you won't fight for yourself, why would I hire you to fight for me?"

bamajennie.bsky.social•90 days ago

Lost Spine. If found please return to attorneys, Congress, media, …

leahleahbobeah.bsky.social•90 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/leahleahbobeah.bsky.social/post/3llllykwlpk2p

clederm.bsky.social•90 days ago

We need all law firms to band together. All universities to band together. Support each to protect law and education!

julietebo.bsky.social•90 days ago

All law firms must coordinate their opposition to trump. If they do it piecemeal, the risk the fear that others like Paul Weiss and Skadden will capitulate.

tpaine1774.bsky.social•90 days ago

Lawyers who cave in under pressure from the orange felon should lose all of their clients. They don’t have the character to practice law.

simsjames.bsky.social•90 days ago

“The partners at Paul Weiss didn’t serve their long-term interests, and neither did the acting president of Columbia. Leaders today must shine a bright light on abuses of power and challenge them through political channels and the courts. We must underscore that our freedoms are worth defending.”

spaceartal.bsky.social•90 days ago

Instead of bending over and lathering The Convicted Felon with $millions of pro bono work for his MAGA causes, law firms need to unite and sue his ass.

relaxed2rp.bsky.social•90 days ago

Stand together!

goodsenator.bsky.social•90 days ago

Imma lawyer in Oklahoma and a Democratic State Senator and stand up to Trump every day.

Why have the influence and power and protection of a law degree and then act like a child with an abusive parent?

randybkc.bsky.social•90 days ago

Any bets that law firms who cave in to trumpy lose business.

vanllips.bsky.social•90 days ago

Boy, you can easily tell that the 💰💰💰 matter's more than anything else. And in the end, they leave Earth with none of it. Mucking Forons!
Who Ruins The World? MEN!!! ✌️❤️🇺🇸

plumskyhawk.bsky.social•90 days ago

Then there is this:

alistairblantyre.bsky.social•90 days ago

😮

trying-2b-zen.bsky.social•90 days ago

https://handsoff2025.com

mgkm.bsky.social•90 days ago

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

anthonynagatani.bsky.social•90 days ago

wow

storytimeratlarge.bsky.social•90 days ago

Fight back. Protest. Resist. Boycott.

joedferg.bsky.social•90 days ago

We no longer have a government. We are now in a dictatorship with cowards acquiescing at every turn.

pol-break24.bsky.social•90 days ago

How the hell is that legal? Let's stop this crawling fascism.

m-r-m.bsky.social•90 days ago

It's full-blown now.
Galloping.

6ixth.bsky.social•90 days ago

Republic

texasrunaway.bsky.social•90 days ago

Agree. I read this in WSJ . Thank God there is one.

dukieboy2.bsky.social•90 days ago

When senior partners publicly plead with their peers to stand up to Trump, it’s not just legal talk—it’s a call to defend the rule of law itself. Silence is complicity. ⚖️🛑
#RuleOfLaw
#StandUpToTrump
#LegalCommunity
#ConstitutionalCrisis

kmb1025.bsky.social•90 days ago

They have the power and they need to USE IT! Stand up to that damned BULLY!!

libpatriot.bsky.social•88 days ago

Certainly NOT “journalists” and MSM!

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