Why didn’t the nation’s top 20 law firms sign a friend-of-the-court brief against Trump’s vindictive executive orders? In unity, there’s strength to confront Trump. In disunity, cowardice. Some thoughts... robertreich.substack.com/p/in-unity-t... - ThreadSky

rbreich.bsky.social • 6 days ago

Why didn’t the nation’s top 20 law firms sign a friend-of-the-court brief against Trump’s vindictive executive orders?

In unity, there’s strength to confront Trump.

In disunity, cowardice.

Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/in-unity-theres-strength-to-confront

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nsightful.bsky.social•5 days ago

rheuphus.bsky.social•5 days ago

The mantra is : DIVIDE AND CONQUER, or maybe DIVIDE then DESTROY.

kurtweldon.bsky.social•6 days ago

My wife's law firm signed an amicus brief - and the firm is just her.

anorrinradd.bsky.social•6 days ago

saltyinnj.bsky.social•5 days ago

In the past 40 years of my life, I've worked in law in very minor roles but was always so proud of what the law stood for. I have now worked for a federal district court judge for the past 18 years.

My heart is broken.

thekert.bsky.social•6 days ago

Big firms have priced themselves into a market where they only represent the super-guilty ultra-rich and try to find loopholes for them to evade the law rather than get proper justice and it has poisoned their brains

lml13.bsky.social•6 days ago

Greed and fear

balancedrisk.bsky.social•6 days ago

Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court if he can leave US Citizens in El Salvador interment camp even if the WH admits they were sent there in error.

#FreeKilmer

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/supreme-court-analysis-trump-black-sites.html

hate47.bsky.social•6 days ago

Bravery is contagious but so is cowardice and the GOP is full of cowardice. The only thing they are good for is lying, cheating and kissing their master’s feet. PATHETIC.

doyle-westbrook.bsky.social•5 days ago

Unfortunately, greedy capitalism extends to law firms also. They want to protect their revenue stream, not jeopardize it.

ericviau.bsky.social•6 days ago

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/law-and-justice-in-the-third-reich

ericviau.bsky.social•6 days ago

Everyone should watch "The Nuremburg Trials" movie with Spencer Tracy and listen to the top nazi judiciary excuses.

jackolbean.bsky.social•6 days ago

They are complicit in the destruction of rule of law and do process in America

maxedge.bsky.social•6 days ago

Yeah, why not?

techbisonmane.bsky.social•6 days ago

The fanciest lawyers are conformist cowards by dint of their priestly profession and pathological risk aversion.

They are careerists who only care for money.

dermann51.bsky.social•6 days ago

Really Bob?

Ask retired Judge Luttig how his Amicus Brief was received by SCOTUS after they declared Trump King for life.

WAKE UP

grumpydoc19.bsky.social•6 days ago

What part of “lawyer” do you not understand?

falcon269.bsky.social•5 days ago

I never expect courage from lawyers. You shouldn’t either. They are bottom liners like the rest of us.

mattmcpeak71.bsky.social•6 days ago

Easy to say when it's not your ass on the line. You think Trump wouldn't pick 2-3 of them at random to retaliate against? A 10% chance of major problems for taking an ethical stand with little or no practical upside. It's the same math that has always empowered dictators.

alicia56.bsky.social•6 days ago

They have a better chance of standing up to him than we, the common folk, do.

shorepatrol.bsky.social•6 days ago

The march to the ovens should be fun...

nwconservationist.bsky.social•6 days ago

We're not only a fascist country now, we're also a nation of cowards.

helenmarier.bsky.social•6 days ago

Cowardice is so easy. Rationalizing cowardice is fun. Pragmatism? Wisdom? Business sense? Yuck.

splainlucy.bsky.social•5 days ago

I agree the law firms should have stood together. In fact, every group should stand together. There is strength in numbers! JUST SAY NO!

dodgezen.bsky.social•5 days ago

Here you go. Next!

judyisnana.bsky.social•6 days ago

How does one intimidate on such a massive level?

alicia56.bsky.social•6 days ago

Think of the Mafia. Trump operates like a Don. Lots of little people ready to move up the ladder by doing his dirty work.

ans312.bsky.social•6 days ago

“If members of professions think of themselves as groups with common interests, with norms and rules that oblige them at all times, then they can gain confidence and indeed a certain kind of power.”

jserwer.bsky.social•6 days ago

Best point!!!

beverleykendall.com•6 days ago

Or maybeeee, they agree with Trump and like his politics and policies.

Ever thought about that?

stay4thefun.bsky.social•6 days ago

Who, specifically, agrees?

beverleykendall.com•6 days ago

I don't know, but some of the lawyers or partners may. It can't be taken off the table.

Who knows how many of them voted for Trump. I'm sure some of them did.

alicia56.bsky.social•6 days ago

This could be true! I hate it, but we can’t ignore that possibility.

papa714chef.bsky.social•6 days ago

Or in unity they get big federal contracts

sandraeb.bsky.social•5 days ago

Money

axelfish.bsky.social•5 days ago

Please STOP using the label “top law firms”. I’ve ran my own law firm for 25+. Yes we’re small, but no less “top” in our specialty. I feel better now. BTW you’re correct.

trexcapades.bsky.social•6 days ago

Cowardice first and foremost. Secondly, they're betting (likely correctly) that the American attention span and memory are very short (remember Signalgate, BP oil spill, Audi pollution hoax?)

Who is going to hold them accountable if the long run? I doubt anyone.

craig1000.bsky.social•6 days ago

For some reason it has to get really bad first
That's lawyers for ya

bemoangamble.bsky.social•6 days ago

They are afraid of retribution from Leonard Leo & Steve Calabresi, the two co-chairs of the Federalist Society (FS). The FS is the wealthiest and most powerful organization in the US today.

skipb.bsky.social•6 days ago

because the partners at these large law firms are not patriots, they chose profits over country

toleranceforall.bsky.social•6 days ago

Seeing a lot of privileged white guy cowardice.

Manly-not.

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