Shameful. "Several law firm partners who have done significant pro bono work in the past told CNN that lawyers at large firms now may think twice before pitching cases that would step too far into politics." www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/p... - ThreadSky

marcelias.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Shameful.

"Several law firm partners who have done significant pro bono work in the past told CNN that lawyers at large firms now may think twice before pitching cases that would step too far into politics." https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/07/politics/trump-law-firm-crackdown-pro-bono-work

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lovedg.bsky.social•2 days ago

phoenixwomanmn.bsky.social•1 day ago

Marc, what would be the best way to name and shame these firms?

beedlemama.bsky.social•2 days ago

Why the cowardice? What can Trump, et al do to them?

noticky.bsky.social•2 days ago

It would seem we have a large population of cowards coming out where we can see them.

ekam83.bsky.social•2 days ago

Agree! Shameful

missharpylady.bsky.social•2 days ago

heygoogleitsme.bsky.social•2 days ago

Republican regulations

justmattmichael.bsky.social•2 days ago

Aren't all cases technically politics? Our political system created the laws and the systems that judge them. It's all politics.

blaney22.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://abovethelaw.com/2025/05/the-stench-of-capitulation-lingers-on-biglaw-firms-in-league-with-trump/

sassafras71.bsky.social•2 days ago

If the partners assign this pro bono work to the associates the talented ones will leave. If the partners do the work, how long before representing an unethical, corrupt convicted felon makes them look bad and tarnishes their "prestigious" status. Sticky situation they have....

crushmusk.bsky.social•2 days ago

Easy solution. He wants free legal work to support fascist policies? You get what you pay for.

bellwilltoll.bsky.social•2 days ago

LOSERS,CONSPIRERES,SUBSERVIENTS,INSURRECTIONISTS😡😡😡IT'S OUR COUNTRY,MORONS. OH,POOR LOSER,WOULDN'T WANT TO LOSE CLIENTS AND MISS LUNCH MONEY,YOU DAMN HIGH OVER PRICED THIEVES😡KEEP ON TRUCKIN',MARC🇱🇷👍🇱🇷👍🇱🇷👍🇱🇷 #USCONSTITUTION

tafphy.bsky.social•2 days ago

For a split-second there
I saw
"...Outdoor Lobster",
And wondered what snark I missed. We'll, nice code word.☺️🤔🫡

beverlymann19.bsky.social•2 days ago

Directly on point, I think, and really important imo:

https://bsky.app/profile/beverlymann19.bsky.social/post/3lolmbw4klc2h

battleax-70.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yellow stipesbstright up those firms backs.

Beyond that what a violation of the Oath they took to be Officers of the Court.

Which in all earnest ?Must be an ethical violation in & of itself.

alfonzodondiego.bsky.social•2 days ago

The felon has never met a law he wouldn’t break or a crime he wouldn’t commit. Despicable

cowgirlinthesand.bsky.social•2 days ago

Shameful and ridiculous. He can make anything political. They need to do their jobs how they’ve always done them but know we are all watching. Not just “him”.

armitage70.bsky.social•2 days ago

The guys getting the big bucks are typically the biggest cowards. Search before you engage. There are lots of very bright lawyers who aren’t afraid of schoolyard bullies. Particularly those that have short life spans.

sunpalms.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s criminal!

kindalike.bsky.social•2 days ago

Such cowardly behavior by the most privileged among us.

knash25.bsky.social•2 days ago

So they are self policing thus giving this “administration” (if you could call it that), exactly what they want

Talk about cowards. I thought lawyers were ruthless-geez.

Thanks Marc for stepping up! Again and again!

krisweinschenker.bsky.social•2 days ago

drew04.bsky.social•2 days ago

Anne Applebaum and the Most Corrupt Presidency in American History | The David Frum Show

#davidfrum #thedavidfrumshow #theatlantic #anneapplebaum
https://youtu.be/cpU26qBcBuw

catshadow.bsky.social•2 days ago

Scared of an old man.

dragonflyracer.bsky.social•2 days ago

Not my law firm.

sirpolymath.bsky.social•1 day ago

Unfortunately you appear to be among a dying breed in the legal profession.

lives2write4tv.bsky.social•2 days ago

fcultiststrump.bsky.social•2 days ago

where's that Military Coup to end this charade ?
congress & courts will take forever leaving cultists to inflict more damage then is repairable in next potus term

ab132.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hi Marc Elias...why are there no class action lawsuits being organized on behalf of U.S. citizens? DOGE's data mining, Trump's limiting free of speech, no due process, taxing citizens but not using the funds for programs that benefit us, etc. I emailed my rep about this but never got a response.

democracymichelle.bsky.social•2 days ago

I wonder what, if anything, the leadership of the ABA think about this.

luckiiyu7.bsky.social•2 days ago

Who wants a weak legal team!?

klassmi.bsky.social•2 days ago

Where is our checks and balances on #Felon47, America??

envy2024.bsky.social•1 day ago

That’s what they say now.

alissa914.bsky.social•2 days ago

But is it true what I heard about law firms who made a deal with Donald saying he'd get all this pro bono work that Trump didn't read the fine print. All the law firms apparently specified they'd only do work they chose including defending veterans benefits, etc. If true, it's a nice Uno reverse

twoofsix.bsky.social•2 days ago

As though Trump would accept that excuse …

alissa914.bsky.social•2 days ago

They can challenge it in court but then if he does, they can just rescind the deal.

twoofsix.bsky.social•2 days ago

Because Trump is famous for immediately doing what courts tell him to do? These firms caved once, they’ll cave again, and again, and again … Once a craven, always a craven.

alissa914.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's the one place where they can throw him in jail for not following the rules or incur a bigger penalty. He knows this. It's why he feels he must go outside and rant with reams of paper full of weird comments.

twoofsix.bsky.social•2 days ago

That was in the before times. SCOTUS gave him criminal immunity, and he controls the AG who controls the Federal Marshals. Ain’t nobody throwing Trump in jail for anything while he’s President, he knows this, it’s why Kilmar Abrego Garcia is still in El Salvador.

patricklovellpresentsthecleannewdeal.com•1 day ago

https://youtu.be/CXwQx5LuI2U?si=Qd1JdlpjeoObdvJ_

tempedan.bsky.social•2 days ago

EVERY firm that lets itself become SUBSERVIENT to a walking septic tank deserves to go BANKRUPT just like the corrupt SCUM in WH!!

kaptruthbetold.bsky.social•2 days ago

Good let them feel this, do this. When they loose clients to smaller firms or lawyers w/spines(Marc Elias), then that wealth distribution may now ‘trickle down’ to the little firms that COULD! I hope they loose it all for caving to DJT! Have they forgotten only the ‘almighty’ knows the hour/day.

sabrinarj.bsky.social•2 days ago

😞

gaigreat.bsky.social•2 days ago

F them all.

marysez.bsky.social•2 days ago

Because us little people have never deserved real due process. Money gets due process

deetm2632.bsky.social•2 days ago

And unimaginable, really.

telecam1.bsky.social•2 days ago

And just like that, the lawyers of Skadden Arps, Paul Weiss, Willkie Farr, etc—despite their chalk-striped suits and their squash court muscles—saw their reputations tattered and their morality turn flaccid. To coin a phrase, just shivers looking for spines to run up.

racerx999.bsky.social•1 day ago

Where was the outrage when lawyers who assisted Trump's campaign were blacklisted?

No one feels sorry for lawyers. Ever.

myview66.bsky.social•2 days ago

God forbid the disenfranchised are offered legal protection.
What a scammer!

skybird75.bsky.social•2 days ago

And this is how fascism rears its ugly head. As the saying goes evil triumphs when good men do nothing.

am-mccarthy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is Doug Emhoff's firm one of them?

mikeyman6.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yes

migueldehuachuca.bsky.social•2 days ago

The chilling effect this regime intended.

keith2d2.bsky.social•2 days ago

Weak

massdisillusion.bsky.social•2 days ago

Scummy.

la-tina.bsky.social•2 days ago

That should not be criteria for taking on a case or not.

pravata.bsky.social•2 days ago

this is who lawyers have always been

janethaz.bsky.social•2 days ago

There is no reason to be afraid of Trump.

jasonleader.bsky.social•2 days ago

which is the point, he created the fear so they will refuse to challenge him. what the largest law firms fail to realize is that their capitulation will only cause their clients to leave them.

maplemememagnate.bsky.social•2 days ago

Crackdown? They spelled shake down wrong eh

mdctriallawyer.bsky.social•1 day ago

Cowards. Law is profession, not a business. We are supposed to help move society forward.

kraniumkracka.bsky.social•2 days ago

Marc, is there precedent for law firms performing work meant to be handled by the DOJ?

karyn628.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well. Wasn’t that the plan?
I tell you what, everyone calls them stupid, but they’re not .
They’re not stupid at all.

goodeveningamerica.bsky.social•2 days ago

The public faces of project 2025 are truly stupid, vacuous people. The people who authored project 2025 are deeply malevolent and highly skilled at achieving rule by fascist oligarchy. They are offering a destruction of the law through misuse of the law and therefore they are criminals.

karyn628.bsky.social•2 days ago

Still smart as hell though, as most criminals are

iopjanis.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hate to say it,
but lawyers for
the most part,
are all for themselves.
It’s a fact.
Not great, but true.

crushmusk.bsky.social•2 days ago

Nonsense. Ever hear of the ACLU?

iopjanis.bsky.social•2 days ago

I have.
Wish everyone was a good guy🤷‍♀️

mlco.bsky.social•2 days ago

That has been the outcome trump criminal administration has wanted

whadevs.bsky.social•1 day ago

May these firms get what they deserve

octomudgen.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pocket over patriotism. 😠

mikemillennial.bsky.social•2 days ago

Intended consequences

rabbibenknockoff.bsky.social•2 days ago

American culture is broken.

andyridesbikes.bsky.social•2 days ago

What isn't, or can't, be made political?

guymazzeo.bsky.social•2 days ago

Sounds like an easy excuse, not to do pro bono work

imdoctorremulak.bsky.social•2 days ago

pussies

randomperson645639.bsky.social•2 days ago

Law is inherently political

tafphy.bsky.social•2 days ago

@marcelias.bsky.social
◄ Matthew 22:14 ►
New King James Version
“For many are called, but few are chosen.”

🫡
✡️✝️🕊💯🐾🐾🥰

detached-principle.bsky.social•2 days ago

Lets be clear - Trump see's the office of the Presidency as a rightful legacy to his family linage ... not as an pledge of obligation of service to the American people -

tafphy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah. Just like SCOTUS justice Kavanaugh.

gibbywantsjustice.bsky.social•2 days ago

Keep fighting, Marc.
You give us hope.

Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.

billybob285.bsky.social•2 days ago

Chilling.

smallmightyquinn.bsky.social•2 days ago

Marc - I have a question; why is it that the 300+ people that threatened (in writing) Judge Boasberg and his daughter are not being arrested for death threats?

Isn't it against the law to threaten a federal judge and/or a private citizen with torture or death?

Laws should be able to be enforced.

rocodeedee.bsky.social•2 days ago

Corrupt cowards.

flappyhappy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pro bono publico
Not
Pro bono optimorum

cowgirl52.bsky.social•2 days ago

I'm sick of this evil shit. These evangelicals don't care if he crashes the economy they want him to be evil! Hell, they probably want him to be Pope since they think that's funny!

humanity101.bsky.social•2 days ago

👀👆This is something you’d expect in China / Russia etc 🤷‍♀️

pmmbscs.bsky.social•2 days ago

Cowards

spacecadetty.bsky.social•2 days ago

He's a zit that needs to be popped.

jasonleader.bsky.social•2 days ago

he deserves the full Mussolini treatment.

spacecadetty.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is America broken yet or will it take a little more time?

mom2girl.bsky.social•2 days ago

So sick of the corruption

harrowedsparrow.bsky.social•2 days ago

Cowards. If lawyers won't fight for the rule of law, what's the point of having a legal system at all?

donnyward.bsky.social•2 days ago

Recalls the old joke:

Why do they bury lawyers 12 feet deep?

Because deep down they’re really good people.

jennie-aussie.bsky.social•2 days ago

I would have thought that under the current regime, a large portion of cases could be perceived as being ones " ... that would step too far into politics ..."?

bdb081361.bsky.social•2 days ago

WHY DONT THEY MAKE UP FORM'S SO PEOPLE CAN FILL IN THE BLANK AND FILE PRO'SE ..... ITS THE VERBGE MOST PEOPLE CANNOT COME UP WITH ....

022770.bsky.social•2 days ago

el-condor-pasa.bsky.social•2 days ago

What isn’t* politics for Republicans at this point?

splootman.bsky.social•2 days ago

They can see which way the wind is blowing.

goodeveningamerica.bsky.social•2 days ago

HONESTLY, THIS IS NOT NEWS AND IT IS ALSO A FIRST WORLD PROBLEM FOR HIGHLY PROTECTED PROFESSIONALS. ADDITIONALLY THE LANGUAGE THAT DESCRIBES THE RELUCTANCE OF CERTAIN ACTORS TO ENGAGE THEIR EMPLOYER IS MISNOMERED AS “POLITICS.” IT IS NOT POLITICS: IT IS COOPERATION IN ADVANCE, AS REQUIRED

jeanneleduc.bsky.social•2 days ago

Cowards.

caboosenomerson.bsky.social•2 days ago

Not just shameful, cowardly

deckstraz.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fuckin cowards I hope the Democrats make them pay when they get back in office

vitamc.bsky.social•2 days ago

The complicity is the problem

tor28.bsky.social•2 days ago

Undemining.

evolvegracefully.bsky.social•2 days ago

#LawFirmsBandTogether

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