Jack Smith's Indictment of the Entire Legal Profession

[erronis]

1. Excellent article. And thanks to Slate for not putting it behind a paywall.

Points out how our democracy is on a knife edge and way too many lawyers are pushing at it.

For those who have been writing and thinking about the role of lawyers in the Trump years, this exchange is emblematic of how deeply corroded the practice of law and the profession have become. A group of attorneys grew so besotted with Trump and Trumpism that they were willing to work against the law—to break the law—in order to produce false documents, make unsubstantiated public claims, file meritless litigation, and suborn perjury, all in a desperate bid to keep Trump in power.