Jenner & Block file lawsuit re Trump administration efforts to intimidate

[Ocelot II]

3. "The first thing we do is, let's kill all the lawyers."

This quote from Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part II is often used to bust on lawyers - but it wasn't meant for that at all. The line is spoken by the villainous Dick the Butcher, a follower of the insurrectionist Jack Cade, whom Shakespeare describes as “the head of an army of rabble and a demagogue pandering to the ignorant.” Dick is saying that for their coup to succeed they must first eliminate the lawyers - the first line of defense against the demagogue.

Trump is trying to "kill" all the lawyers, and for exactly the same reason, and if he succeeds we are well and truly finished. If lawyers haven't the stones to keep litigating against his crimes against democracy because they're too afraid of losing clients, shame on those cowards. Trump is going after the big firms because they have the resources to take on these cases, and he's trying to put them out of business if they don't give up. There are 149 cases in the works right now, https://www.justsecurity.org/107087/tracker-litigation-legal-challenges-trump-administration/ - and so far Trump is losing. If he kills all the lawyers there will be no more cases. So, kudos to Jenner & Block and Marc Elias and all the others who are keeping the faith.