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"President Donald #Trump is trying to intimidate his critics into silence. And, sadly, it is working.
I saw this firsthand when I urged deans of law schools to sign a three-paragraph statement that concluded, 'We … speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of #lawyers in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy.”" — Erwin Chemerinsky
“The story of automation in the US is that it has mostly impacted on manual workers in manufacturing. For example, factory employees — such as carmakers — performing routine tasks have lost their jobs to robots — or lower-cost Asian competitors.
#IndustrialAutomation has tended to affect lower-skilled, #BlueCollar jobs in the “#rustbelt” heartlands and small-town, less-educated communities in the south and midwest.
But a recent study from the #BrookingsInstitution suggests that the communities most exposed to AI-driven job dislocation will be #WhiteCollar information workers. The researchers studied the usage of #OpenAI’s #GenerativeAI tools across more than 1,000 occupations and mapped this against where those jobs were most commonly located.
Their analysis suggests that many #coders, #lawyers, #FinancialAnalysts and #bureaucrats in cities such as San Jose, San Francisco, Durham, New York and Washington DC might want to rethink their futures. But #NonOffice-bound #workers in places such as Las Vegas, Toledo, Ohio and Fort Wayne, Indiana may be less exposed to AI disruption.”
My observation since 2022 when #ChristopherHohn an influential shareholder decided to *speak out* about “reducing its head count and paying (hi-tech) workers less”. [1]
This is the decade where extreme (cost) pressure will be forced on White collar workers by the introduction of AI.
<https://archive.md/YqF03> / <https://www.ft.com/content/04343a69-8204-493c-b8c6-edfbd4057199> (paywall)
The result is an extraordinary threat to fundamental #constitutional rights of #DueProcess & #LegalRepresentation….
#Legal scholars say no previous US admin has taken such concerted action against the legal establishment, with #Trump’s predecessors in both parties typically respecting the constitutionally enshrined tenet that everyone deserves effective representation in court & that #lawyers cannot be targeted simply for the cases & clients they take on.
#Trump’s crackdown on #lawyers is having a chilling effect on his opponents’ ability to defend themselves or challenge his actions….
#Biden-era ofcls said they’re having trouble finding #lawyers willing to defend them. The volunteers & small nonprofits forming the ground troops of the #legal resistance to #Trump admin actions say that the well-resourced #LawFirms that once would have backed them are now steering clear.
The Imperative of Solidarity in Response to Assaults on #Legal Services, #Universities, & Independent #Media
“If #journalists, #lawyers, & #academics are going to be able to play the role that they need to perform as bulwarks of #democracy & the rule of #law, they & their employers must begin to think & act in collective terms.“
https://www.justsecurity.org/109439/collective-law-firms-universities-media/
"Over the past 4 weeks, #Trump has taken increasingly disturbing actions each week to undermine #lawyers who have been willing to oppose him — or even just defend people who have different views than him... Trump and allies have also gone after, with increasing vitriol, #judges who have ruled against his new admn’s overreaching acts.
Looked at clearly... #DonaldTrump wants to, and is working to, destroy the rule of #law."
https://www.lawdork.com/p/donald-trump-lawyer-attacks-and-the-rule-of-law
"Since the #PaulWeiss settlement, some #lawyers now expect that a united front in #opposition to Trump’s actions will never materialize...
“It was so cowardly and despicable,” said the Perkins associate. “They hung us out to dry. If the big firms had stuck together, I think we would have gotten through this. There’s strength in numbers... But now what? Firms have to either pledge fealty to #Trump or get destroyed?”"
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/disgusted-betrayed-paul-weiss-extortion-executive-order-trump-lawyers-firm-karp-perkins-coie-rachel-cohen
What's happening in the #US government right now seems like they're "#fuzzing #democracy", that is overwhelming the system and the opposition in order to install autocracy.
The primary problem IMHO being that the #constitution is still written in an antiquated form of #English which allows an #elite class of specialized #lawyers to interpret laws, and therefore be gatekeepers of law.
This is what idolization of documents gets you. At the very least update the phrasing to be more clear.
A man detained at Krome Miami Processing Center is making an urgent appeal asking for a video he recorded recounting his situation and that of other Venezuelan & Guatemalan detainees to go viral. They have been held isolated in the detention center for 30 days and are not allowed to speak to a lawyer! To view the #video click on the link below.
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4usmserhjqkvhldgedfjb3jw/post/3lkrug44gs223
#SOS #US #Krome #Miami #Florida #ICE #Migrants #Disappeared #Detainees #HumanRights #Trump #DueProcess #Lawyers #Politics
@mighty_orbot @eunews
No it won't: Trump couldn't give a s... about any law whatsoever. Just #impeach all #lawyers if need be.
Question, my dad told me about this program called the people's law school where they will teach you how to be a lawyer, have you go through law school, and while doing law school, have you volunteer at a lawfirm helping those who are low income receive legal representation. Does anyone know about this? #Law, #LawSchool, #Lawyers
Judge orders Trump administration officials to give sworn testimony on DOGE
The #Justice Dept fought the effort to put staffers involved in the controversial cost-slashing effort under oath.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/27/doge-depositions-union-lawsuits-00206542
"While the bureaucracy-slashing #DOGE effort has sparked more than a dozen #lawsuits, the order from Bates is the first that would force people involved in the project to answer questions from #lawyers outside the #government"
The whitewash continues, and, of cojrse, it's a rape case involving a young female victim.
The perpetrrato r (perpetraitor?) Is a GOP congressman named Cory Mills.
Of course, the pigfucker nazii Bondi did not sign the arrest warrant.
Police Attempt to Arrest Republican Stopped by 'Trump's Lawyers'
Source: Newsweek #DonaldTrump #Republicans #Police #Lawyers
Who Is Running the US DOGE Service?
At a recent hearing, no one—not even the Trump administration’s own lawyers—seemed to know.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/who-is-running-the-u.s.-doge-service
"The #Trump administration’s own #lawyers say that they don’t know who is in charge of the US #DOGE Service—or whether an administrator for the organization even exists...
the judge raised doubts about the constitutionality of DOGE’s structure and operations under the Appointments Clause."
![Transcript from article:
JUDGE KOLLAR-KOTELLY: But where is Mr. Musk in all this?
HUMPHREYS: I don’t have any further information. He’s a close adviser to the president, which then, under the president’s authority, goes to the Secretary of Treasury and then down to the Treasury—
JUDGE KOLLAR-KOTELLY: So as an adviser, would Musk be in some other employment category?
HUMPHREYS: I’m not aware.
JUDGE KOLLAR-KOTELLY: Okay, so, is there an administrator of DOGE at the present time?
HUMPHREYS: I don’t know the answer to that.
JUDGE KOLLAR-KOTELLY: You don’t know whether there is an administrator, is that what you’re saying?
HUMPHREYS: I’m saying I don’t know.
JUDGE KOLLAR-KOTELLY [directing her attention to Humphreys’ co-counsel]: Okay, everybody at the table speak up over there if you know anything else.
[Silence.]
JUDGE KOLLAR-KOTELLY: I mean, I have to say, the government represented to a judge in the Eastern District of Virginia that there is, quote, an “acting USDS administrator.” And obviously the executive order creating DOGE says there’s a USDS [DOGE] administrator. So isn't there some problem, if there's no administrator, as to how DOGE functions? Who supervises them, how do they come up with ideas? I mean, if you've got employees that are with DOGE, that are working with Treasury, who's telling them what to do, if there's no administrator?](https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/114/066/652/154/721/187/original/fe29e720948d408c.png "Transcript from article:
JUDGE KOLLAR-KOTELLY: But where is Mr. Musk in all this?
HUMPHREYS: I don’t have any further information. He’s a close adviser to the president, which then, under the president’s authority, goes to the Secretary of Treasury and then down to the Treasury—
JUDGE KOLLAR-KOTELLY: So as an adviser, would Musk be in some other employment category?
HUMPHREYS: I’m not aware.
JUDGE KOLLAR-KOTELLY: Okay, so, is there an administrator of DOGE at the present time?
HUMPHREYS: I don’t know the answer to that.
JUDGE KOLLAR-KOTELLY: You don’t know whether there is an administrator, is that what you’re saying?
HUMPHREYS: I’m saying I don’t know.
JUDGE KOLLAR-KOTELLY [directing her attention to Humphreys’ co-counsel]: Okay, everybody at the table speak up over there if you know anything else.
[Silence.]
JUDGE KOLLAR-KOTELLY: I mean, I have to say, the government represented to a judge in the Eastern District of Virginia that there is, quote, an “acting USDS administrator.” And obviously the executive order creating DOGE says there’s a USDS [DOGE] administrator. So isn't there some problem, if there's no administrator, as to how DOGE functions? Who supervises them, how do they come up with ideas? I mean, if you've got employees that are with DOGE, that are working with Treasury, who's telling them what to do, if there's no administrator?")
Trump fires top army lawyers.
You wouldn’t do that unless you intend to use the army for something that might be challenged in court 
"Having loyalist #lawyers in place will make it much harder for #military officers to resist Trump’s orders. #Hegseth has been critical of military lawyers constraining officers in the field. In practical terms, this might result in a legal blessing and greater practice of what is commonly regarded as #WarCrimes. Hegseth’s selection for Sect of #Defense came after he lobbied #Trump to pardon convicted #WarCriminals."
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/military-purges-and-complacent-judges
#Defense Sec #PeteHegseth thanked Adm Franchetti & Gen Slife “for their service & dedication to our country” & requested nominations for their replacements.
Hegseth did not say why he was firing the judge advocates general. But in his Senate confirmation hearing, he criticized #military #lawyers for placing needless #legal restrictions on soldiers in battle — putting “his or her own priorities in front of the war fighters….”[IOW making sure the #law was not broken, no #WarCrimes were committed]
In all, 6 #Pentagon officials were fired. In addition to #JointChiefs chairman Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., #Trump also fired Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the first #woman to lead the #Navy; Gen. James Slife, the vice chief of the #AirForce; & the top #lawyers for the #Army, Navy & #AirForce.
#USpol #law #military #NationalSecurity #MilitaryPreparedness
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/us/politics/trump-fires-cq-brown-pentagon.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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