Trump's 'unprecedented' executive orders to 'muzzle' lawyers must be condemned, ex-DC Bar presidents tell judge

Source: Law & Crime

Oct 3rd, 2025, 12:06 pm


Seventeen former D.C. Bar presidents and several voluntary bar associations are urging a federal judge to allow the American Bar Association's (ABA) lawsuit over President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting law firms to move forward, regardless of the fact multiple such firms have cut deals with the administration.

The signatories, seeking permission to file an amicus brief in the case, said their interest in the lawsuit is the defense of lawyering in general against the Trump administration's efforts to "muzzle" attorneys through intimidation.

"The formal steps taken by the Trump Administration to penalize and intimidate the President's perceived political enemies profoundly affect all lawyers, and most particularly those in the seat of government where we and others practice law," said the Thursday filing.

Calling it an "extraordinary time in the history of our democracy," such that even filing an amicus brief of this nature "potentially places us at personal risk of reprisal from the Trump Administration," dozens of lawyers and the Hispanic Bar Association of D.C., the Metropolitan Washington Employment Lawyers Association, the National Bar Association, the Trial Lawyers Association, and the Women's Bar Association of D.C. collectively asserted that sounding the alarm over the bigger picture is "imperative."

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