Trump allies launch a bid to take control of the D.C. Bar Association
Trump allies launch a bid to take control of the D.C. Bar Association
Trump allies launch a bid to take control of a powerful Washington legal group
Summary
Bradley Bondi, brother of Attorney General Pam Bondi, and Alicia Long, deputy to Ed Martin, Trump’s interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, are running for president and treasurer of the D.C. Bar.
This raises concerns they could weaken disciplinary efforts against attorneys tied to the Trump administration. The D.C. Bar, with 120,000 lawyer members, is influential in nominating professionals for the body that investigates lawyer misconduct.
Pro-Trump officials could undermine crucial lawyer ethics guidance and enforcement, especially amid a very tense relationship between the Trump administration and bar associations.
Disciplinary actions and ethical complaints have already targeted notable Trump-linked lawyers, including Rudy Giuliani and Jeffrey Clark.
Uh oh. It looks like they figured out the judiciary can still fuck them up unless they say they aren't going to respect the constitution. This is a huge fucking deal, and it's terrifying. This will be the immediate end of this country if this happens, so start talking about it with you friends and family and get them in the know.
Could you elaborate more, I don't think I understand this enough to talk to friends and family about it.
The Bar Association is a private organization that essentially licenses all lawyers and judges in the country to be able to practice, very similar to the various medical boards that license doctors.
Almost every state subscribes (there are like two or three Libertarian leaning states who don't hard require it) to the Bar to enforce their requirements to allow lawyers to practice in their locales, so someone who just passed law school in New York needs to pass the NY Bar exam, and then they can practice law in NY. All lawyers and Judges need to maintain training to keep their Bar certification and prove they are staying up to date on major changes in their jurisdictions. if you are Disbarred (most people have heard this term), you lose the ability to practice law in your jurisdiction.
Trump and his cronies have figured out the Judiciary isn't going to just crumble to their fascist tactics, and so they're trying to take control over the very organization that can decide who can and can't practice law.
Essentially, they're trying to take control over the third branch of government to shake people down or remove people who aren't going to bend the knee and be compliant. They didn't expect this to be necessary, but they are adapting.
Don't like a judge? Disbarred.
Don't like the ACLU? Disbar them all.
This needs to be stopped immediately.