Build some new ones
I think everyone knows that I’m appalled by the fact that all of our civilian institutions like universities, law firms, corporations, media companies etc are failing us in epic fashion.
This makes me feel like all may not be lost:
A group of well-known Washington lawyers is opening a law firm focused on challenging President Donald Trump’s executive orders and agency actions as he strives to dramatically reshape the federal government during his second term.
The Washington Litigation Group, a new boutique non-profit firm, is composed of seasoned attorneys, judges and former government employees who lost their jobs when the president took office – with some even emerging from retirement. Its services will be free to those looking to push back on Trump’s use of executive power, and the group has already begun representing the head of an independent agency fired by the president.
The group is led by Tom Green, former head of Sidley Austin’s white-collar practice and a veteran attorney who defended clients during the Watergate investigation and Iran-Contra affair.
Nathaniel Zelinsky, an attorney with experience practicing before federal appeals courts as well as the Supreme Court, joins the firm from Milbank and Hogan Lovells.While there are other firms tackling similar cases to the Washington Litigation Group, Zelinsky told CNN in a phone call that their group stands out because of the number of people who have come out of retirement to work for the firm.
“I think that makes the firm different from other folks who are out there who are trying to do this work, in the sense that, we have this collection of extraordinary individuals who have come out of retirement to provide their mentorship and guidance and strategic vision,” Zelinsky said.
Zelinsky said that the firm is expected to be active in litigation regarding the unlawful removal of civil servants, agency dissolution and white-collar defense.
It’s taken longer than it should but it’s something. I would have loved to see academia band together and media corporations create some kind of organization to fight Trump’s anti-DEI edicts and obvious extortion. But this is a start.