The Tempest

They doth protest too much:

In prior years, Democratic groups unleashed a campaign to pressure firms to fire lawyers who represented Trump, the Republican Party, or conservative causes. That included boycotts and pressure campaigns targeting their clients. They were using the same tactic others used against figures like Elon Musk when he purchased Twitter and sought to dismantle its censorship system. Their pressure campaigns worked. I personally know lawyers who were told to drop Republican cases or else find new employment — including partners who had to leave their longstanding firms. Some of the letters signed recently by deans and law professors protesting Trump’s orders previously purged their schools of Republicans and conservatives. With only 9 percent of law professors identifying as conservative, most faculties have practically no Republicans or conservatives left. These campaigns went beyond law firms. Trump Accountability Project, led by former Obama and Buttigieg staffers, made lists of Trump administration officials to hound them out of any employment opportunities. These blacklists later morphed into a demand for the disbarment of dozens of lawyers and members of Congress. It is true that these efforts are privately driven — much like the censorship campaigns on social media. But these campaigns often sought to target and harass lawyers and law firms to coerce them into not representing certain Republican clients or causes.

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