AG Platkin, AG Weiser, AG Jennings, and AG Raoul co-led a coalition of 20 attorneys general in publishing an open letter to the legal community that expresses support for law firms that have fought back against President Trump’s unconstitutional attempts to target law firms for advocacy the Trump Administration disfavors, and that expresses the coalition’s profound disappointment that several of the country’s largest law firms have capitulated in the face of these dangerous attacks on the rule of law.

“The President’s unconstitutional attempts to target lawyers and law firms pose a grave threat to the rule of law.  That’s why I am proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with the law firms that have fought back against these threats instead of surrendering to the President’s unlawful demand. Cutting unaccountable deals in response to the President’s threats is deeply damaging to the legal profession, and it is deeply damaging to the rule of law. It is not too late for these law firms to join the many other courageous lawyers who have stepped up and joined with us to fight back against President Trump’s outrageous abuse of power.”- AG Platkin