This website palegalethics.com/category/rule-of-law/ is currently offline. Cloudflare's Always Online™ shows a snapshot of this web page from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. To check for the live version, click Refresh.

Rule of Law

Lawyers: Uncle Sam Needs You!

Rule of Law, executive order, JAGS, Trump, Uniform Code of Military Justice / By Ellen Brotman

What can we do to protect the Rule of Law? First, we must be united in defending any law firm or lawyers singled out by President Trump’s executive orders. On Sunday, March 9, 2025, President Donald J. Trump announced on Fox News, “We have a lot of law firms we are going after.” This was […]

Lawyers: Uncle Sam Needs You! Read More »

What Must Lawyers Do to Protect the Rule of Law?

ABA Task Force on American Democracy, NYCBA Task Force on the Rule of Law, Rule of Law, World Justice Project (WJP) / By Ellen Brotman

The country’s faith in these institutions, including our elections and our civil and criminal justice systems has eroded. How far has that erosion of faith gone? Can it be stopped? What is the role of lawyers in protecting the Rule of Law? Every day, we hear that the Rule of Law is under attack. The

What Must Lawyers Do to Protect the Rule of Law? Read More »