Legal Profession Fails the CourtThe legal profession has failed to muster a meaningful defense of our system of government and the rule of law in the face of unprecedented attacks from the Left.
By Gayle Trotter
May 15, 2023
Who will defend the U.S. Supreme Court and our system of self-government from leftists bent on regaining power by any means necessary? Oddly enough, not the legal profession.
As the Court faces increased pressure from leftists outraged over the Court’s new majority of justices who believe in adherence to the Constitution, the private bar has done nothing to push back against claims of the Court’s illegitimacy. Instead, the countless lawyers in government, academia, private practice, and the media remain strangely silent as they witness these unprecedented attacks on the Court.
As threats against six of the justices require them to take abnormal security measures, prominent legal figures continue to attempt to de-legitimize and weaken the vital third branch of our constitutional government. Still, the private bar stays mute.
Justice Samuel Alito recently spoke with the Wall Street Journal and revealed shocking details of life as a Supreme Court justice after the decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the case that overturned the grievously wrong Roe v. Wade and Casey v. Planned Parenthood decisions, thereby returning to the states the question of legal restrictions on abortion.
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Leftist law professors have revealed how they feel about the Court’s legitimacy and how they are changing their teaching to reflect their feelings. Might we expect better from professors of law, entrusted with training the next generation of lawyers? Not a chance. As an academic study has shown, lawyers lean left, academia leans left, and the law professoriate leans very far to the left.
The media echo chamber picked up on the messaging of the Biden Administration, top Democratic Party lawmakers and Democratic politicians. Targeted pieces by MSNBC, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and other media outlets attack the Supreme Court.
The justices and the Court rarely address criticism, but the tenor and the volume of the attacks have prompted responses by the Court, including a response by the Court to Senator Dick Durbin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Signed by all current members of the Court, the statement emphasizes the justices’ security needs: “Judges at all levels face increased threats to personal safety,” especially Supreme Court justices, given the higher profile of their cases. “Recent episodes confirm that such dangers are not merely hypothetical,” warn the justices.
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Source:
https://amgreatness.com/2023/05/15/legal-profession-fails-the-court/
