Took a while, but the American Bar Association is standing up!

[senseandsensibility]

According to Catherine Rampbell on bluesky, "The American Bar Association files suit to halt government intimidation of lawyers and law firms"

Good news, IMHO.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Maybe they can add the judges and go for Judicial class action /nt

[Kid Berwyn]

2. Better late than never.

Still will remember they’ve been AWOL.

[flashman13]

13. It took long enough. I hope every one of the law firms that bent the knee go belly up.

[SSJVegeta]

3. How bout revoking the license of the attorney general?

[madville]

6. The ABA has zero authority over licensing

That would be up to the Florida Bar and any other state she is licensed in.

[SSJVegeta]

9. But does the ABA have any ppwer to nudge the Florida Bar that direction?

I guess what im asking is: how involved can the ABA be in state bar licensing issues?

[madville]

10. No

The Florida Bar is governed by the Florida Supreme Court, Desantis has appointed 5 of the 7 members currently serving.

[SSJVegeta]

12. From what I can tell, the state bars are not run by any government or gov entity.

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Apparently the state Supreme court only appoints two out of the 52 members on the state bar board of governors. The rest are mostly elected.

https://www.floridabar.org/about/faq/what-we-do/#:~:text=The%20governing%20body%20of%20The,most%20of%20their%20travel%20expenses.

[ananda]

4. Yes, indeed... about time!

I'm tired of people caving to the bully.

[madville]

5. Will be interesting to see

If it is determined that they have standing to sue. Cases like these usually need an actual party that’s involved/wronged/injured to be the plaintiff in the suit.

Like the VFW can’t just sue the VA on behalf of all veterans, they could fund a lawsuit but would need some actual veterans to be named as plaintiffs.

[senseandsensibility]

7. It seems like they should be able to find some

with all the insanity going on. But what do I know?

[rzemanfl]

8. Am I the only one who suspects TSF

calling out the military and the turnout for No Kings caused them to greenlight filing the lawsuit?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

14. American Bar Association sues Trump administration over law firm sanctions

The group said President Donald Trump was trying to intimidate lawyers and law firms to prevent them from challenging him in court.

American Bar Association sues Trump administration over law firm sanctions
The group said Trump was trying to intimidate lawyers and law firms to prevent them from challenging him in court. (no paywall) www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

— Nita Cosby (@5-2blue.bsky.social) 2025-06-16T22:27:14.963Z

Link to tweet

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/06/16/american-bar-association-sues-trump

The American Bar Association sued the Trump administration Monday over the president’s sanctions on law firms, saying he was threatening the independence of lawyers and trying to intimidate them from challenging him in court.

“Never before has there been as urgent a need for the ABA to defend its members, their profession, and the rule of law itself,” the group’s lawsuit said.

President Donald Trump rattled the legal profession this year by issuing executive orders punishing some law firms and striking deals with others hoping to avoid similar penalties.

Four firms sued to challenge Trump’s orders. Judges have struck down three of the orders, calling them unconstitutional. A ruling in the fourth lawsuit, filed by the firm Susman Godfrey, is pending, though the judge hearing that case has temporarily blocked most of Trump’s punishments.

Trump’s deals with nine prominent law firms have outraged many attorneys at those businesses and across the country. The firms agreed to provide nearly $1 billion in combined pro bono legal services for causes that include aiding veterans. A wave of attorneys quit firms that made deals, in some cases defecting to competitors who fought Trump’s actions in court.

The ABA tries to stay out of politics. This will be a fun lawsuit to watch

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. This makes me smile

This will be fun to watch

Link to tweet

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GtlQznOWAAAFv1jjpg

Here is a link to the lawsuit-I love the fact that Susman Godfrey is the counsel for this lawsuit
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.281674/gov.uscourts.dcd.281674.1.0.pdf

[UTUSN]

16. K&R