Professor Barry McDonald Presents "The Constitutionality of President Trump's Actions Towards Law Firms and Judges" -- Beverly Hills Bar Association

Professor Barry P. McDonald presented "The Constitutionality of President Trump's Actions Towards Law Firms and Judges" for an online CLE program by the Beverly Hills Bar Association.  The program, titled "Confronting the Assault on the Independence of the Legal Profession and the Judiciary," took place on June 9.

From the Beverly Hills Bar Association

About the Program

“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers”

Justice John Paul Stevens understood why Shakespeare put those oft-misquoted words into the mouth of the villainous Dick the Butcher. As Justice Stevens explained: “Shakespeare insightfully realized that disposing of lawyers is a step in the direction of a totalitarian form of government.”

This timely panel will discuss the constitutionality of the Trump administration’s series of unprecedented attacks on prominent law firms and sitting judges, the reaction from the courts, and how members of the legal profession can defend the Rule of Law.

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