Bar organizations' statement in support of the rule of law

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March 26, 2025
Bar organizations’ statement in support of the rule of law
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CHICAGO, March 26, 2025 — We the undersigned bar organizations stand together with and in support of the American Bar Association to defend the rule of law and reject efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession.

In particular, as outlined by the ABA:

We endorse the sentiments expressed by the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in his 2024 Year End Report on the Federal Judiciary, “[w]ithin the past year we have also seen the need for state and federal bar associations to come to the defense of a federal district judge whose decisions in a high-profile case prompted an elected official to call for her impeachment. Attempts to intimidate judges for their rulings in cases are inappropriate and should be vigorously opposed.”

We support the right of people to advance their interests in courts of law when they have been wronged. We reject the notion that the U.S. government can punish lawyers and law firms who represent certain clients or punish judges who rule certain ways. We cannot accept government actions that seek to twist the scales of justice in this manner.

We reject efforts to undermine the courts and the profession. We will not stay silent in the face of efforts to remake the legal profession into something that rewards those who agree with the government and punishes those who do not. Words and actions matter. And the intimidating words and actions we have heard and seen must end. They are designed to cow our country’s judges, our country’s courts and our legal profession.

There are clear choices facing our profession. We can choose to remain silent and allow these acts to continue or we can stand for the rule of law and the values we hold dear. We call upon the entire profession, including lawyers in private practice from Main Street to Wall Street, as well as those in corporations and who serve in elected positions, to speak out against intimidation.

If lawyers do not speak, who will speak for our judges? Who will protect our bedrock of justice? If we do not speak now, when will we speak? Now is the time. That is why we stand together with the ABA in support of the rule of law.

American Bar Association
Alameda County (California) Bar Association
Alexandria (Virginia) Bar Association
Allegheny County Bar Association (Pennsylvania)
American Immigration Lawyers Association
Appellate Lawyers Association
Arab American Bar Association of Illinois
Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers
Bar Association of Erie County (New York)
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
Bar Association of San Francisco
Berks County (Pennsylvania) Bar Association
Boston Bar Association
Boulder County (Colorado) Bar Association
Chicago Bar Association
Chicago Council of Lawyers
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Columbus (Ohio) Bar Association
Connecticut Bar Association
Contra Costa (California) County Bar Association
Detroit Bar Association and Foundation
Erie County (Pennsylvania) Bar Association
First Judicial District Bar Association (Colorado)
Hawaii Women Lawyers
Hennepin County (Minnesota) Bar Association
Hispanic National Bar Association
Hudson County (New Jersey) Bar Association
Illinois State Bar Association
International Society of Barristers
Kansas Bar Association
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Association
Kansas City Metropolitan Bar Foundation
Lawyers Club of San Diego
Long Beach (California) Bar Association
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Louisville Bar Association
Maine State Bar Association
Maricopa County Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association
Middlesex County (New Jersey) Bar Association
Milwaukee Bar Association
Minnesota State Bar Association
Monroe County (New York) Bar Association
Muslim Bar Association of Chicago
Nassau County (New York) Bar Association
National Arab American Bar Association
National Arab American Bar Association - Michigan Chapter
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
National Association of Women Lawyers
National Conference of Bar Presidents
National Filipino American Lawyers Association
National LGBTQ+ Bar Association
National Native American Bar Association
New Jersey Women Lawyers Association
New Mexico Black Lawyers Association
New York City Bar Association
New York County Lawyers Association
North County (California) Bar Association
Board of Governors of the Oregon State Bar
Palestinian American Bar Association
Passaic County (New Jersey) Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
Queens County (New York) Bar Association
Ramsey County (Minnesota) Bar Association
San Diego County Bar Association
San Fernando Valley (California) Bar Association
Santa Clara County Bar Association (California)
South Asian Bar Association of North America
State Bar of New Mexico
Nassau County (New York) Bar Association
National Arab American Bar Association
National Arab American Bar Association - Michigan Chapter
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
National Association of Women Lawyers
National Conference of Bar Presidents
National Filipino American Lawyers Association
National LGBTQ+ Bar Association
National Native American Bar Association
New Jersey Women Lawyers Association
New Mexico Black Lawyers Association
New York City Bar Association
New York County Lawyers Association
North County (California) Bar Association
Board of Governors of the Oregon State Bar
Palestinian American Bar Association
Passaic County (New Jersey) Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
Queens County (New York) Bar Association
Ramsey County (Minnesota) Bar Association
San Diego County Bar Association
San Fernando Valley (California) Bar Association
Santa Clara County Bar Association (California)
South Asian Bar Association of North America
State Bar of New Mexico

[malaise]

1. Disbar these effers

That is all

[Ms. Toad]

5. Bar associations have zero ability to disbar anyone. n/t

[malaise]

6. I know that n/t

[Ms. Toad]

9. It keeps coming up, every time the ABA says something -

and I usually get push-back every time. So even if you know it, unfortunately others don't - so I'm going to comment when a connection is made between the ABA and disbarment, for the purposes of general information.

[SheltieLover]

2. Ty, ABA

[Ocelot II]

3. Hardly any GOP state/county bar associations signed on, though.

I suppose if Dear Leader tells those lawyers to back off they'll fold like cheap lawn chairs.

[Ms. Toad]

8. It's such a mish-mash, it is hard to tell when this effort took place - and how well it was publicized.

Depending on when bar associations meet, and what is required to take action, it may take more time than was available. Ohio's annual meeting is in May. They used to have a second meeting when all the sections met, but they abandoned that a while ago. I'm not involved enough anymore to know how much flexibility there would be to make an endorsement on behalf of the association between meetings.

In Ohio, many of the local bar associations are at the city level - rather than county. So the lack of county-specific endorsement doesn't surprise me.

[Ocelot II]

10. Could be. I just thought it was interesting that there were no listings for, e.g.,

the Alabama State Bar, the Florida State Bar, the Mississippi State Bar, etc., or any local entities in such states. Both my state and the counties where I worked (when I was working) were listed here, which I expected.

[Ms. Toad]

11. I just know the timing (and some of the mechanics) of getting an Ohio State Bar Association endorsement

It's been a while (yikes - more than a decade - but it was often easier to get a section endorsement (e.g. young lawyers, intellectual property, etc.) - even when the endorsement would have more logically come from the entire bar association because of the hoops that had to be jumped through to get a statement from the full bar.

[Think. Again.]

4. Thank You (again), American Bar Association and Affiliates.

[Cha]

7. TY ABA! 🕯️🕊️💙🌈