American Bar Association backs 'rule of law' after Musk calls for judges to be impeached

[Eugene]

Source: NBC News

American Bar Association backs 'rule of law' after Musk calls for judges to be impeached

“There are clear choices facing our profession," the ABA said in a statement.

March 4, 2025, 3:52 PM EST
By Ryan J. Reilly

The American Bar Association this week rejected attacks on the court system and the legal profession, after billionaire Elon Musk used his X platform to call for the impeachment of judges who have overruled or delayed aspects of President Donald Trump's moves to overhaul the federal government.

The ABA said in a statement that it would “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,” calling for an end to efforts meant to “cow our country’s judges, our country’s courts and our legal profession” and saying that such attempts at intimidation “cannot be sanctioned or normalized.”

Trump attacked judges whose decisions he disagreed with during his first term in office, as well as some of the judges who oversaw the four criminal cases against him during the intervening four years away from the White House.

Now, with Trump back in the Oval Office and Republicans in control of both the House and Senate, the federal judiciary has paused or overturned some of the most aggressive measures implemented by Trump and Musk, who has repeatedly urged the impeachment of judges who help up Trump's measures.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. How many attorneys have turned their backs on Rule of Law?

And the US Constitution.