When the Law Bows to Power signal 10
Tonight, while watching the news, I saw one more reason to speak. One more piece of evidence that our democracy is being dismantled in plain sight—and that we are at the mercy of a tyrant if we don’t stand together.
This president believes he can weaponize the Department of Justice to crucify anyone he sees as a threat—even people who’ve done nothing but speak the truth. In his eyes, truth itself is treason.
He’s gone after immigrants. He’s gone after students. He’s gone after children. He has shipped people off to prison in a foreign country with no due process.
This isn’t law and order. It’s lawlessness cloaked in power. And the more we look away, the bolder it becomes.
Half the country voted for this man. But I refuse to believe that half the people in this country truly wanted this.
Because this is not governing. This is the decimation of government in an attempt to bend power to the will of one man.
And now we are watching as law firms—pillars of our legal system—bow one by one, offering him tens of millions in pro bono legal work, not out of duty, but out of fear. They're not defending justice. They're defending themselves from him.
Some made these deals before they were even targeted. Some pledged $40 million. Others, $100 million. They gave him the power to decide how it will be used. To write trade deals. To shape tariffs. To dismantle democracy with a team of lawyers bearing their firm’s names.
And for what?
To be spared. To avoid his wrath. To stay in his good graces—for now.
But history sees this. And history remembers.
As former Attorney General Eric Holder asked:
“What are you going to say five years from now... when you talk about your firm’s great culture and your commitment to the rule of law? How will you say that with a straight face?”
That question isn’t just for them. It’s for all of us.
Because every time we justify silence in the face of injustice, we set a precedent. We send a signal.
Let this be the signal we send back:
We see you. We are not afraid to speak. And we have not forgotten what justice is supposed to look like.
There will come a time when silence is no longer an option. For me, that time is now.
When the law bends to power, the people must rise to conscience.
I write this not to persuade—but to witness. So no one can say we didn’t see it coming.
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