What Can Lawyers Do When the Rule of Law Is Tested?
What can lawyers do when legal principles are under pressure?
Robin Frazer Clark recalls Emmet Bondurant’s belief that lawyers have unique tools most citizens don’t. They can file suit, issue subpoenas, step into courtrooms, and use their law licenses to do good.
Professor Stephen Vladeck takes the idea one step further. Lawyers also educate. They help people understand why due process matters, why the presumption of innocence matters, and why the rule of law has to protect everyone.
This clip is part of a larger See You In Court conversation about the Supreme Court’s shadow docket, judicial…
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