Coalition of State Attorneys General Amicus Brief

Key Excerpts

• The President’s Executive Order challenged here presents dangerous incentives to lawyers to quiet their voices, limit their arguments, or forgo the legal process at all.
• The principle that every person deserves competent legal representation is nonpartisan, longstanding, and fundamental to the rule of law.
• The Executive Order repudiates the time-honored tradition that, as lawyers across the political spectrum have recognized, the justice system functions best when there is zealous, high-quality advocacy on all sides.
• While our positions in litigation may differ, the states, the courts, and the public all benefit when all sides to a dispute are effectively represented.