‘Endangered lawyer’ day highlights US justice system’s plummeting standing
International coalition of legal groups focuses on political intimidation of lawyers and judges in US – once a role modelThe US has been awarded a new dubious distinction: it has...
By Ed Pilkington in New York · The Guardian World
International coalition of legal groups focuses on political intimidation of lawyers and judges in US – once a role model The US has been awarded a new dubious distinction: it has been selected as this year’s focus of an international coalition of legal groups and bar associations as a country where lawyers and judges are so politically intimidated that the rule of law is under threat. The decision to put the spotlight on the US for Thursday’s “ International Day of the Endangered Lawyer ” underlines how rapidly America has plummeted in global esteem. For decades the US has been held up as a role model of a democratic judicial system. Continue reading...