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Lawyers Must Take A Stand: NYT OpEd & The New Legal Principles | Keepers of Our Republic

In the wake of President Trump's executive orders targeting various law firms in 2025, a number of former federal judges, attorneys, and legal scholars rallied to create a new set of legal principles that would affirm the necessity of asserting independence and exercising First Amendment rights in the legal profession. On this week's episode, Judge Shira Schendlin and Professor Pearlstein Director of the Princeton Program in Law and Public Policy discuss the new Principles for the Independence of the Legal Profession, and the recent op-ed in the New York Times, co-authored by Judge Schendlin. Read and sign the full text of the Principles for the Independence of the Legal Profession, here: https://keepourrepublic.org/what-we-d... -- Welcome back to Keepers of our Republic, a new weekly podcast from Keep Our Republic that takes listeners inside the institutions at the heart of American democracy. Every week, Keepers of Our Republic features thoughtful conversations with election administrators and retired federal judges. We explore how elections are really run, discuss why an independent judiciary is essential to a strong republic, and separate fact from fiction in a fast-changing world. Learn more about Keep Our Republic, a nonpartisan nonprofit, at our website, https://keepourrepublic.org "