Some states have parted ways with the ABA, but federal recognition of the group's accreditation power gives it a monopoly on the entire U.S. legal profession.
President Trump has stretched the bounds of executive power to reward his allies for their loyalty, including with pardons and dropped prosecutions. But the lawyers in his orbit still face a threat of accountability from outside the government’s reach. Bar associations, the organizations that regulate the legal profession, are pressing on with disciplinary actions against Trump lawyers whose conduct they assert has called into question their fitness to practice law. Most deny wrongdoing and have condemned the proceedings as weaponization. The Hill's Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee explore all of that and more in The Gavel, their newsletter covering the courts and legal issues. Read More:…