Earlier this week, the Supreme Court heard argument in the challenge to President Trump’s cancellation of the DACA program. . . . By my count, approximately 25 large law firms filed amicus briefs opposing the President’s action, on top of the three large law firms representing the plaintiffs. Not a single major firm filed a brief supporting the Administration. Similarly, at the start of the Term, the Court heard argument in the Bostock case, presenting the question whether Title VII’s prohibition on sex discrimination includes discrimination based on sexual orientation. Around 20 large law firms filed amicus briefs supporting plaintiffs and a broad reading of Title VII; not a single big firm filed a brief supporting the defendant. . . .
One factor preventing that, in these and other cases I believe, is self-censorship. Our elite law firms are hesitant to let their lawyers get involved in cases that might generate criticism from left-of-center, or that conflict with views other lawyers in the firm may hold personally. Second, and related, firms fear repercussions from certain well-heeled corporate clients if they take positions disfavored by progressives.
The left is better at weaponizing outrage. This is why it has won the culture wars.
Merely donating a few bucks to an initiative defending traditional marriage was enough to cost Mozilla’s talented CEO Brendan Eich his job. And this was nearly six years ago. Things have become much more pozzed since then.
What major firm would file an amicus brief arguing for an enforceable border? Or opposing crotch-flashing “drag queen story hour” to indoctrinate impressionable young minds?
We know the answer. The question is, knowing this, and recognizing that the left has won the culture wars, what to do about it?
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The left is better at weaponizing outrage. This is why it has won the culture wars.
Merely donating a few bucks to an initiative defending traditional marriage was enough to cost Mozilla’s talented CEO Brendan Eich his job. And this was nearly six years ago. Things have become much more pozzed since then.
What major firm would file an amicus brief arguing for an enforceable border? Or opposing crotch-flashing “drag queen story hour” to indoctrinate impressionable young minds?
We know the answer. The question is, knowing this, and recognizing that the left has won the culture wars, what to do about it?