Members of the Fordham Law community spoke with The New York Times about why they decided to participate in the National Law Day of Action, which drew roughly 1,500 people in New York City on May 1.
In interviews, attendees in New York pointed to actions such as Mr. Trump’s targeting of law firms, wrongful deportations and the arrest of a Wisconsin judge on charges of obstructing immigration enforcement.
“I’m horrified by what’s going on,” said James Kainen, 71, a law professor at Fordham University and a former assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York. “We had ethics. We prosecuted people because they violated the law, not because they angered somebody for some ridiculous reason.”
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Hope Elizabeth Guzzle, a first-year law student at Fordham who attended the New York rally, said the attack on legal norms had helped persuade her to pursue a career in public interest law.
“The one place where there is still concern for norms and fighting back is in the law,” said Ms. Guzzle, 24, who wore courtroom attire.
Read “In Suits and Ties, Lawyers Protest Trump’s Attacks on the Legal System” in The New York Times.