{"id":64744,"date":"2026-07-21T10:34:33","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=64744"},"modified":"2026-07-21T10:34:33","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:34:33","slug":"free-speech-rights-for-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=64744","title":{"rendered":"Free Speech Rights For Lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Monday, The Federalist<\/a> posted an article written by Jay Sekulow and Jordan Sekulow about the disbarment of conservative lawyer John Eastman. John Eastman has an impressive background–he is a former professor and deal at Chapman University School of Law. He has run for political office in California, and he is a former law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Shortly after our personal representation of President Trump in his impeachment acquittal before the U.S. Senate, we warned about what we saw coming. The left was preparing to go after conservative lawyers. Now that unfortunately has come to pass, and it\u2019s exactly what the American Center for Law and Justice is preparing to challenge at the U.S. Supreme Court.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ACLJ is representing Professor John Eastman, a former Trump attorney, in a forthcoming cert petition to the Supreme Court of the United States challenging his disbarment by the state of California.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the wake of the 2020 election, Eastman, a constitutional scholar and former law school dean, represented President Trump in a number of election-related challenges involving issues upon which no court had weighed in. He was thereafter disbarred by the California Bar following disciplinary proceedings arising from his legal advice, public advocacy, court filings, and speeches regarding the 2020 presidential election. That decision was erroneously upheld by the California Supreme Court.<\/strong><\/p>\n

No court sanctioned Eastman for any of his legal positions, yet the California Bar disbarred him anyway. In essence, Eastman was disbarred for exercising his free speech rights and providing legal counsel to President Trump in the aftermath of the election.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If a state can disbar a conservative attorney for his advocacy \u2014 his free speech \u2014 by retroactively labeling that advocacy as professional misconduct, then the left will be empowered to wage lawfare against every conservative attorney with whom they disagree.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

The implications extend far beyond Eastman. Every attorney who represents a controversial client, advances a novel constitutional theory, or challenges prevailing legal orthodoxy has an interest in ensuring that professional discipline is not used to chill protected advocacy. Today\u2019s unpopular argument may become tomorrow\u2019s accepted precedent. The Constitution protects the freedom to make those arguments in the first place.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Free speech is protected by the U.S. Constitution. Some of the people on the political left need to remember that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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