If a side effect of this era were to permanently kill law school elitism in the profession, that would be a silver lining.
Yaakov Roth was a Harvard Law School grad, SCOTUS clerk, and longtime BigLaw partner. His resume, law students were always told, was a sign that he was among those at the top of the legal profession.
Today, he said Trump could tear down the Statue of Liberty tonight and no one could stop him.
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“If the government decides, very quickly, to bulldoze the Statue of Liberty... nothing can be done?” asked Judge Patricia Millett.
“I think that’s right, yes,” responded DOJ attorney Yaakov Roth
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Justice Department lawyers said the courts are powerless to intervene in the dispute over the former East Wing.