Judge James Ho of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently charged that the nation’s major law firms are infested with the woke ideology of the Left, infusing them with “institutional bias” and leading them to provide pro bono and other assistance on only one side of the political divide.
After more than two decades in the heart of darkness—Washington, D.C.—my own observations of the legal community match those of Ho.
Pro bono work for liberal causes gets you praised and rewarded. But seek to do pro bono work for conservative causes, and you will be criticized, denied permission to engage, and possibly thrown out of your law firm.
On March 14, in a case filed by the Republican and Libertarian parties against Mississippi, the 5th Circuit voted 10 to 5 against taking up a case en banc and reviewing an earlier decision of a three-judge panel.
That…
