Farfesa Larry Tribe na Jami'ar Harvard ya taɓa zama fitaccen masanin shari'a a ƙasar. New York Times ake kira a gare shi a matsayin "alama ta shari'a" da kuma "mai ba da shawara ga Shugaba Obama." New York Magazine ya kira shi "babban masanin dokokin kundin tsarin mulki na ƙasa."
Amma a zahiri, ƙabila ita ce ƙabilar da ake ganin ita ce babbar hanyar lauyoyin da ake ganin tana da cikakken iko, wanda kawai take goyon bayan kafa Jam'iyyar Democrat. 'Yan takarar lauyoyi suna da kyawawan halaye na shari'a, amma a ƙarƙashin ƙarar su akwai ƙishin Bolshevik na iko.
Kabila ta fara aikinsa a wannan fanni kusan shekaru arba'in da suka gabata lokacin da ya bayar da shaida a kan nadin Alkali Robert Bork a Kotun Koli, kira Bork "mai adawa da haƙƙoƙin mutum ɗaya da kuma girmama ikon zartarwa."
Duk da haka, da lokaci, sadaukarwar ƙabilar wajen wargaza tsarin zamantakewa da kuma lalata maƙiyansa na siyasa ta ƙara bayyana. Ya yi ƙoƙarin tauye haƙƙin mallaka a lokacin martanin Covid ta hanyar goyon bayan dakatar da korar dalibai daga CDC. Daga baya ya yi kira ga Shugaba Biden da ya soke basussukan dalibai ba tare da wani sharaɗi ba, kodayake bai taɓa amincewa ko za a ɗauke shi a matsayin "ƙiyayya ga haƙƙin ɗan adam" ko "daukar nauyin ikon zartarwa ba." daga baya an kare shi takunkumin da gwamnatin Biden ta sanya wa masu adawa ta yanar gizo, inda ta rubuta cewa yaduwar ra'ayoyi "zai sa mu kasa samun tsaro a matsayinmu na kasa" da kuma "zai jefa mu cikin hatsari kowace rana."
Kwanan nan, Farfesa Tribe shiga Manyan kamfanonin lauyoyi na ƙasar sun yi jayayya cewa bai dace da tsarin mulki ba ga makarantun gwamnati su raba ƙungiyoyin wasanni ta hanyar jinsi. Kamfanonin lauyoyi na Behemoth kamar Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP ($2.7 biliyan a cikin kuɗin shiga na shekara-shekara) da Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale da Dorr LLP ($1.6 biliyan a cikin kuɗin shiga na shekara-shekara) sun shigar da ƙara. mai amicus takaitaccen bayani game da dokar West Virginia da ta takaita wasannin mata ga mata masu rai.
Kathleen Hartnett, abokin tarayya a Cooley LLP ($2.1 biliyan a cikin kudaden shiga na shekara-shekara), ta yi jayayya a madadin ƙalubalantar dokar. Duk da cewa an yi lissafin kusan dala miliyan 100. $ 3,000 a kowace awa ga abokan ciniki masu biyan kuɗi, ta kasance iya don samar da ma'anar abin da ake nufi da "zama namiji ko mace, yaro ko yarinya" lokacin da Alkali Samuel Alito ya tambaye shi.
Wannan lamari ba wani abu bane mai ban mamaki; Babban Dokar ta gurbata tsarin shari'a na Amurka ta hanyar bayar da biliyoyin daloli a matsayin ayyukan shari'a kyauta ga yaƙin neman zaɓe da ba bisa ƙa'ida ba da kuma ayyukan dabbobin gida masu sassaucin ra'ayi, yayin da take hana samun damar shiga kowace ƙungiyar adawa.
Misali, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (kudin shiga na shekara-shekara dala biliyan 3.6) sun ware kimanin dala 40,000 pro bono Awanni da dama zuwa shari'o'in shige da fice a shekarar 2022 kadai (wanda ya kai akalla dala miliyan 5 a cikin ayyukan shari'a) kuma ya ci gaba da adawa da duk wani nau'in korar bakin haure ba bisa ka'ida ba. Kamfanin ya sadaukar da miliyoyin albarkatu don ciyar da wasu manufofin hagu, ciki har da m mataki, ajanda ta trans, da kuma "zumunci" shirin wanda ya bayyana sha'awarsa ta faɗaɗa damar samun takardun abinci, yaƙi da ƙoƙarin tabbatar da adalci a zaɓe, da kuma tallafawa "dokokin birni masu tsarki."
Babban Dokar gabaɗaya iri ɗaya ce. Willkie Farr & Gallagher (kudin shiga na shekara-shekara na dala biliyan 1.5) sun yi magana a shafin yanar gizon su cewa sun yi aiki da shi. pro bono don tallafawa ci gaba da "zubar da ciki ta tiyata" a Tennessee. A shekarar 2020, Doka360 aka bayyana yadda kamfanoni kamar Ropes & Gray (kudin shiga na shekara-shekara dala biliyan 3.4), Arnold & Porter (kudin shiga na shekara-shekara dala biliyan 1.19), da WilmerHale suka "faɗa a kotu" don tallafawa zaɓen wasiƙa free.
Abin lura, waɗannan kyauta ne a cikin nau'i gudummawar ta shafi hanya ɗaya kawai. Babu ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan kamfanonin da ya ba da ayyukan tsaro ga masu zanga-zangar da aka kulle a ranar 6 ga Janairu. asibiti na sirri ko don An yi wa Kiristoci hari daga Ma'aikatar Shari'a ta Merrick Garland. Skadden bai bayar da shawara ga masu adawa da gwamnati da aka janye saboda kin amincewa da gwamnatin ba. WilmerHale bai taɓa tsayawa takara ba pro bono don dakatar da jihohi daga rufe majami'u ko kasuwanci ta hanyar kulle-kullen. Cooley ba zai taɓa yin jayayya a gaban Kotun Koli a madadin waɗanda suka ji rauni a allurar riga-kafi ba.
Akasin haka, suna aiki don halaka duk wanda ya ƙi yin amfani da ma'aunin adalci. Ta hanyar ƙungiyar siyasa mai suna Project 65, lauyoyin 'yan Democrat kamar Mark Elias (wanda a da yake na Perkins Cole ne, wanda ke da kuɗin shiga na shekara-shekara na dala biliyan 1.2) suna aiki don wargaza duk wani lauya da ke adawa da zaɓen wasiƙa.
Elias ya nemi a samar da "tsarin daukar nauyi" ga wadanda ke kalubalantar ka'idojin da 'yan Democrat suka gindaya na "zaɓe mai 'yanci da adalci." "Ba na tsammanin wani lauya ya kamata ya sami lasisin lauya don samun damar lalata al'adun dimokuradiyya na ƙasarmu," in ji shi. Waɗannan ƙoƙarin sun haifar da California. disbaring Tsohon lauyan Shugaba Trump, John Eastman.
Idan abokan hulɗa suka ƙi bin ƙa'ida, kamfanonin za su yi watsi da su. Kirkland & Ellis (kuɗin shiga na shekara-shekara dala biliyan 8.8) tilasta fita abokin tarayya Paul Clement saboda nasarar kare haƙƙin Kwaskwarima ta Biyu a Kotun Koli. Todd Blanche, abokin tarayya na dogon lokaci a Cadwalader, Wickersham, & Taft (kuɗin shiga na shekara-shekara dala miliyan 638) dole ne ya yi murabus don wakiltar Shugaba Trump a 2023, wani abin mamaki da ya bambanta da Big Law da alfahari da bayar da shawarwari ga 'yan Democrat kamar Bill Clinton, John Edwards, da Anita Hill a lokacin takaddamar da suka yi a bainar jama'a. Bayan sun yi nasara wajen jayayya. Dalibai don Shigar Gaskiya v. Harvard, Adam Mortara dole ne ya yi murabus daga matsayin abokin aikinsa a Bartlit Beck.
A shekarar 2022, Hogan Lovells (kudin shiga na shekara-shekara na dala biliyan 3.0) ta kori wata mata abokiyar zamanta, Robin Keller, saboda ta bayyana goyon bayanta ga shawarar Kotun Koli na soke ta. Roe v. Wade a cikin kiran kamfani na ciki. Keller rubuta a cikin Wall Street Journal"Idan wannan zai iya faruwa da ni, duk wanda ya bayyana ra'ayin da bai so ba - ko da kuwa a kan batun doka - zai iya tsammanin irin wannan magani: sokewa nan take ba tare da damuwa da bukatun abokin ciniki ba, tsarin shari'a ko adalci."
Dalibai sama da 40,000 ne ke yin rajista a makarantun shari'a na Amurka kowace shekara, kuma matsakaita An ba wa wanda ya kammala karatun digiri lamunin dala $125,000. Hanya ɗaya tilo da za a iya biyan wannan bashin ita ce ta hanyar yin bauta a manyan kamfanonin lauyoyi na ƙasar, kuma masu fafutukar kare haƙƙin jama'a suna tabbatar da cewa babu "kasuwar 'yanci" ta ra'ayoyi don ƙalubalantar tsarin koyarwarsu. Ba wai kawai sabbin abokan hulɗa za su fuskanci fushin "sokewa nan take" da Keller ya bayyana ba, har ma da ribar da ake samu tana ƙara sa su zama bayi ga biyayya.
Wannan tsari ya ƙara ɓata tsarin shari'a, wanda shine babban cikas ga Shugaba Trump wajen aiwatar da gyaran da aka zaɓe shi ya aiwatar. Ta hanyar ɓoye kansu cikin shari'a da fasaha, masu tsattsauran ra'ayi suna kama babban tasiri a cikin hukumomin iko na Amurka kuma suna sanya kansu a matsayin waɗanda za su iya naɗawa a matsayin masu dacewa da shari'a. Suna toshe gwamnatin Trump da umarni marasa amfaniSuna da tasiri mai yawa a jami'o'i da kuma kafofin watsa labarai; suna ba da ikon da ake tsammani ga ra'ayoyi marasa tushe kamar ra'ayin cewa makarantu ba za su iya samun ƙungiyoyin 'yan mata da maza a wasanni bisa doka ba.
Akwai matsaloli da dama a cikin wannan ƙasar da suka shafi bayyanar Leviathan a fannin kafofin watsa labarai, fasaha, magunguna, da sauran masana'antu, waɗanda suka haɗa da aikin lauya da kansa. Suna da sha'awar kiyaye matsayin gudanarwa a yanzu yayin da suke fafutukar yaƙi da sake haifar da 'yanci a bikin cika shekaru 250 da kafa wannan ƙasa. Duk da cewa tasirinsu yana raguwa saboda fallasa ga jama'a, juriyarsu da ƙudurinsu na riƙe ikonsu ya fi bayyana fiye da da.
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Labarai daga Cibiyar Brownstone, ƙungiyar sa-kai da aka kafa a watan Mayu na 2021 don tallafawa al'umma da ke rage rawar tashin hankali a rayuwar jama'a.
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