Democratic Norms

The Law Firm That Sold Its Soul (And Why Yours Is Next)

The elite law firm Paul Weiss didn’t capitulate to Trump out of cowardice—it did so because the system now rewards loyalty over principle. This isn’t a moral failure; it’s a warning that the rule of law has become a survival game where every institution must choose: bend or break. And when the most powerful choose to bend, the rest of us are left exposed.