DOJ attorneys are quitting faster than Trump can fire them—and not for politics, but for principle.
A legal ethics scholar explains their duty to the Constitution and justice, not just superiors:
https://theconversation.com/justice-department-lawyers-work-for-justice-and-the-constitution-not-the-white-house-254763
#USPolitics #DOJ
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