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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Martin Pengelly in Washington

Prominent conservative lawyers band together to fight Trump threat

Trump in Edinburg, Texas, on Sunday. He is the clear frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination.
Donald Trump in Edinburg, Texas, on Sunday. He is the clear frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination. Photograph: Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images

Three prominent US legal thinkers have announced a new organisation to champion conservative legal theory within the rule of law, to fight the threat of a second Donald Trump term.

“Our country comes first,” the three wrote in the New York Times, “and our country is in a constitutional emergency, if not a constitutional crisis. We all must act accordingly, especially us lawyers.”

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