The Political Disbarment of Professor John Eastman
Eastman v. State Bar of California
The ACLJ filed a petition for a writ of certiorari asking the Supreme Court to reverse California's disbarment of Professor John Eastman, a constitutional scholar who represented President Trump after the 2020 election.
He represented the President in a number of election-related challenges involving issues of first impression upon which no court had weighed in. He was thereafter disbarred by the California Bar following disciplinary proceedings arising from his legal advice, public advocacy, court filings, and speeches regarding the 2020 presidential election.
That decision was erroneously upheld by the California Supreme Court. We are asking the Supreme Court to grant review, reverse the decision, and make clear that the First Amendment means what it says – even when the speech is unpopular.