Eastman Asks SCOTUS To Stop California’s ‘Politicized’ Barfare– thefederalist.com

Constitutional attorney John Eastman is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the California Bar’s “politicized” efforts to strip him of his ability to practice law.

The Claremont Institute senior fellow filed a petition on Friday requesting that the high court take up and hear arguments in his case, Eastman v. State Bar of California. The matter deals with the Golden State’s recent decision to strip Eastman of his law license over legal advice he gave President Trump in the latter’s 2020 election challenges.

As characterized by the left-wing States United Democracy Center, the California Bar “alleged Eastman tried to ‘plan, promote, and assist then-President Trump in executing a strategy, unsupported by facts or law, to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 presidential election by obstructing the count of electoral votes of certain states.’” The Federalist’s Brianna Lyman noted, however, that “this had nothing to do with ‘ethics’ or even ‘crime,’ and a review of the 11 charges the bar filed against Eastman shows they boil down to one thing: punishing Eastman for representing Trump and raising legitimate questions about the 2020 election results.”

The California Supreme Court affirmed Eastman’s disbarment in April. The decision came after the constitutional scholar was forced to endure repeated antagonism from the lower court judge tasked with overseeing his trial.