That’s why the lawsuit against the administration, filed last month by the American Bar Association, the nation’s largest voluntary association of legal professionals, is such an important—and welcome—volley in this growing war between the president of the United States and the American legal profession. Specifically, the suit seeks preemptive relief prohibiting Trump from taking any further action against law firms around the country. In an 85-page complaint, the ABA outlines in painful detail the intimidation tactics that the White House has used to break the independence of the legal profession. The ABA asks the court to issue an order protecting lawyers throughout the U.S. by prohibiting Trump from using those tactics in the future.