An important thing to bear in mind is that the legal profession is largely self-regulated, and lawyers have a monopoly over the legal system. State bars and bar organizations are largely unaccountable to the public. If these organizations abandon principles of neutrality and objectivity, and become overtly ideological, they can use their power over lawyers to exert tremendous, anti-democratic influence over every aspect of life. Everyone should be worried about this.

And when I say everyone, I mean it. People assume that it's just "conservatives" complaining about these ideological changes. But to be clear, all of the people quoted in this article--like the overwhelming majority of lawyers--are liberals: David Boies, Andy Koppelman, Nadine Strossen, etc. Indeed, they're probably well to the left of your average Democrat.

Also, when it comes to the legal system, you shouldn't disregard complaints from "conservatives." The reason legal process works is because, even though it results in winners and losers, everyone at least everyone agrees in the process and the principles underlying it. The faith Americans have in the legal system is remarkable given that 90% of lawyers are liberal Democrats, while most Americans are Republicans or conservative Democrats. (Fun fact: about two-thirds of the country still opposes the half-century old Supreme Court precedent banning school prayer.) Abandoning the dedication to neutrality and objectivity that has been championed by even liberal legal organizations up to this point will have profoundly negative consequences for the rule of law.