Legal war on Trump's agenda gains firepower as federal lawyers defect to DemocratsCourt filings show ex-federal lawyers now working on cases challenging transgender healthcare and grant policies
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/legal-war-trumps-agenda-gains-firepower-federal-lawyers-defect-democrats 🔗Robert Schmad Fox News
Published July 7, 2026 6:00am EDT
Federal lawyers are leaving the Trump administration and landing in Democratic state attorneys general's offices in large numbers as blue states ramp up their legal fight against the president's second-term agenda...
Employment data analyzed by the New York Times indicates that more than 10,000 federal attorneys — approximately one-fifth of all lawyers employed by the federal government — have left their posts since 2025 began. Of these, ... well over 100 have since begun working for Democratic attorneys general's offices, with legal filings showing that some of those lawyers are now involved in cases challenging the Trump administration.
These include a lawsuit filed by Massachusetts opposing the Trump administration's efforts to restrict transgender healthcare for minors, a suit filed by California challenging its termination of research grants, ... among others.
"In the Trump era, the conservative movement has become much less able to attract competent elites. Education polarization is a long-term phenomenon, but Trump's populist style and policy platform has supercharged it, given his disproportionate appeal to the less educated," political commentator Richard Hanania told Fox News Digital. "This matters, because intelligence and experience are important for any administration trying to achieve its goals."
"Simply having people who agree with you isn't enough," he added.---------------------------
Although I am loath to post anything from Faux News, this article has some merit.
It is important to note that career civil service people do not just arbitrarily leave a well-paying government job with benefits without a good reason. Political appointees come and go, changing with whatever party is in power. Some of these lawyers had twenty years in government service before deciding to leave.
These were not retirements. Some chose to leave and then go to work against their former employer to stop them from doing what they are doing. That indicates a serious problem that we all need to pay attention to.
Also, the comment "given his disproportionate appeal to the less educated" is easily proven by the people who subscribe to Faux News and felt it was a good idea to demonstrate their IQs in the comments section. In their uneducated arguments, they proved the point that the comment made.
George Carlin once said, "Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups."
