Neal Katyal asks the Supreme Court to give Nestle and Cargill immunity for abetting child slavery.

Neal Katyal’s legal theory on behalf of Nestle and Cargill might be too extreme even for this ultraconservative court.
— Read on slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/neal-katyal-supreme-court-nestle-cargill-child-slavery.html

Many, including Katyal, have done genuinely noble work for free, while actively harming workers, consumers, and vulnerable communities for pay. Do these lawyers deserve a position in a progressive administration? Obama certainly thought so. Soon, Democrats will have to decide whether they will still invite such attorneys into the federal government. It is a shame that Big Law’s many victims—including, most likely, the six former child slaves behind Tuesday’s case—will not have a voice in that conversation.

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