Stephen King's take on 'Trump and his cronies' hiring lawyers is a strong contender for 'literally the worst legal take ever typed into words'

Sarah D | 2:23 PM on December 15, 2021

Stephen King is a bestselling author. But last time we checked, he’s not a legal expert.

That’s not stopping him from sounding off on people who need lawyers:

Lawyering up is what members of organized cartels do, using due process as a holding action. Lose, appeal. Lose, appeal. Run out the clock. This is how Trump and his cronies are dealing with their political afterlives.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) December 15, 2021

Andy Dufresne would like a word, Stephen.

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— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) December 15, 2021

King literally wrote a novella about a man who was wrongly imprisoned. It got made into a movie about a man who was wrongly imprisoned.

And here’s Stephen King now, saying that due process is just a ruse and that “lawyering up” indicates guilt.

https://twitter.com/jkimballcook/status/1471197851824840709

I love you, Mr. King, but this is just a bad take. ANYONE who doesn't "lawyer up" in America is asking to be convicted, innocent or not.

— Roger Swab (@ExcretusMaximus) December 15, 2021

I don’t like Trump either but “lawyering up” is quite literally literally a constitutional right.

That’s why it’s called “due process,” not “due process for everyone except the really odious people.”

— Joe Setyon (@JoeSetyon) December 15, 2021

Defending your rights is something only a criminal would do @BadLegalTakes https://t.co/sLspGVjXdL

— Nicki Clyne (@nickiclyne) December 15, 2021

I'm assuming you'll apply this logic ("Lawyering up is what members of organized cartels do") the next time a black defendant gets a lawyer. https://t.co/L8tmzaZEZA

— Sarcastic Cupcake (@SarcasticCupcak) December 15, 2021