Professional Associations

In response to RFK Jr. firing the entire vaccine advisory panel to the CDC, professional medical societies are working to create a new parallel system to accurately advise on vaccines to insurance companies and states.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/06/24/vaccines-access-rfk-cdc/

The American College of Physicians, other professional medical associations, vaccine developers

Professional Associations

The Independent Hospitality Coalition in LA helps restaurants prepare to effectively restrict ICE intrusions

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/dining/los-angeles-restaurants-independent-hospitality-coalition.html

Refusal of assistance to enforcement agents

Independent Hospitality Coalition

Professional Associations

Conservative and liberal constitutional law scholars release statement criticizing federal government’s withdrawal of funding from Columbia University

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2025/03/20/a-statement-from-constitutional-law-scholars-on-columbia/

Literature and speeches advocating resistance

Constitutional law scholars

Professional Associations

Polish judges facing forced early retirement continue to go to work. Supreme Court justices request Court of Justice of the European Union to review legality of PiS's judicial assault.

https://horizonsproject.us/polish-judges-resist-attacks-on-the-rule-of-law/

Civil disobedience of “illegitimate” laws, judicial noncooperation

Professional Associations

Coalition of state judges and lawyers refuse to swear allegiance to military rule and organize weekly strikes.

https://horizonsproject.us/lawyers-in-pakistan-march-against-a-military-dictator/

State judges and laywers

Professional Associations

After her law firm complied with President Trump's demand for free legal support, Rachel Cohen announced her conditional two week notice, which she would revoke if the firm decided to respond appropriately to the unprecedented attacks.

https://x.com/annabower/status/1902982563599184282?s=12

Professional Associations

Hungarian teachers organize strikes, form human chains, block bridges, throw garbage at effigies of government ministers, publicly burn official letters warning teachers not to protest

https://horizonsproject.us/teachers-in-hungary-oppose-democratic-backsliding/

Social disobedience, professional strike

Tanítanék teachers' movement

Professional Associations

https://horizonsproject.us/brazilian-doctors-strike-for-healthcare-reform-and-democracy/

Brazilian doctors union

Professional Associations

https://www.newsweek.com/ice-employee-quits-had-make-moral-decision-2097370

Professional Associations

Denise Cheung resigns from US Attorney’s Office after Trump administration demand it pursue unfounded criminal investigations undermining prosecutorial independence.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/us/politics/denise-cheung-federal-prosecutor-quits.html

Professional Associations

97% of Dutch doctors under Nazi rule refused orders to register with Nazi-controlled Chamber of Physicians (which faciliated Nazi policies).

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/hippocratic-underground-doctors-nurses-resistance/#

Boycott of government-supported institutions