Everyone is familiar with the famous quote from Shakespeare’s “Henry VI”: “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.” While killing lawyers may not be literally necessary, the first step in destroying liberty and crushing opposition is to take away the right to legal counsel.

This March, the U.S. Department of Labor will unveil its final rule for defining the “advice exemption” to the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act’s (LMRDA) requirement that anyone engaging in “persuader” activity report their activities to the agency.