In pointed remarks, the justice told an audience of hundreds of lawyers that she had joined them as “an act of solidarity.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday that lawyers should stand up and fight in battles faced by the nation’s legal system, comments that come amid attacks on federal judges and President Donald Trump’s targeting of elite law firms in executive orders.

Sotomayor’s remarks come as the Trump administration seeks to exert its power and will on lawyers and law firms.