WASHINGTONPOST (Mark Berman) - Trump administration asks court to restore punishments for law firms
The Justice Department told a federal appeals court that judges who blocked executive orders sanctioning several law firms had infringed on the president’s authority.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - The Justice Department Stops Targeting Law Firms Then STUNNINGLY REVERSES That Decision | THE GAVEL
The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to let it renew its defense of President Trump’s executive orders targeting several of the nation’s top law firms — a stunning reversal just a day after the government deserted the appeals. In a court filing Tuesday, DOJ asked to withdraw its motion to dismiss appeals of four rulings by federal judges that rebuffed the orders aimed at law firms Perkins Coie, WilmerHale, Jenner & Block and Susman Godfrey. The Hill's Zach Schonfeld and Ella Lee explore all of that and more in The Gavel, their newsletter covering the courts and legal issues. Read More: https://thehill.com/homenews/5765442-trump-iran-legal-constraints/…
NYTIMES (Devlin Barrett) - Trump Justice Dept. Seeks to Stall State Bar Discipline of Its Lawyers
The administration has no control over the disciplinary authorities of state bar associations, but a new proposal would let the attorney general ask them to suspend proceedings involving department lawyers.
WASHINGTONPOST (Mark Berman) - Justice Dept. reverses course and seeks to defend orders targeting law firms
The Trump administration had moved to drop its defense of President Donald Trump’s executive orders sanctioning law firms. A day later, it abruptly backpedaled.
NYTIMES (Michael S. Schmidt, Jonah E. Bromwich and Devlin Barrett) - Trump Administration, in Apparent Reversal, Tries to Continue Fight Against Law Firms
The administration told a court on Monday that it was abandoning its defense of executive orders targeting the firms. But on Tuesday, the Justice Department appeared to abruptly change its position.
NYTIMES (The Editorial Board) - Nine Law Firms Surrendered. Four Law Firms Won.
The four law firms that fought Trump’s executive orders have forced him to retreat.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Roger Kimball) - The Left’s Elastic Principles On Judicial Authority
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote. The Democrats might repeat Emerson’s motto, but they go one better. They […] Source
AMERICANGREATNESS (Roger Kimball) - The Left’s Elastic Principles On Judicial Authority
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote. The Democrats might repeat Emerson’s motto, but they go one better. They […] Source