With New Decree, Trump Threatens Lawyers and Law Firms
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With New Decree, Trump Threatens Lawyers and Law Firms

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump broadened his campaign of retaliation against lawyers he dislikes with a new memorandum that threatens to use government power to punish any law firms that, in his view, unfairly challenge his administration. The memorandum directs the heads of the Justice and…

Trump’s Revenge on Law Firms Seen as Undermining Justice System
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Trump’s Revenge on Law Firms Seen as Undermining Justice System

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump’s retribution campaign against law firms, legal experts and analysts say, is undermining a central tenet of the American legal system — the right to a lawyer to argue vigorously on one’s behalf. With the stroke of a pen last week, Mr….

Opinion | Pardons and Paybacks Are Trump’s Two Modes of Justice
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Opinion | Pardons and Paybacks Are Trump’s Two Modes of Justice

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Payback and projection have long been two of President Trump’s touchstones. He settles scores in return for every perceived slight and accuses his targets of what he has done himself. In his second term, that approach has bled into the law, with perilous…

Opinion | The MAGA Culture War Comes for Georgetown Law
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Opinion | The MAGA Culture War Comes for Georgetown Law

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines This might sound like a funny thing to say, but I’ve rarely read a more unconstitutional letter. On Monday, Ed Martin, the interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, sent the dean of Georgetown University Law Center, a Catholic law school, a…