[This article first appeared at Common Dreams on May 27, 2025.]
Trump and his Big Law Firms Keep Losing
President Donald Trump and the Big Law firms that surrendered to his unconstitutional executive orders suffered another bad week.
Trump Loses Again
In a 52-page opinion, U.S. District Court Judge John D. Bates – a 2001 appointee of President George W. Bush – rejected the Justice Department’s effort to defend Trump’s executive order targeting Jenner & Block. Trump’s own words doomed it:
Like the others in the series, this order—which takes aim at the global law firm Jenner & Block— makes no bones about why it chose its target: it picked Jenner because of the causes Jenner champions, the clients Jenner represents, and a lawyer Jenner once employed. (Jenner & Block v. U.S. Department of Justice, et al. Civil Action No. 25-916 (JDB) p. 1)
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