Trump Broadens His War on Lawyers, and the Scare Tactic Gets Harder to Ignore
The White House issued a memorandum on March 22 directing the attorney general and homeland security secretary to pursue sanctions and other consequences against lawyers and firms that bring cases against the administration. The timing made the message even uglier: it came right after a high-profile law firm had already bent the knee to escape an earlier order. The result was a fresh wave of condemnation from legal groups that said the administration was trying to chill representation itself.
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Trump Broadens His War on Lawyers, and the Scare Tactic Gets Harder to Ignore
The White House issued a memorandum on March 22 directing the attorney general and homeland security secretary to pursue sanctions and other consequences against lawyers and firms that bring cases against the administration. The timing made the message even uglier: it came right after a high-profile law firm had already bent the knee to escape an earlier order. The result was a fresh wave of condemnation from legal groups that said the administration was trying to chill representation itself.
The White House issued a memorandum on March 22 directing the attorney general and homeland security secretary to pursue sanctions and other consequences against lawyers and firms that bring cases against the administration. The timing made the message even uglier: it came right after a high-profile law firm had already bent the knee to escape an earlier order. The result was a fresh wave of condemnation from legal …
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