Trump’s legal intimidation memo widened the fight with the bar
The White House had already put lawyers and law firms on notice, and by March 23 the blowback was hardening into a bigger institutional fight. The administration’s memo threatening sanctions against attorneys and firms that bring what it calls frivolous cases drew immediate condemnation from civil liberties groups and legal defenders who saw it as a direct attack on the adversarial system. The practical effect was to make Trump’s retribution campaign look less like discipline and more like a government trying to bully its critics into silence.
The White House had already put lawyers and law firms on notice, and by March 23 the blowback was hardening into a bigger institutional fight. The administration’s memo threatening sanctions against attorneys and firms that bring what it calls frivolous cases drew immediate condemnation from civil liberties groups and legal defenders who saw it as a direct attack on the adversarial system. The practical effect was t…
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