Some highlights from the opinion include Leon describing the Trump administration’s arguments in court as “absurd!” and responding to one of the government’s requests with an exasperated “Please!”
At one point, Leon memorably writes: “The Order shouts through a bullhorn: If you take on causes disfavored by President Trump, you will be punished!”
Since returning to the White House, Trump has targeted several law firms that either refused to represent him or were associated with people he doesn’t like by suspending their attorneys’ security clearances and barring their employees from federal buildings.
In March, he aimed his ire at the law firm WilmerHale because it had hired former special counsel Robert Mueller, who oversaw the 2016 Trump-Russia investigation. WilmerHale quickly fired back by suing the Trump administration in an attempt to block the order, stating that it is “a plainly unlawful attack on the bedrock principles of our nation’s legal system—our clients’ right to counsel and the First Amendment.”
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