Trump's weaponized government goes after private-practice attorneys

[RoryN]

Trump signs executive order yanking security clearances of lawyers from Perkins Coie​

President Trump said Thursday he was moving to suspend the security clearances of attorneys at Perkins Coie, a law firm linked to Democratic-funded opposition research during the 2016 presidential campaign into any ties between Mr. Trump and Russia.

The sanction against Perkins Coie is the latest in a series of moves by Mr. Trump and his administration to target a broad cross-section of perceived adversaries, including Justice Department prosecutors, career intelligence officials and, most recently, private-practice attorneys.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-targets-law-firm-perkins-coie-2016-russia-investigation/

 

[Politruk]

And everybody thought Nixon crossed a line just by having an enemies list . . .

 

[Noitall]

Good!

 

[KingDJT]

Oh just wait! If you aren't a CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer, you can consider your law degree toilet paper! CONSTITUTIONAL LAW IS on its way, whether you like it or not! TRUTH enjoy the games!

 

[Escierto]

Really? Do you think Trump's Chumps care? There could be Russian soldiers in the streets taking control and these scum would be cheering.

 

[KingDJT]

Really? Do you think Trump's Chumps care? There could be Russian soldiers in the streets taking control and these scum would be cheering.

Blah blah blah! Russia Russia Russia Putin Putin Putin! MARCH MADNESS HAS ARRIVED! Enjoy the games!

 

[Politruk]

Oh just wait! If you aren't a CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer, you can consider your law degree toilet paper! CONSTITUTIONAL LAW IS on its way, whether you like it or not! TRUTH enjoy the games!

Constitutional law is what we've always had, since 1789. What on Earth are you talking about?!

 

[Bray123]

Trump is now requiring everyone filing a case against him or the government to lodge sufficient funds to pay the government's costs in the unlikely case that the government wins.

What this does is require anybody appealing against a decision to lodge millions of dollars just to file the case. So if you want to ascertain whether or not Musk has anything at all to do with DOGE, because last week's filings determined that he wasn't, yet he's firing career officials as if he is, you better be rich.

 

[Noitall]

Sounds GREAT!

 

[Politruk]

Trump is now requiring everyone filing a case against him or the government to lodge sufficient funds to pay the government's costs in the unlikely case that the government wins.

He has no legal authority to do that.

 

[Saint_Ann]

Weaponization of the justice dept. isn't a real thing according to the democratic left.

 

[Politruk]

Trump's orders targeting law firms raise constitutional concerns, experts say

WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's executive orders terminating security clearances and taking other actions against two prominent law firms may violate constitutional protections and represent exceptional acts of retribution against lawyers who have crossed him in the past, according to legal experts.

The two firms targeted by the Republican president have represented Trump adversaries. Perkins Coie represented the campaign of 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, who Trump defeated in his first presidential run. Covington & Burling currently represents Jack Smith, the special counsel appointed during Democratic former President Joe Biden's administration who brought criminal charges against Trump in two cases.

Legal experts interviewed by Reuters said the manner in which Trump targeted the firms could run afoul of the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment protections against government abridgment of speech and Fifth Amendment guarantee of due process - a requirement for the government to use a fair legal process.

Trump on Thursday directed Attorney General Pam Bondi, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and all U.S. agency chiefs to restrict access by lawyers at Perkins Coie, a firm founded in Seattle, to federal buildings and end their security clearances.

In his separate executive orders concerning the firms, Trump ordered reviews intended to end contracts they currently hold with various federal agencies. Trump also initiated a review intended to end the government contracts of Perkins Coie clients.

Trump's February 25 executive order targeting Washington, D.C.-based Covington revoked security clearances for two lawyers who advised Smith rather than the clearances for all the firm's attorneys.

 

[RoryN]

Donald Trump to Major D.C. Law Firm ...
You're My Bitch Now!!!

https://www.tmz.com/2025/03/21/donald-trump-wins-paul-weiss-law-firm-executive-order-mark-pomerantz/

 

[KingDJT]

Weaponization of the justice dept. isn't a real thing according to the democratic left.

They have no fucking idea what's about to hit them! Zero knowledge, no minds are a better word but then, nobody ever claimed communists were very smart! MARCH MADNESS. the fun has begun!