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President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order targeting the law firm Susman Godfrey that would prevent lawyers at the firm from accessing government resources and buildings, among oth...
NBC News |
The Supreme Court on Tuesday halted a federal judge's ruling requiring several federal agencies to reinstate around 16,000 workers the Trump administration had sought to fire.
The New York Times |
The memo said the judge’s order had “yet again invaded the policy-making and free speech prerogatives of the executive branch.”

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Trump signs executive order targeting Susman Godfrey law firm
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order targeting the law firm Susman Godfrey that would prevent lawyers at the firm from accessing government resources and buildings, among other things.
Attorney General Bondi blasts judge who blocked executive order targeting law firm Trump sought to punish
Attorney General Pam Bondi railed against a federal judge who partially blocked enforcement of President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting the Jenner & Block law firm, telling government agencies to stop enforcing the order despite the “blatant overstepping of the judicial power,
About 500 law firms sign brief challenging Trump’s executive orders targeting the legal community
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting the legal community pose “a grave threat to our system of constitutional governance and to the rule of law itself,” according to a court filing submitted Friday by more than 500 law firms.
Supreme Court halts judge’s order to reinstate federal probationary workers
The case focuses on a judge's requirement that employees fired by the Trump administration be fully reinstated while litigation continues.
Supreme Court Pauses Ruling Requiring Rehiring of 16,000 Probationary Workers
A federal judge in California had ordered the Trump administration to rehire government employees fired as part of its efforts to slash the federal work force.
Supreme Court pauses deportation order
The Supreme Court has temporarily paused a lower court’s order to return a deported man to the U.S. from El Salvador. Court documents show the man entered the U.S. illegally in 2011 and the Trump administration said he is an MS-13 gang member,
Justice Dept. Criticizes Another Federal Judge for Blocking a Trump Executive Order
Attorney General Pam Bondi relied on an increasingly common assertion: that the judge was “unelected” and denying the will of voters who put the president in office.
Federal judges in New York and Texas block deportations of some people challenging the Alien Enemies Act
Federal judges in New York and Texas on Wednesday issued orders to temporarily halt the deportation of Venezuelan plaintiffs in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act – a wartime authority the administration has invoked to deport alleged gang members without due process.
Trump asks US Supreme Court to let him remove Democratic members from labor boards for now
Donald Trump's administration asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to let him remove Democratic members from two federal labor boards while legal fights over the Republican president's dismissals of them play out.
Justice Department suggests federal agencies are free to blacklist law firm despite judge's order
The Justice Department has suggested to federal agencies that they are free to blacklist a law firm targeted by President Donald Trump despite a judge's ruling that halted enforcement of a White House executive order that was meant to punish it.
Susman Godfrey the Target of Latest Executive Order, while White House Hints at $1B in Deals
It’s the sixth presidential action against a large law firm, with the president signing executive orders against Perkins Coie; Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison; Jenner & Block; and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. He also signed a presidential memo against Covington & Burling, suspending a partner’s security clearances.
Top Pro Bono Leader Resigns from Paul Weiss, a Firm Hit in Trump’s Crackdown on Big Law
Steven Banks, a former head of New York’s social services department, said he wanted to return to defending the rights of the homeless. But he leaves within weeks of the elite firm striking a deal with President Trump.
Bondi ally leads defense of Trump orders against law firms
The job of defending President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting law firms has fallen on a longtime ally of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi who joined the Justice Department earlier this year.
Jenner and Wilmer Point to Trump’s Law Firm Deals in Bid to Block Executive Orders
The settlements have allowed [the president] to ‘build an unrivaled network of Lawyers’ to advance not the interests of their own clients, but instead the government’s chosen agenda,” Jenner said, citing Trump.
Two Law Firms File for Permanent Relief From Trump’s Executive Orders
Jenner & Block and WilmerHale are seeking summary judgments against what one of them called “a plain violation of the First Amendment.”
Judges block Trump executive orders targeting law firms tied to Mueller probe
A federal judge late Friday froze parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order targeting the law firm Jenner & Block, one of two firms linked to the Robert Mueller investigation Trump has sought to punish.
Major law firm reaches deal with Trump to avoid White House order even as two other firms sue
A prominent international law firm has reached a deal with President Donald Trump to provide at least $100 million in free legal services and to review its hiring practices, averting a punishing execu
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