bearister said:

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"The Trump administration on Monday abandoned its attempts to impose potentially crippling executive orders against law firms that refused to capitulate to the president, walking away from its appeal of victories the firms had won against the White House.

With a brief due this week, Justice Department lawyers told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that they were no longer interested in pursuing the cases and were voluntarily asking the court to dismiss them.

The decision is the White House's most significant acknowledgment that the executive orders cannot be successfully defended in court."
NYT

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# fingers crossed, or as a bald starship captain liked to command..

bearister said:

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"The Trump administration on Monday abandoned its attempts to impose potentially crippling executive orders against law firms that refused to capitulate to the president, walking away from its appeal of victories the firms had won against the White House.

With a brief due this week, Justice Department lawyers told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that they were no longer interested in pursuing the cases and were voluntarily asking the court to dismiss them.

The decision is the White House's most significant acknowledgment that the executive orders cannot be successfully defended in court."
NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/us/politics/trump-executive-orders-law-firms.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20260303&instance_id=171876&nl=breaking-news®i_id=73910054&segment_id=216051&user_id=ad18fc4e6f33bfafb338c4c822d93cea

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Trump must have seen the reports that this was a big loss for the Trump Administration so like the petulant 10 year old boy he is emotionally, he yanked his personal DOJ back the other way. No ethical attorney will work for the DOJ.

"Hours after asking the court to dismiss its appeal, the Department of Justice has abruptly reversed course and moved to continue its defense of the unconstitutional executive orders," Perkins Coie said in a statement. "It offered no explanation to either the parties or the court for its reversal. We remain committed to defending our firm, our people, and our clients."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-administration-reverses-course-seeks-continue-battle-law-firms-rcna261546