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malaise

(292,829 posts) Fri May 23, 2025, 03:57 PM May 2025

Breaking - Federal judge overturns Trump's executive order targeting law firm Jenner & Block

https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/23/politics/jenner-and-block-executive-order

A federal judge on Friday struck down an executive order signed by President Donald Trump earlier this year targeting the law firm Jenner & Block, ruling the effort ran afoul of the Constitution’s First Amendment.

The decision from US District Judge John Bates in Washington, DC, represents the second time in recent weeks a judge has thwarted Trump’s attempt to retaliate against a top law firm.

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Breaking - Federal judge overturns Trump's executive order targeting law firm Jenner & Block (Original Post) malaise May 2025 OP

Excellent, I hope that judges keep striking down his insane executive orders. Dave Bowman May 2025 #1

No matter how many judges strike his EOs down, it won't make any difference. ificandream May 2025 #2

Celebrate every little victory! Maeve May 2025 #3

And to all those law firms who wouldn't stand up for the Constitution, FU! JohnSJ May 2025 #4

NEW: Judge rules that Trump's executive order targeting the law firm Jenner & Block is unconstitutional LetMyPeopleVote May 2025 #5

Thanks as always malaise May 2025 #7

TRUMP MUST KNOW BETTER Jimvanhise May 2025 #6

Dave Bowman

(6,665 posts)

1. Excellent, I hope that judges keep striking down his insane executive orders.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2025, 04:01 PM

May 2025

ificandream

(11,691 posts)

2. No matter how many judges strike his EOs down, it won't make any difference.

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2025, 04:06 PM

May 2025

I think his strategy is to push the government so far off a cliff that it'll be impossible to right the ship. And, unfortunately, it seems to be working now. The only way to fix things would be to get him and his rabble out of power.

Maeve

(43,337 posts)

3. Celebrate every little victory!

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2025, 04:09 PM

May 2025

And on to the next fight

Dad was wrong, I shoulda been a lawyer. Lots of work out there right now.....

JohnSJ

(98,883 posts)

4. And to all those law firms who wouldn't stand up for the Constitution, FU!

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2025, 04:29 PM

May 2025

LetMyPeopleVote

(174,973 posts)

5. NEW: Judge rules that Trump's executive order targeting the law firm Jenner & Block is unconstitutional

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Fri May 23, 2025, 05:36 PM

May 2025

trump did not appeal the first such order. Will trump appeal this ruling?

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NEW: Judge rules that Trump’s executive order targeting the law firm Jenner & Block is unconstitutional, the second such order to be overturned. DOJ still hasn’t appealed an earlier ruling that blocked an executive order targeting Perkins Coie