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How the Government Should Deal with Lawyers' Alleged Bad Behavior: Substance and Procedure

Last week, I posted an excerpt of Paul Clement's arguments as to why the Executive Order targeting the WilmerHale law… The post How the Government Should Deal with Lawyers' Alleged Bad Behavior: Substance and Procedure appeared first on Reason.com.

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Judges block Trump executive orders targeting another two law firms

Lawyers are arguing that Trump’s vengeful orders amount to an assault on the foundations of the legal system and are an unconstitutional retaliation by the president.

The Independent UK

Trump’s newest law firm target is where FBI foe Robert Mueller once worked

WilmerHale and Jenner & Bock have sued the Trump administration over the orders

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Paul Clement's Argument Against the Executive Order Targeting the WilmerHale Law Firm

It's a lawyer's argument, not an attempt at objective analysis. But I think that on balance it is generally quite correct, and powerfully framed.

Reason

Two law firms targeted by Trump sue over executive orders that sought to punish them

Two prominent law firms targeted by the White House are filing lawsuits over virtually identical executive orders, pushing back over edicts meant to punish them over their association with attorneys who have previously investigated President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Trump sued by two law firms as another makes deal to avoid being targeted

Jenner & Block and WilmerHale seek to stop executive orders that would halt business with government

The Guardian - US

How Trump’s ‘America First’ MAGA movement turned the Republican Party into an ‘arm of the Kremlin’

IN FOCUS: President Trump’s recent attack on Volodymyr Zelensky sees GOP accused of parroting Vladimir Putin’s talking points, Joe Sommerlad reports

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‘X-rays into the president’s soul’: Jeffrey Toobin on Trump, Biden and the pardon power

A new book examines controversial recent decisions and the lasting effects of Ford’s pardoning of Nixon in 1974

The Guardian - US

Trump Tells Putin To Make Ukraine Deal 'Now' Or Face Tougher Sanctions

US President Donald Trump stepped up the pressure on Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to make a peace deal with Ukraine Wednesday, threatening tougher economic measures if Moscow does not agree to end the war.

International Business Times

'Alternative facts' and 9 other phrases popularised by Donald Trump

Here are 10 amusing words or phrases the President has been associated with over the years

Evening Standard

FBI director guides the agency in confronting complex international threats, investigating federal crimes and running 55 field offices

Mention the FBI, and many older Americans will likely think of a time when the agency was run by J. Edgar Hoover, who spent much of his nearly half-century tenure at the agency harassing political dissidents and abusing his power. But as former FBI counterterrorism expert Javed Ali explains, the…

The Conversation

Yes, Joe should pardon Trump next

Let's hit the reset button on American democracy. Is it moral? I don't know, but it gives us a chance to start over

Salon

Donald Trump taps his criminal defense lawyers for top DoJ roles

Administration picks Todd Blanche and Emil Bove defended president-elect in New York hush-money case

The Guardian - US

Here’s where the most notorious curse word comes from

Long-time favorite four-letter-word ‘f***’ has crept more steadily in recent decades into media, society, slang and even politics. As many Americans (and global citizens) exclaimed it around the US presidential race and results, a new edition of lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower’s The F-Word has been published. He shares some ‘f****ing’ factoids…

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We are witnessing the making of a fascist president in real time

Trump used his presidency to harass and prosecute ‘enemies within’. If re-elected, he will act with even less restraint

The Guardian - US

Trump says he would fire Jack Smith ‘within two seconds’ of becoming president

Ex-president makes clearest expression yet of intent to shut down two criminal cases brought against him by special counsel

The Conversation

2024 US presidential election: can we believe the polls?

Nationwide polls are often of limited relevance, considering the unique structure of the US electoral system. To gain a better understanding of the upcoming presidential election, we need to focus on surveys conducted in the pivotal battlegrounds – the so-called swing states. After the missteps in previous elections, it’s hard…

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Trump took ‘British naval secrets’ to Mar-a-Lago, says Christopher Steele

Former UK spy says in new book Trump ‘apparently unauthorizedly’ took secrets with him

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Interference review – team behind the Mueller Report describe the 2016 political maelstrom

Special counsel prosecutors who investigated Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election set things straight

Salon

Experts: Smith preps "powerful" evidence

Legal scholars expect a bitter fight over what evidence may be redacted from the public

The Guardian - US

US still unprepared for Russian election interference, Robert Mueller says

Former special counsel issues warning in preface to book about 2016 investigation and Trump-Moscow links

The Guardian - US

How will Harris debate Trump? Six key moments offer insight

Debate could allow her to deliver on her oft-repeated promise to voters: that she will prosecute the case against Trump

Salon

Trump adviser charged for Russian ties

Trump campaign alum Dimitri Simes and his wife Anastasia took over $1 million in pay from the sanctioned TV station

The Guardian - AU

Kamala Harris wore a tan suit to day one of the DNC – what does it mean?

Some argued the suit was actually camel, while others online speculated Harris was trolling Republicans – or simply wearing her off duty suit

Salon

Another prosecutor's Trump mistake

Arizona prosecutors told grand jury not to indict Trump in fake elector scheme. It was bad law and a bad decision

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