In back-to-back rulings, [two] federal judges rule against Trump orders targeting law firms

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https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/g-s1-56890/law-firms-sue-trump

Federal judges in two separate cases have temporarily blocked a White House effort to punish the law firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale, with one judge calling the effort "disturbing" and the second calling it a "constitutional harm."

In the case of Jenner & Block, Judge John Bates with the federal district court in Washington, D.C., issued a temporary restraining order against the Trump administration, citing violations of the free speech guarantees of the First Amendment and an unconstitutional interference with the rights of its clients to select lawyers of their choosing.

In the second case, Judge Richard Leon temporarily blocked a separate executive order against WilmerHale.

"There is no doubt this retaliatory action chills speech and legal advocacy, or that it qualifies as a constitutional harm," Leon wrote. "The injuries to plaintiff here would be severe and would spill over to its clients and the justice system at large," he said.

The back-to-back rulings came after both firms took the Trump administration to court on Friday, seeking to block executive orders that the firms say target them for zealous representation of clients and their hearty pro bono work.

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1. Excellent

Take note corporate America: you can be courageous and do the right thing and stand up to the bully.

Or get on your knees and be forever be associated with this fascist regime.

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2. I also heard about this injunction on Rachel

This made me smile

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3. Aren't we lucky that senate Democrats chose NOT to shut down the government

and that the federal courts are still hearing civil cases?

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4. I agree

If we were in shutdown we could not litigate these cases

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6. That is not necessarily true.

The government shutdown, had it occurred, would have begun in mid-March. As in past shutdowns, the courts would have continued to operate without any disruption for several weeks. Where a shutdown continues for an extended period, the courts would then operate under the terms of the Anti-Deficiency Act, which allows work to continue during a lapse in appropriations if it is necessary to support the exercise of Article III judicial powers.

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5. These rulings make me smile

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