"Judge after judge - across ideological lines - looked at these orders and said absolutely the hell not. The orders were unconstitutional and retaliatory abuses of executive power, and the courts fiercely swatted them down. The administration appealed. Because you can't build a culture war brand upon quietly accepting limitations, no matter how clearly articulated by the basic rule of law."
"Those firms agreed to pony up a jaw-dropping $940 million in pro bono commitments - payola dressed up as patriotism - because they were afraid of these very executive orders. They calculated that it was safer to write a massive check in free legal services on behalf of conservative clients or approved causes than to risk being on the"
The Trump administration is abandoning its legal appeals against four major law firms—Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Perkins Coie, and Susman Godfrey—after multiple courts across ideological lines struck down executive orders targeting them as unconstitutional and retaliatory. The orders punished firms for representing disfavored clients, supporting diversity initiatives, and not adhering to MAGA orthodoxy. Rather than accept these judicial defeats, the administration initially appealed but is now dropping the cases, reportedly to avoid further humiliating losses. Meanwhile, nine other firms capitulated to pressure by committing $940 million in pro bono legal services to conservative causes, trading their professional independence for protection from executive retaliation.
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