Following the Jenner & Block order, we discuss what President Trump’s directives targeting law firms collectively reveal about the nature of this effort and the extent to which law firms have a responsibility to resist it.

We discuss Paul Weiss’s agreement with President Trump and the condemnation of universal injunctions from the administration and its allies.

We discuss President Trump’s comments about Judge Boasberg, the administration’s broad strategy in court, the U.S. Institute of Peace story, and the current weakness of the checks that generally constrain executive power.