#DOJ Says Susman Godfrey Is National #Security #Threat… For Giving Money To GLAD #ruleoflaw #democracy #corruption #hatred #discrimination #LGBTQ #civilrights #lawfirms #legal #politics #government https://abovethelaw.com/2025/05/doj-says-susman-godfrey-is-national-security-threat-for-giving-money-to-glad/
#lawfirms
#LawFirms, #universities and now #CivilSociety groups are in #Trump’s sights for #punitive action
By LISA MASCARO
Updated 12:04 AM EDT, April 18, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — "First the nation’s top law firms. Then its premier universities. Now, President Donald Trump is leaning on the #advocacy groups that underpin U.S. civil society.
"Trump said Thursday that the administration is looking at the tax-exempt status not just of Harvard, but environmental groups and specifically the ethics watchdog organization Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or #CREW. It could be a devastating financial blow to the #nonprofit organizations — and his perceived #PoliticalFoes.
"The president’s remarks, during an event at the White House, began to confirm what advocacy groups have been quietly warning: Trump’s campaign of retribution is coming next for them.
" 'It’s supposed to be a charitable organization,' Trump said about CREW, in particular. 'The only charity they had is going after Donald Trump. So we’re looking at that. We’re looking at a lot of things.' "
#CharacteristicsOfFascism
#SilencingDissent #USPol #Authoritarianism #AuthoritarianRule #CriminalizingDissent #EnvironmentalGroups #WaterIsLife #AirIsLife #LandIsLife #FightForTheFuture #DefendMotherEarth
"By capitulating to Trump's attacks on the rule of law, they are helping to undermine that very same legal system. After all, why would you pay $3,000 an hour for legal expertise when the law doesn't mean anything?" #Law #LawFirms #RuleOfLaw
https://www.newsweek.com/stupidity-law-firms-giving-law-opinion-2071271
"By capitulating to Trump's attacks on the rule of law, they are helping to undermine that very same legal system. After all, why would you pay $3,000 an hour for legal expertise when the law doesn't mean anything?" #Law #LawFirms #RuleOfLaw
https://www.newsweek.com/stupidity-law-firms-giving-law-opinion-2071271
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrHZqnfmPfA
#MarcElias: #LawFirms Should '#StandUp' for You Rather than Surrender
#SCOTUS Justice #SoniaSotomayor
“It has several hundred #billionaires; dozens of #LawFirms that earn at least a billion dollars a year; more than 1,700 private #universities & #colleges; a vast infrastructure of #churches, #labor #unions, private foundations & #nonprofit organizations; & a well-organized & well-financed opposition party.”
“But civil society must act collectively.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV76sIhZrdM
Jennifer Rubin at The Contrarian explains how Judge Beryl Howell (DC Circuit) threw the book at the Trump regime in her summary judgment overturning the EO against the law firm Perkins Coie.
Rubin also chides the media for failing to point out consistently that EO’s are NOT laws and that most of Trump’s weird pronouncements will turn out to be just so much hot air.
#EO #RuleofLaw #lawfirms #lawfare #PerkinsCoie #BerylHowell #Contrarian #JenniferRubin
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/putting-trumps-threats-in-writing
#JudgeHowell really threw the book at #DOJ.
EO against #PerkinsCoie ruled #Unconstitutional . Summary judgment.
#Threats against #judges & their #families “are ultimately threats to constitutional government. It’s as simple as that,”US Circuit Judge Richard Sullivan, chair of a #security cmte for the federal #judiciary’s policy arm, said.
The judiciary has emerged as a powerful constraint on a range of #Trump’s initiatives, from dismantling #FederalAgencies to #deporting migrants & targeting #LawFirms. As Trump defies court orders, #legal scholars warn the country may already be in a #ConstitutionalCrisis
The #ExecutiveOrder is the latest attempt by #Trump to limit or #intimidate institutions he does not agree with, including #LawFirms, #universities & #media companies such as #CBS, which is being sued for $20B over a “#60Minutes” interview w/fmr VP #KamalaHarris during the 2024 presidential campaign.
#law #censorship #dictatorship #PublicBroadcasting #CPB #PBS #NPR #Congress
"Trump admin defies US rule of law! 3 major cases cross red lines, sparking lawsuits nationwide" www.youtube.com/watch?v=f06f... "If Democracy cannot exist we revert to the Law of The Jungle" #coup #frauds #law Cases Cited: #JudgeDugan #HigherEducation #Uni #Harvard #Yale + #LawFirms #DEI extortion
How #Trump is [ab]using government #power to target his *enemies*
In the first 100 days of his 2nd term, Trump has moved aggressively to fulfill his promise of #retribution against an extraordinary range of individuals & organizations, targeting #political opponents, #news organizations, former #government officials, #universities, #international #student #protesters & #LawFirms.
#law #RevengePolitics #AbuseOfPower
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/29/nx-s1-5327518/donald-trump-100-days-retribution-threats
“I Joined With 500 Law Firms To Fight The Trump Administration”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGTZ6s3OUJo&t=23s
The extortion of law firms must stop.
To a person, these experts are alarmed about the possibilities for harm, graft, & abuse. Today, they argued, #Trump is targeting #LawFirms, but #DOGE #data could allow him to target individual Americans at scale. For instance, they described how the govt…is…a #debt collector on all kinds of federal #loans. Those who struggle to repay…could be punished beyond what’s possible now, by having professional licenses revoked or…wages or bank accounts frozen.
DONALD TRUMP SEEMS TO THINK THE US GOVERNMENT IS THERE FOR HIS PERSONAL USE, THE PEOPLE AND THE ECONOMY BE DAMNED
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#podcast #progressive #progressives #progressivepolitics #politics #uspolitics #columbiauniversity #lawfirms #TrumpDOJ #tariffs #freemahmoudkhalil #dueprocessforall #constitution
This is just gross.
☑️ NYTimes: Why Big Law Firms Aren’t Standing Together Against Trump’s Assault https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/business/trump-law-firms.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
#trump #lawfirms
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