Law Firms Scramble to Avoid Being Trump s Next Target – WSJ

The White House, on the heels of a successful pressure campaign against law firm Paul Weiss, is escalating its attacks on the legal industry and leaving some firms scrambling to stay out of the crosshairs.

President Trump took a broad swing at the industry Friday night after three earlier orders punishing Paul Weiss and two other firms. In a presidential memorandum, he broadly accused law firms of abusing the legal system to challenge his policies, stymie immigration enforcement and pursue partisan causes. He instructed Attorney General Pam Bondi to seek sanctions in court against lawyers and firms who engage in frivolous, unreasonable and vexatious litigation.

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I can’t imagine it is constitutional but there’s no doubt that many of the large firms deserve whatever they get. At my famous big law firm in DC, I witnessed the most appalling bias and general political foolishness by complete political hacks (though spendid lawyers) and much worse than the fairly appalling departures from scientific methodology by some Reagan administration economists. If anything can make you a Calvinist, having anything to do with lawmaking will do it.