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Trump’s sweeping #pardons of #Jan6 insurgents have led to worries about actions being taken against #attorneys involved in the massive prosecution of the >1,500 #Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol as lawmakers met to certify President Joe #Biden’s election victory. Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of all of them on his first day back…, releasing from prison people convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy & #violent #assault on police.

#Trump accelerating efforts 2 transform #nonpartisan #merit based federal #workforce into 1 that demands rewards #loyalty 2 #president, according 2 #civilservants #publicservice experts, #employment #attorneys. Ongoing shift would ditch decades-old rules that were intended 2 ensure that federal #hiring #retention #promotion decisions R based largely on employees’ #skills #knowledge #experience, say the workers, experts and #attorneys.#maga #politics #government #scheduleF msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tr

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I'm in a 9-hour Continuing #Legal #Education class on real estate. Two observations. 1) I should be MST3King the shit out of this. Especially funny was when the speaker didn't know what Deep Fake was. Also, when he refused to read the #sexually explicit forms of sexual misconduct. "You can look it up if you're into that sort of thing." 2) Most #attorneys sitting in front of me with a laptop are surfing the internet or working rather than paying attention. (Shut up. We're currently on a break.)

I will be cursing now …

Holy fucking hell

#DOJ bars its #attorneys from participating in #AmericanBarAssociation events

US Dpty AG [& fmr #trump #criminal defense atty] #ToddBlanche on Wednesday banned #Justice Dept attys from traveling to or speaking at #ABA events, in a memo seen by Reuters that accused the ABA of engaging in "activist causes" contrary to the government's interest.

#law
reuters.com/legal/us-justice-d

His threats have no bounds so we are all targets. #Trump broadened campaign of retaliation against lawyers he dislikes w a memorandum that threatens to use govt power 2 punish any #law firms that in his view unfairly #challenge his administration. memorandum directs #DOJ #DHS to “seek sanctions against #attorneys & law firms who engage in frivolous, unreasonable and vexatious litigation against the United States” or in matters that come before federal agencies. nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/poli #democracy

The New York Times · With New Decree, Trump Threatens Lawyers and Law FirmsBy Devlin Barrett

question for lawyers on here:

it’s pretty clear that donnyboy’s attorneys are lying through their teeth to the judge—isn’t that really stressful?

If you go to law school and pass the bar there must be a lot of times that you go over that part about telling the truth, amirite?

Violating one’s oath has got to take a toll—when does one of them crack?

Yesterday a #Federal judge barred parts of an insane illegal heavy handed and chilling childlike #DJT #ExecutiveOrder targeting exclusively employees and clients of a large influential #DC #beltway #lawfirm he doesn't like.

Known as #PerkinsCoie , the 100+ yr old firm
started in #Seattle and has long represented that region's top tech clients including #Amazon & #Microsoft etc, as well as many other #Fortune500 names .

The #RWNJ #HoiPolloi anger at the firm has to do with the fact #PerkinsCoie attorneys helped commission the embarrassing and disputed #SteeleDossier that included allegations against a failed NJ casino operator turned political candidate.who became President TWICE!

The far reaching petty #policestate and draconian #Drumpf overreach would've made it virtually impossible for #employees or any of the 1000+ #attorneys at the firm to do biz in #DC . The order barred firm partners from even speaking to #federalemployees, or to physically enter any govt #property including #courtrooms etc.

axios.com/2025/03/12/perkins-c