Trump doubles down on legal fight with four major U.S. law firms
📰 In early March, the DOJ had moved to drop its appeals over executive orders targeting Jenner & Block, WilmerHale, Perkins Coie, and Susman Godfrey, but Trump stepped in and ordered a reversal within roughly 24 hours.
⚖️ Those orders had already been blocked by several federal judges, who viewed them as raising constitutional concerns and fueling debate over whether executive power was being used to pressure law firms tied to political opponents.
📌 By March 7, the DOJ had filed a new argument at the D.C. Circuit, claiming the lower courts had intruded too deeply into presidential authority. The case is now moving beyond a standard legal dispute and turning into a new test of the limits of executive power in the U.S.