Posted on 04/15/2025 4:14:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
It’s the latest setback to the president’s efforts to wield government power to punish the legal industry. A federal judge called it “a shocking abuse of power.”
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked President Trump from punishing the law firm Susman Godfrey, calling the retribution campaign he has waged from the White House against the nation’s top firms “a shocking abuse of power.”
Ruling from the bench, Judge Loren L. AliKhan of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia said that the executive order Mr. Trump signed last week targeting the firm stemmed from a “personal vendetta.” Susman Godfrey represented Dominion, a manufacturer of voting machines that lawyers allied with Mr. Trump falsely attacked when he lost the 2020 election; the firm helped Dominion secure a $787.5 million settlement in a defamation case against Fox News.
The judge’s decision temporarily blocks the Trump administration from carrying out many of the order’s punishments, including one directing agencies to turn the firm’s lawyers away from federal buildings and another aimed at terminating any federal contracts Susman Godfrey holds.
It is the latest legal setback for Mr. Trump in his efforts to cripple firms he has accused of helping “weaponize” the justice system against him. The president’s actions have split the legal elite, with some high-powered firms bowing to pressure from the White House and offering hundreds of millions of dollars worth of pro bono work on issues Mr. Trump supports. Others, like Susman Godfrey, have opted to fight back.
In a statement after the decision, the firm said it was “duty bound” to push back given the stakes involved.
“This fight is bigger and...
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Koskoff Koskoff & Bieder is one of those firms.
And apparently they think that Trump supports attacking Alex Jones.
They listed their pro-bono work attacking Jones in the Sandy Hook case as money they spent as pro-bono work.
Ruling from the bench, Judge Loren L. AliKhan of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia
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Are all these DC. District judges immigrants?
Since these law firm have an income producing asset (guaranteed access to government restricted areas)... then that access should be taxable. No different than any other assets.
They are afterall claiming it was taken unjustly from them... it logically follows that something can’t be taken from them if it hadn’t been owned by them. They are admitting it was an asset, so did they report this on any tax forms? If not then they are committing tax fraud.
Excellent point! We need to get Senators to promise they will only vote to confirm natural-born citizens as any judge since they all consider themselves to be the President.
“the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 51–50 vote, with Vice President Kamala Harris voting in the affirmative.”
Could have blocked her if Trump hadn’t screwed up both Georgia Senate seats.
ya we’ll see... I’m wondering if the recent case that is allowed now to be taken to trial regarding the security of these machines, if any discovery in that case is going to be able to be submitted in this case. if so, then they are...er... ...should be FKd!!
Good point.
Just read and see this in the EO:
“Sec. 5. Personnel. (a) The heads of agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, provide guidance limiting official access from Federal Government buildings to employees of Susman when such access would threaten the national security of or otherwise be inconsistent with the interests of the United States. In addition, the heads of agencies shall provide guidance limiting Government employees acting in their official capacity from engaging with Susman employees to ensure consistency with the national security and other interests of the United States.”
So looks like the EO won’t run afoul of the Speedy Trial Clause, if applicable.
Notice all these judges ruling against Trump are foreigners appointed by Obama, Biden, Clinton.
Are you Bondi bashers beginning to get a sense of what she is dealing with? Her DOJ is fighting hundreds of these baseless rulings from district judges just to get the basic tenets of the Trump doctrine established. While, at the same time, trying to root out the deep state weeds in her own department. Some of you give me the willeys.
Bondi was very good AG in Florida, and she is doing very good job as AG of United States.
She bent over backwards to try to lock up Zimmerman... didn’t lift a finger about Epstein.
And she hasn’t released that Epstein list yet either.
She’s looking like a flake.
The judge is abusing her power.A power she doesn't have.
“Bondi was very good AG in Florida,”
Choosing to believe Trayvon Martin’s lies, and prosecuting George Zimmerman, was cool 🙄
And but for the courage of the Jury she would have succeeded.
The Jury had the courage to follow the Law instead of the dictates of the lynch mob.
If one gets their rocks off rail roading innocent people as you do, she is a riot.
I do not recall details of Zimmerman case, but law and order has been great with Bondi as AG.
We might upgrade her to “legend in her own mind” if we could ever figure out what universe she thinks FEELS she is from.
“Judge Blocks Trump from XYZ” du jour.
Grok replied:
No evidence supports labeling U.S. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan as a "rabid leftist commie." AliKhan, appointed by President Joe Biden in 2022 to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, has a judicial record that reflects a focus on constitutional principles and rule of law, not extreme ideological positions. Her recent rulings, such as blocking Trump administration actions (e.g., funding freezes, sanctions against law firms, dismantling of agencies), emphasize checks on executive overreach, citing legal and constitutional grounds like separation of powers and due process. For example, she called a Trump funding freeze "irrational, imprudent, and precipitated a nationwide crisis" and criticized an executive order targeting Susman Godfrey as a "personal vendetta," arguing it violated constitutional norms.So rest easy, FReepers! She is an unbiased judge making decisions on constitutional grounds while emphasizing checks on executive overreach, citing legal and constitutional grounds like separation of powers and due process. My mind is now at ease due to the unbiased Grok.Her decisions align with judicial restraint and precedent, often siding with plaintiffs (e.g., nonprofits, state attorneys general) challenging actions lacking legal basis, regardless of political alignment. [and more such bull crap]
“...A couple of pundits said “the Supreme Court may be sensing the American people are about to abandon respect for the system if the lower judges can run everything they want.”...”
Other than perhaps for Clarance Thomas, I have absolutely nothing but total and complete dispresct for any of these black-robed, vile POSs....from the lowest to the highest, they can ALL go ESAD for all I care.... The judiciary in this country is a joke...and a bad one at that.
I do admire President Trump for at least trying to work within this joke of a system, but it’s really nothing but a big waste of his precious given time.. He should just ignore these puny little POSs, carry on like Biden did and let the chips fall as they may.....
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