Andrew Weissmann

As the judges who have struck down every single executive order on the law firms that's been challenged has been immediately, within one day, struck down as violative of at least the First Amendment, if not also the Fifth and Sixth Amendment. It's a lot of different parts of the Constitution. Yeah.

As the judges who have struck down every single executive order on the law firms that's been challenged has been immediately, within one day, struck down as violative of at least the First Amendment, if not also the Fifth and Sixth Amendment. It's a lot of different parts of the Constitution. Yeah.

The judges point out that in order to have a functioning legal system, a functioning judiciary, you have to have a functioning cadre of lawyers who are willing to take cases and zealously advocate. As I said, the president has enjoyed that in both the criminal and civil sector. And nobody thought of saying, oh, that's unfair or wrong, or we should go after those lawyers for doing that.

The judges point out that in order to have a functioning legal system, a functioning judiciary, you have to have a functioning cadre of lawyers who are willing to take cases and zealously advocate. As I said, the president has enjoyed that in both the criminal and civil sector. And nobody thought of saying, oh, that's unfair or wrong, or we should go after those lawyers for doing that.

The judges point out that in order to have a functioning legal system, a functioning judiciary, you have to have a functioning cadre of lawyers who are willing to take cases and zealously advocate. As I said, the president has enjoyed that in both the criminal and civil sector. And nobody thought of saying, oh, that's unfair or wrong, or we should go after those lawyers for doing that.

That's part of our system. Whether you like the plaintiff or defendant position, It's irrelevant. That's that's how it works. I mean, this is in some ways, Tim, it's just so hard to have this conversation because this is the kind of conversation you have with people in fourth grade. It's so basic. And yet you need to have it because you're seeing the kind of abuse happening from the Oval Office.

That's part of our system. Whether you like the plaintiff or defendant position, It's irrelevant. That's that's how it works. I mean, this is in some ways, Tim, it's just so hard to have this conversation because this is the kind of conversation you have with people in fourth grade. It's so basic. And yet you need to have it because you're seeing the kind of abuse happening from the Oval Office.

That's part of our system. Whether you like the plaintiff or defendant position, It's irrelevant. That's that's how it works. I mean, this is in some ways, Tim, it's just so hard to have this conversation because this is the kind of conversation you have with people in fourth grade. It's so basic. And yet you need to have it because you're seeing the kind of abuse happening from the Oval Office.

Yeah, well, Tim, I think one of the things that we're not going to see is not just the work that they end up doing, the pro bono work for the administration, but the amount of work that they now are not doing. The clients that they're not taking, the cases that they're not bringing.

Yeah, well, Tim, I think one of the things that we're not going to see is not just the work that they end up doing, the pro bono work for the administration, but the amount of work that they now are not doing. The clients that they're not taking, the cases that they're not bringing.

Yeah, well, Tim, I think one of the things that we're not going to see is not just the work that they end up doing, the pro bono work for the administration, but the amount of work that they now are not doing. The clients that they're not taking, the cases that they're not bringing.

If you remember, one of the things that the president did is said, I want to make sure my attorney general is looking very carefully at the law firms and the lawyers who are bringing cases against us to look to see whether they're making any arguments in bad faith because they should be investigated for that.

If you remember, one of the things that the president did is said, I want to make sure my attorney general is looking very carefully at the law firms and the lawyers who are bringing cases against us to look to see whether they're making any arguments in bad faith because they should be investigated for that.

If you remember, one of the things that the president did is said, I want to make sure my attorney general is looking very carefully at the law firms and the lawyers who are bringing cases against us to look to see whether they're making any arguments in bad faith because they should be investigated for that.

I mean, again, all of that is to chill the idea of a law firm saying, oh, let's bring a case because we think something happened here that's wrong. That's what the legal system's for. And by the way, as long as you're making a good faith argument...

I mean, again, all of that is to chill the idea of a law firm saying, oh, let's bring a case because we think something happened here that's wrong. That's what the legal system's for. And by the way, as long as you're making a good faith argument...

I mean, again, all of that is to chill the idea of a law firm saying, oh, let's bring a case because we think something happened here that's wrong. That's what the legal system's for. And by the way, as long as you're making a good faith argument...

I mean, I've seen that on both sides where you think, okay, that's a pretty weak argument by one side or the other, but that's what the courts are for. And then you'll make your argument and the judge will decide. So it's a really devious and strategic way of stacking the system.

I mean, I've seen that on both sides where you think, okay, that's a pretty weak argument by one side or the other, but that's what the courts are for. And then you'll make your argument and the judge will decide. So it's a really devious and strategic way of stacking the system.

I mean, I've seen that on both sides where you think, okay, that's a pretty weak argument by one side or the other, but that's what the courts are for. And then you'll make your argument and the judge will decide. So it's a really devious and strategic way of stacking the system.